Steven Stamkos scored with 1:13 remaining to break a deadlock and complete his second hat trick of the season, as the host Nashville Predators rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Ottawa Senators 5-3 on Thursday night.
The Predators celebrated captain Roman Josi’s 1,000th career game. Stamkos’ 16th hat trick of his career gives him a team-high 24 goals. Jonathan Marchessault lit the lamp for the first time since Dec. 13, and Cole Smith capped the comeback with an empty-netter in the final minute.
Ryan O’Reilly assisted on the final three goals of the game. Luke Evangelista helped on two others and Josi had an assist as well in his milestone game. Juuse Saros made 23 saves for his third win in four starts.
Stephen Halliday, Ridly Greig and Dylan Cozens scored for the Senators, who lost for the third time in four games. Jake Sanderson notched two assists to give him a team-leading 31. James Reimer stopped 21 shots.
Blackhawks 4, Hurricanes 3 (SO)
Oliver Moore, who was flattened in a second-period fight, had the final say by producing the decisive tally in the sixth round of the shootout as Chicago topped Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.
Ilya Mikheyev collected a goal and an assist, while Nick Lardis and Connor Murphy each scored for the Blackhawks, who won their second straight game. Spencer Knight made 28 saves, with 23 of those coming across the first two periods.
Defenseman Joel Nystrom’s first career goal was among Carolina’s highlights, while Jordan Staal and Jackson Blake also scored. Frederik Andersen stopped 19 shots, but the Hurricanes’ three-game winning streak ended.
Wild 4, Red Wings 3 (OT)
Kirill Kaprizov tallied two goals and an assist, including the winning goal 45 seconds into overtime, to lift Minnesota to a win over Detroit in Saint Paul, Minn.
Mats Zuccarello also finished with two goals and an assist for the Wild, who have won three of their last four. Quinn Hughes garnered three assists, including the pass to Kaprizov for the winning goal.
Lucas Raymond scored two goals to lead Detroit, which had a three-game winning streak snapped. James van Riemsdyk also scored and Cam Talbot made 35 saves.
Panthers 2, Jets 1 (SO)
Anton Lundell and Sam Reinhart scored in the shootout to give Florida a win over host Winnipeg in a game that had a playoff feel.
Sam Bennett got the goal in regulation for the Panthers, who have won two of their last three. Daniil Tarasov made 17 saves and denied Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele in the shootout.
Cole Perfetti scored for Winnipeg, which has points in seven of its last eight (5-1-2). Connor Hellebuyck stopped 19 shots.
Blue Jackets 1, Stars 0
Jet Greaves made 28 saves and Zach Werenski scored the only goal in Columbus’ 1-0 shutout of visiting Dallas.
Isac Lundestrom had an assist in his return from a 13-game absence. The Blue Jackets have won five of their last six games and improved to 4-1-0 under new head coach Rick Bowness.
Dallas was shut out for the second time this season as the Stars have scored one goal or fewer in four of their last five games. Casey DeSmith stopped 21 of 22 shots, coming up just short in the goaltending duel.
Sabres 4, Canadiens 2
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves to help visiting Buffalo to a win against Montreal.
Jason Zucker, Beck Malenstyn, Zach Benson and Peyton Krebs scored for the Sabres, who won their second straight and moved within two points of Montreal for third in the Atlantic Division.
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist and Samuel Montembeault made 13 saves for the Canadiens, who had won two straight.
Bruins 4, Golden Knights 3
Boston scored three goals in a 54-second span midway through the first period and held on for a win over visiting Vegas.
Charlie McAvoy, Elias Lindholm (one goal, one assist) and Tanner Jeannot scored Boston’s fastest three goals since 2001 before the lead reached 4-0 after David Pastrnak’s eventual game-winner in the second. Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie each had two assists.
Joonas Korpisalo made 30 saves for Boston, which has won seven of eight overall and six in a row at home. Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist, Tomas Hertl and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored and Akira Schmid stopped 24 shots for the Golden Knights.
Penguins 6, Oilers 2
Anthony Mantha scored two goals 21 seconds apart early in the first period and visiting Pittsburgh cruised past Edmonton.
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist, Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell and Egor Chinakhov also scored, Justin Brazeau and Jack St. Ivany each had two assists and Arturs Silovs made 30 saves for the Penguins, who have won three in a row and four of five.
Jake Walman scored short-handed, Matt Savoie also scored and Tristan Jarry made 16 saves after surrendering three goals in the first three minutes against the Penguins, who traded him to Edmonton on Dec. 12.
–Field Level Media
