Leon Draisaitl scored 19 seconds into overtime and also had two assists to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Draisaitl won the opening faceoff to begin the extra period and Connor McDavid, who finished with two goals and an assist, then rushed down the center of the ice before dropping off a pass to Draisaitl, who fired a wrist shot from the high slot through the pads of Carolina goaltender Frederik Andersen for his 20th career overtime goal.
Jack Roslovic had a goal and an assist and Stuart Skinner made 33 saves for Edmonton, which won for the third time in its last four games — all victories in overtime. Zach Hyman made his season debut following offseason wrist surgery and had an assist and a game-high 11 hits in 23:10 of ice time.
Eric Robinson, Nikolaj Ehlers and Jordan Stahl scored for the Hurricanes while Andersen stopped 19 of 23 shots.
Rangers 2, Blue Jackets 1 (SO)
J.T. Miller scored in the third round of the shootout and New York extended its road winning streak to six with a victory over Columbus.
The Rangers won their third straight and improved to 9-1-1 on the road thanks to Miller’s nifty move. Miller weaved through the left circle, slightly dragged his stick and secured the win when he lifted a shot over the right shoulder of goalie Jet Greaves (31 saves).
New York’s Igor Shesterkin made 24 saves, while teammate Mika Zibanejad scored a power-play goal 5:42 into the second period. Rookie Dmitri Voronkov tied it for the Blue Jackets during a power play about 10 minutes later.
Lightning 3, Panthers 1
Jack Finley’s first NHL goal was the game-winner as visiting Tampa Bay rebounded from a blowout loss two days prior with a win over rival Florida in Sunrise, Fla.
Early in the third period, the Panthers’ Donovan Sebrango fell down, allowing the 23-year-old Finley to skate in alone and backhand in his first tally in seven career games past Sergei Bobrovsky (17 saves) for a 2-1 edge at the 4:09 mark. Emil Lilleberg and Zemgus Girgensons scored for the Lightning, who are 8-2-0 in their past 10 matches. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves.
Florida’s Brad Marchand extended his point streak to his last 10 games with a goal, but the home side went 1-for-5 on the power play and missed on a four-minute one in the third period.
Sabers 5, Red Wings 4 (OT)
Mattias Samuelsson scored 1:05 into overtime off a Tage Thompson feed as visiting Buffalo stormed back from a three-goal deficit to down Detroit.
Thompson and Josh Doan had a goal and an assist apiece as the Sabres snapped a five-game losing streak and captured their first road win in eight outings. Alex Tuch and Ryan McLeod also scored, while Colten Ellis made 24 saves.
Alex DeBrincat had two goals for the Red Wings. Dylan Larkin and Patrick Kane also scored for Detroit, while Lucas Raymond had three assists. John Gibson stopped 22 shots.
Bruins 3, Canadiens 2
Visiting Boston scored twice in the second period to break a tie and held on to defeat Montreal in a battle of the top two teams in the Atlantic Division.
Viktor Arvidsson scored the eventual game-winner on a power play at 16:51 of the middle frame after Marat Khusnutdinov and Mason Lohrei gave the Bruins 1-0 and 2-1 leads, respectively. David Pastrnak had two assists and Jeremy Swayman stopped 26 shots for Boston, which bounced back from its first loss after a seven-game win streak.
Jake Evans and Cole Caufield scored and Sam Montembeault made 20 saves for the Canadiens, who have lost three straight. Montreal had a 28-23 advantage in shots but went 0-for-7 on the power play.
Devils 3, Capitals 2 (SO)
Simon Nemec scored the decisive goal in the shootout for visiting New Jersey, which won its first game since losing Jack Hughes to injury by edging Washington.
Arseny Gritsyuk and Luke Hughes, Jack’s younger brother, scored in the first period to stake the Devils to a 2-0 lead before Connor McMichael and Alex Ovechkin scored in the third for the Capitals.
Jake Allen made 29 saves for New Jersey, which improved to 4-0-1 in its last five games, all of which have been decided in overtime or the shootout. The five straight overtime games ties a franchise record set twice previously during the 1995-96 season. Logan Thompson recorded 29 saves for Washington, which has lost eight of 10 (2-6-2).
