Anaheim rookie Beckett Sennecke completed his first career hat trick with the game-winning goal in overtime and the Ducks won their seventh straight game with a 4-3 comeback victory over the host Calgary Flames on Sunday.
Chris Kreider added a goal, while Alex Killorn and Mikael Granlund had two assists for Anaheim, which is seeking to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in eight seasons. Goalkeeper Lukas Dostal made 32 saves on 35 shots.
Matt Coronato had a goal and an assist, while Hunter Brzustewicz scored his first NHL goal and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for the Flames, who have lost four straight games. Goalie Dustin Wolf stopped 17 shots in the loss.
Kraken 4, Diablos 2
Former first-round picks Matty Beniers and Berkly Catton scored 18 seconds apart to break a third-period tie as Seattle defeated visiting New Jersey.
Jordan Eberle had a goal and an assist, and Ryker Evans also scored for the Kraken, who improved to 2-2-0 in their six-game home streak. Goalie Joey Daccord made 27 saves to snap a personal three-game losing streak.
Dougie Hamilton and Jack Hughes each scored a goal and had an assist, and Connor Brown added two assists for the Devils, who were looking to sweep their four-game Western road trip. Hughes broke a 15-game scoreless drought and goaltender Jacob Markstrom stopped 15 of 18 shots.
Panthers 5, Black Hawks 1
Tobias Bjornfot scored twice to help visiting Florida earn a victory against Chicago.
It was the second and third NHL goal for Bjornfot, 24, almost five years after his first career goal, on May 1, 2021, when he was a member of the Los Angeles Kings. Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist, and Mackie Samoskevich and Sam Reinhart also scored for the Panthers, who have won three straight. Daniil Tarasov made 19 saves.
Tyler Bertuzzi scored and Spencer Knight made 20 saves for the Blackhawks, who had their three-game scoring streak snapped (2-0-1).
Avalanche 4, Maple Leaves 1
Brock Nelson scored two of his three goals in the first period and visiting Colorado defeated Toronto.
It was the fifth hat trick of Nelson’s career and his first with the Avalanche. Jack Drury also scored for Colorado, which had lost its previous two games. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 32 shots.
Max Domi scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost the first four games of a five-game home series. Joseph Woll made 33 saves.
Senators 7, Golden Knights 1
Stephen Halliday scored two goals and had one assist, Brady Tkachuk had three assists and Dylan Cozens also scored twice as Ottawa won comfortably against visiting Vegas.
Fabian Zetterlund, Jordan Spence and Nick Jensen also scored, and Tyler Kleven and Thomas Chabot each added two assists. The Senators won in regulation at home against the Golden Knights for the first time in team history (2-6-0). Mads Sogaard, making his starting debut of the season and the 26th of his career, made 19 saves for Ottawa.
Rasmus Andersson scored a goal and Adin Hill finished with 24 saves for Las Vegas, which suffered its third loss in the last four games. The six-goal loss tied the franchise record as the worst loss in team history. The Knights had their 11-0-2 streak against the Senators snapped.
Penguins 3, Canucks 2
British Columbia native Ben Kindel scored two goals in the second period to lift visiting Pittsburgh to a victory over Vancouver.
Kindel, a Coquitlam native, gave his parents and the 180 fans in attendance cause to celebrate by breaking a 19-game scoring drought. Evgeni Malkin scored a goal in his third straight game and Stuart Skinner made 26 saves for the Penguins, who completed a four-game road sweep.
The Canucks’ Jake DeBrusk cleaned up a rebound at 6:29 of the third period and former Penguins player Teddy Blueger deflected Filip Hronek’s shot with six minutes left in the period. Kevin Lankinen turned away 22 shots for overwhelmed Vancouver, which lost for the 13th time in its last 14 games (1-11-2).
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