Moritz Seider scored the game-winning goal with 23.3 seconds remaining in overtime to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 win over the visiting Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Lucas Raymond and John Leonard each added a goal for the Red Wings. Andrew Copp and Emmitt Finnie recorded two assists, including on Seider’s overtime winner. Cam Talbot recorded 31 saves, including 13 in the first period.
Ethen Frank scored both goals for the Capitals, his second career multi-goal game, while Dylan Strome finished with two assists.
The Red Wings swept the back-to-back home-and-home against the Capitals after a 5-2 win Saturday in Washington.
Stars 5, Maple Leafs 1
Dallas scored four third-period goals to break open a close game and extended its winning streak to four with a victory over visiting Toronto.
Sam Steel, Jamie Benn, Mavrik Bourque and Justin Hryckowian scored for the Stars in the third period. Esa Lindell picked up two helpers for Dallas. Jake Oettinger made a number of key saves to keep the Stars in the lead in the first two periods on Jason Robertson’s goal, turning away 27 of 28 shots for the game.
Dennis Hildeby stopped 17 of 21 shots for the Maple Leafs, while Scott Laughton netted Toronto’s only goal.
Senators 6, Bruins 2
Visiting Ottawa scored three goals in each of the first two periods en route to a win over Boston in the second game of both teams’ weekend back-to-back sets.
Fabian Zetterlund scored two power-play goals and added an assist to lead Ottawa to its season-high fourth consecutive win and third in completing the four-game season series with Boston. Drake Batherson and Dylan Cozens also had three-point nights for the Senators, posting a goal and two helpers each.
Boston’s Charlie McAvoy scored his first goal of the season and added an assist, while David Pastrnak also scored. Joonas Korpisalo allowed five goals on 17 shots before Jeremy Swayman entered for relief in the second period.
Avalanche 5, Wild 1
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice, Cale Makar and Brock Nelson had a goal and two assists each, and Colorado cooled off Minnesota with a win in Saint Paul, Minn.
Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 28 shots, Martin Necas also scored and Gabriel Landeskog and Valeri Nichushkin had two assists each for Colorado, which has won five in a row and ended Minnesota’s seven-game winning streak.
Ryan Hartman had a goal and Jesper Wallstedt made 37 saves for the Wild. Minnesota lost for the first time in five games since acquiring Quinn Hughes from Vancouver.
Penguins 4, Canadiens 3 (SO)
Rickard Rakell scored the shootout winner as Pittsburgh edged visiting Montreal.
Rakell beat Jakub Dobes with a backhand deke in the third round for the win as the Penguins won for the first time in a shootout this season (1-5). Rakell and Sidney Crosby each had a goal and an assist in regulation, and Noel Acciari also tallied for Pittsburgh.
Oliver Kapanen and Ivan Demidov each had a goal and an assist, and Noah Dobson also found the back of the net for the Canadiens, who dropped to 4-1-2 in their last seven.
Oilers 4, Golden Knights 3
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins collected two goals and an assist and Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists as Edmonton jumped out to a 4-0 lead and then held on to defeat visiting Vegas.
It was McDavid’s fifth three-point game in December as he extended his point streak to 10 games (12 goals, 26 points). Zach Hyman also had a goal and an assist and Leon Draisaitl added two assists for Edmonton, which moved into a tie for second place in the Pacific Division with the Golden Knights.
Tomas Hertl had a goal and two assists, Noah Hanifin had three assists, Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored a goal for Vegas, which suffered its third straight loss.
Predators 2, Rangers 1
Filip Forsberg extended his point streak to eight games and Steven Stamkos inched closer to 600 career goals for host Nashville, which held on to beat depleted New York.
Justus Annunen needed to stop only 16 shots and was less than a minute from his first shutout since March 4, 2024, and the Predators’ first shutout of the season. Instead, Nashville settled for its fifth win in its last seven games. Forsberg got his team-leading 16th goal of the season midway through the second period, and Stamkos added career goal 596 in the final minute.
Jonny Brodzinski scored his third of the season for the Rangers, who fell for the third time in five games. Goalie Jonathan Quick kept his team in the game by stopping 30 shots, but the 39-year-old fell to 0-4-1 in his last five decisions.
Mammoth 4, Jets 3 (OT)
Clayton Keller scored 13 seconds into overtime and added an assist as host Utah edged Winnipeg in Salt Lake City to leave the Jets winless in seven of their last eight games.
Lawson Crouse, JJ Peterka, and Alexander Kerfoot also tallied for the Mammoth. Dylan Guenther and Mikhael Sergachev had two assists each and Karel Vejmelka made 23 stops.
Kyle Connor scored twice for Winnipeg, while Morgan Barron also found the back of the net. Mark Scheifele had a pair of assists.
–Field Level Media
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