William Karlsson scored two goals, including the game-winner with 1:18 remaining, as the Vegas Golden Knights rallied from a two-goal deficit by scoring four consecutive goals to hand the Utah Hockey Club a 4-2 loss on Friday night in Salt Lake City.
Karlsson redirected Kaeden Korczak’s shot from the right point over the right shoulder of Utah goalie Karel Vejmelka to break a 2-2 tie and give Vegas its first lead of the game. He then sealed the win with an empty-netter with 28.2 seconds to go. Karlsson also added an assist.
Tomas Hertl scored two power-play goals and Jack Eichel had two assists for Vegas, which picked up its second straight road win. It was the ninth multipoint game of the season for Eichel, who moved into a tie for second in the NHL with 22 assists, behind Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon. Adin Hill finished with 32 saves.
Logan Cooley and Mikhail Sergachev scored goals and Vejmelka made 25 saves for Utah.
Capitals 5, Avalanche 2
Connor McMichael had two goals, Jakub Vrana and Jakob Chychrun also scored, and Washington beat Colorado in Denver to end the Avalanche’s three-game winning streak.
Rasmus Sandin scored an empty-net goal, Pierre-Luc Dubois had two assists and Charlie Lindgren turned away 17 shots for Washington. Alex Ovechkin did not score and sits at 863 career goals, 31 behind Wayne Gretzky.
Parker Kelly had a goal and an assist and Nikolai Kovalenko also scored for Colorado. Justus Annunen allowed three goals on six shots before being pulled in favor of Trent Miner, who made his NHL debut. Miner turned away 12 shots.
Blue Jackets 6, Penguins 2
Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov each had a goal and an assist while Sean Monahan had two assists as Columbus beat visiting Pittsburgh.
Zachary Aston-Reese, Mathieu Olivier, Damon Severson and Cole Sillinger scored the other goals for the Blue Jackets, who snapped a six-game losing streak (0-5-1).
The slumping Penguins are 1-3-2 in their past six games and are winless in their past three games (0-2-1). Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and an assist, extending his goal streak to three games. Michael Bunting also tallied for Pittsburgh.
Ducks 6, Red Wings 4
Cutter Gauthier’s first NHL goal broke a third-period tie, Ross Johnston added to the lead 38 seconds later and Anaheim rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat visiting Detroit.
Defenseman Owen Zellweger had a goal and two assists while Trevor Zegras, Troy Terry and Ryan Strome also scored for Anaheim. Leo Carlsson and defensemen Brian Dumoulin and Drew Helleson each collected two assists, and John Gibson made 21 saves. The Ducks have won two of their past three after a four-game losing streak (0-3-1).
Marco Kasper scored his first career goal and had an assist, Alex DeBrincat and Lucas Raymond also had a goal and an assist each and Jonatan Berggren scored for Detroit, which led 3-1 late in the second period. Moritz Seider contributed two assists.
–Field Level Media