Kaapo Kakko scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 24 seconds left as the New York Rangers ended their first five-game losing streak in over three years with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Saturday afternoon.
The Rangers, who squandered a two-goal lead early in the third period, were on the power play after the Canadiens’ Kirby Dach was called for high sticking on Mika Zibanejad behind the New York net.
Kakko’s game-winner ended New York’s longest losing streak since the final week of the 56-game 2021 pandemic-shortened season. The goal came after the Canadiens’ Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki scored about 10 minutes apart to tie the score 3-3.
New York’s Artemi Panarin and Zibanejad scored power-play goals in the opening 40 minutes. Vincent Trocheck scored in the waning seconds of the first period to help the Rangers jump out to an early lead.
Wild 3, Predators 2 (OT)
Jared Spurgeon scored the game-winning goal one minute into overtime to lift Minnesota to a victory over Nashville in Saint Paul, Minn.
Spurgeon and Kirill Kaprizov each finished with a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which won its third game in a row. Declan Chisholm also had a goal. Fedor Svechkov and Ryan O’Reilly each scored for Nashville, which sustained an overtime loss for the third consecutive game.
Kaprizov prompted the game-winning goal when he carried the puck into the offensive zone and flipped a backhand pass toward Spurgeon in the slot. Spurgeon buried a one-timer for his third goal of the season, all of which have come during the past two games.
Sharks 4, Kraken 2
Luke Kunin, Cody Ceci and Will Smith scored in the opening 10 minutes of the second period and visiting San Jose held on for a win against Seattle.
Mario Ferraro also scored, Jake Walman and Mikael Granlund each had two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood made 36 saves for the Sharks, who also beat the Kraken 8-5 on Friday in San Jose.
Jaden Schwartz and Jared McCann scored and Joey Daccord made 19 saves for the Kraken, who have lost three games in a row by a combined score of 17-9.
Maple Leafs 5, Lightning 3
Chris Tanev had a goal and an assist as visiting Toronto jumped out to a four-goal lead and held on to beat Tampa Bay.
Matthew Knies, Nicholas Robertson, John Tavares and William Nylander each scored a goal as Toronto won for the eighth time in 10 games (8-2-0) and finished 8-3-1 in November despite missing top scorer Auston Matthews for most of the month. Matthews returned after a nine-game absence due to an upper-body injury and tallied two assists.
Tampa Bay’s Michael Eyssimont, Jake Guentzel and Cam Atkinson each scored in the third — the latter two with goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy pulled for an extra skater — but Nylander sealed the win with his empty-net goal.
Penguins 6, Flames 2
Michael Bunting and Kris Letang each had a goal and two assists for Pittsburgh in a win against visiting Calgary.
Blake Lizotte had a goal and an assist, and Alex Nedeljkovic made 30 saves for the Penguins, who have won three in a row.
Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri each had a goal and an assist for the Flames, who dropped their fourth straight (0-3-1) and have lost seven straight on the road (0-4-3). Dan Vladar made 37 saves.
Kings 5, Senators 2
Kevin Fiala, Anze Kopitar and Trevor Moore each had a goal and an assist to help Los Angeles to a win over visiting Ottawa.
Alex Laferriere and Adrian Kempe also scored and David Rittich made 20 saves for the Kings, who have won three in a row following their 7-2 loss at the San Jose Sharks last Monday.
Tim Stutzle and Adam Gaudette scored and Anton Forsberg made 22 saves for the Senators, who were trying to win three in a row for the first time this season.
Islanders 3, Sabres 0
Anders Lee scored a power-play goal with 12:37 remaining in the second period and added an assist a little more than two minutes later as New York avoided another collapse in the third period and earned a shutout victory over visiting Buffalo in Elmont, N.Y.
Simon Holmstrom had his second career multi-goal game and second in as many games. He scored New York’s second goal and added an empty-netter in the final seconds. The Islanders won for the third time in their past 11 games (3-4-4) and avoided an eighth loss when leading into the final 20 minutes. New York goalie Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves for his 19th career shutout.
Buffalo lost to the Islanders for the second time this season and dropped a third straight contest for the third time this season. Buffalo goalie James Reimer made 17 saves in his second start since joining the Sabres.
Panthers 6, Hurricanes 0
Panthers goaltender Spencer Knight stopped all 20 shots he faced as the Panthers demolished Carolina in Sunrise, Fla., to complete the home-and-home sweep.
After taking down the Hurricanes 6-3 in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday, the Panthers returned home and their offense continued to dominate. Aaron Ekblad, Mackie Samoskevich, Sam Bennett, Aleksander Barkov, Adam Boqvist and Evan Rodrigues each scored for the Panthers.
Hurricanes netminder Spencer Martin allowed five goals on 28 shots before being relieved in the third period en route to his second loss to Florida in as many days.
Capitals 6, Devils 5
Taylor Raddysh and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored goals 10 seconds apart late in the third period and Washington held on to beat New Jersey.
Rasmus Sandin, Raddysh and Dubois each had a goal and an assist for the Capitals, who have won seven straight road games. John Carlson had three assists, and Charlie Lindgren made 22 saves.
Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist, and Nico Hischier scored his fifth goal in four games for the Devils, who had won four of five. Jack Hughes had three assists, and Allen made 26 saves.
Utah Hockey Club 6, Golden Knights 0
Jaxson Stauber made 29 saves for his first NHL career shutout and Nick Schmaltz scored twice as Utah scored four goals in the first period and cruised to a victory in Las Vegas.
Clayton Keller, Logan Cooley and Alexander Kerfoot each had a goal and an assist, Barrett Hayton had two assists and Michael Carcone also scored for Utah, which equaled its season high for goals in a game. The 25-year-old Stauber was making just his seventh career start and first with Utah.
Ilya Samsonov finished with 22 saves for Vegas, which suffered its third home loss in 12 games (9-3-0).
Flyers 3, Blues 2 (OT)
Matvei Michkov scored his third overtime goal of November to help Philadelphia close the month in style with a win over host St. Louis.
Michkov, who doesn’t turn 20 until Dec. 9, scored the decisive goal on a breakaway after Travis Konecny found him with a sprawling outlet pass while falling to the ice. Michkov also had a sparkling assist earlier in the game, while Aleksei Kolosov made 26 saves for the Flyers.
The Blues’ Jake Neighbours forced overtime with a tally late in regulation, and Dylan Holloway also scored for the hosts. Jordan Binnington made 28 saves for St. Louis, which lost for the first time in three games under new coach Jim Montgomery.
Oilers 4, Avalanche 1
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist, Brett Kulak, Kasperi Kapanen and Vasily Podkolzin also scored and Edmonton beat Colorado in Denver.
Stuart Skinner turned away 27 shots for Edmonton, which has won three straight games.
Nikolai Kovalenko had a goal and Alexandar Georgiev made 28 saves for Colorado, which has dropped three of its past four contests.
–Field Level Media
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