Karel Vejmelka made a career-high 49 saves and the Utah Hockey Club scored three goals within a 2:19 span in the third period for a 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday in Salt Lake City.
Nick Bjugstad had two goals for Utah, and Michael Kesselring had two assists. Jack McBain and Mikhail Sergachev scored Utah’s other goals, both during the third-period flurry.
With the game tied 1-1 at 5:09 of the final frame, Kesselring made a great play to take the puck into Carolina’s end, and then made a canny pass to McBain for the conversion. Sergachev followed up at the 7:11 mark, and Bjugstad’s second goal of the game came just 17 seconds later to put the hosts up 4-1.
Martin Necas’ second-period power-play goal was the only tally for the Hurricanes, despite a whopping 50-21 shots advantage and six power-play opportunities.
Maple Leafs 4, Capitals 3 (OT)
John Tavares scored the winner in overtime to complete Toronto’s comeback from a two-goal deficit in the third period for a victory at Washington.
Tavares, who also had an assist, broke into the offensive zone to collect Mitch Marner’s backhand clear and slid it five-hole on Logan Thompson with 47 seconds left in overtime.
William Nylander had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who have won four of their last five games. Joseph Woll made 24 saves. Aliaksei Protas had a goal and an assist, and Thompson made 30 saves for the Capitals.
Avalanche 4, Los Angeles 2
Mikko Rantanen scored three goals for his ninth career hat trick, including a go-ahead goal midway through the third period, and Colorado beat Los Angeles in Denver.
Rantanen added an assist, Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist and Nathan MacKinnon had three assists for Colorado, which won its third game in a row. Alexandar Georgiev turned away 13 shots for the victory.
Los Angeles goaltender Darcy Kuemper made 18 saves before leaving early in the third period with an apparent injury. David Rittich had four saves in relief. Adrian Kempe had two goals while Trevor Moore and Anze Kopitar had two assists for the Kings.
Knights 3, Ducks 2
Pavel Dorofeyev scored what proved to be the game winner early in the third period and Adin Hill made 22 saves as Vegas handed host Anaheim a loss.
Tomas Hertl and Nicolas Roy also scored goals and Shea Theodore had two assists for Vegas, which improved to 25-7-1 all-time against the Ducks (including 11-4-1 at the Honda Center). It was just the second road win of the season for the Golden Knights (2-3-2).
Brock McGinn and Frank Vatrano scored goals and Brett Leason had two assists for Anaheim, which lost for the fifth time in its last six games (1-4-1). Lukas Dostal finished with 36 saves.
Red Wings 3, Penguins 2 (OT)
Defenseman Simon Edvinsson scored 1:30 into overtime to give Detroit a win at Pittsburgh.
Patrick Kane posted a goal and an assist and Jonatan Berggren also scored for the Red Wings, who had lost their previous two games. Cam Talbot made 31 saves.
Bryan Rust and Anthony Beauvillier got the goals for the Penguins, who fell for the fourth time in five games (1-2-2). Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 28 shots.
–Field Level Media