Stars 5, Flyers 1
Jason Robertson scored a natural hat trick as Dallas extended its winning streak to five games with a victory over visiting Philadelphia.
Tyler Seguin added a goal and a helper and Lian Bichsel also scored for the Stars, who improved to 6-3-1 on home ice and 9-1-2 in their last 12 games overall. Roope Hintz added three assists. Jake Oettinger made 20 saves for his fifth career win against the Flyers (5-1-0).
Christian Dvorak had the lone goal for Philadelphia, which saw its five-game point streak come to an end (3-1-2). Dan Vladar stopped 23 shots for the Flyers.
Wild 2, Ducks 0
Jesper Wallstedt made 28 saves in his second consecutive shutout and Minnesota won against visiting Anaheim.
Wallstedt, a first-round pick of the Wild in 2021 who turned 23 on Friday, made 36 saves in a 2-0 win against the Calgary Flames last Sunday. He has two shutouts in six starts this season and three in 11 starts in his three-year NHL career.
The Ducks came in as the second-highest scoring team in the NHL at 3.88 goals per game. Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist and Marcus Johansson also scored for the Wild, who have a four-game point streak (3-0-1).
Blackhawks 3, Maple Leafs 2
Colton Dach scored the go-ahead goal at 15:35 of the third period and host Chicago defeated Toronto.
Dach tipped in a shot from the right point by Louis Crevier to give the Blackhawks their fourth win in the past five games. Ryan Greene and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for Chicago, and Spencer Knight stopped 31 shots.
Nicholas Robertson and Morgan Rielly scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost five in a row. Toronto’s Joseph Woll, who had been out for a personal issue, was solid in his first game of the season and made 29 saves. No. 1 goaltender Anthony Stolarz (upper-body injury) was put on injured reserve Saturday.
Kings 1, Senators 0
Anton Forsberg stunned his former team with a 17-save shutout to lead Los Angeles to its fourth consecutive win with a hard-fought road victory over Ottawa.
Forsberg, who spent a total of five seasons with the Senators between 2020 and 2025, improved his career record to 3-0-0 against his former squad with the shutout effort.
Alex Laferriere scored the game’s lone goal, while Linus Ullmark made 17 saves in the Ottawa crease.
Golden Knights 4, Blues 1
Braeden Bowman scored his first NHL goal as Vegas defeated host St. Louis.
Brandon Saad and Noah Hanifin each scored their first goal of the season for the Golden Knights. Tomas Hertl also scored as Vegas snapped its four-game winless streak (0-2-2). Reilly Smith and Pavel Dorofeyev earned two assists apiece and Akira Schmid made 22 saves.
Philip Broberg scored and Joel Hofer made 29 saves for the Blues, who are 3-7-4 in their last 14 games. They were outshot 33-23 by the Golden Knights.
Jets 4, Flames 3 (SO)
Gabe Vilardi scored the lone goal in the shootout to give visiting Winnipeg a victory over struggling Calgary to end a six-game road trip on a positive note.
Mark Scheifele, Tanner Pearson and Cole Perfetti scored in regulation time for the Jets, who collected only two wins during their trek (2-4-0). Josh Morrissey and Kyle Connor each had two assists. Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves through overtime and stopped all three Flames shots he faced in the shootout.
Matt Coronato collected a goal and an assist, while Jake Bean and Kevin Bahl also scored for Calgary, which erased three deficits but has lost four of five games (1-3-1) and sits at the bottom of the NHL standings. Morgan Frost netted two assists.
Kraken 4, Sharks 1
Jaden Schwartz scored twice and Philipp Grubauer stopped all 19 shots he faced in relief of an injured Matt Murray as host Seattle defeated San Jose.
Adam Larsson and Eeli Tolvanen also scored for the Kraken, who avenged a 6-1 home loss to the Sharks on Nov. 5. Chandler Stephenson tallied three assists and Jamie Oleksiak had two on Saturday. Murray apparently suffered a lower-body injury in the first period while trying to move from post to post and had to be replaced by Grubauer.
Alex Wennberg scored and Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 19 of 22 shots for San Jose, which suffered its second straight loss after a 6-0-1 stretch.
–Field Level Media
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