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Toronto led 5-1 in the second period, but Florida rallied with
five straight goals. Huberdeau, who also had three assists, tied
the game at 2:45 of the third period, on a power play.
Aleksander Barkov then scored at 8:01 of the third to give
Florida the lead.
Toronto's John Tavares scored at 16:06, on a power play, to tie
the game. In overtime, Barkov (who had three assists) set up
Huberdeau's 26th goal of the season.
Sam Reinhart scored twice in a three-point game for Florida,
which also got goals from Radko Gudas and Claude Giroux.
Mitchell Marner had two goals and two assists for Toronto, and
William Nylander, Colin Blackwell and Jake Muzzin also scored.
The Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews had three assists and Morgan
Rielly added two.
Avalanche 6, Penguins 4
Nate MacKinnon scored twice as visiting Colorado topped
Pittsburgh and clinched a playoff spot.
J.T. Compher added a goal and an assist and Josh Manson, Darren
Helm and Artturi Lehkonen also scored for the Avalanche, who won
their fourth in row. Darcy Kuemper made 41 saves.
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist, and Bryan Rust, Evan
Rodrigues and Mike Matheson scored for the Penguins, who have
lost three of four. Tristan Jarry made 26 saves.
Senators 6, Canadiens 3
Drake Batherson had a goal and an assist in the third period,
when Ottawa broke open a tie game at Montreal with three
unanswered goals. The Senators matched a season high by posting
a third straight victory.
Austin Watson scored twice, Brady Tkachuk recorded a goal and
two assists and Tim Stutzle and Colin White scored for the
Senators, who beat Montreal for the first time in three tries
this season.
Brendan Gallagher notched a goal and an assist and Cole Caufield
and Justin Barron also scored for the Canadiens. Jake Allen
stopped 26 shots.
Predators 6, Wild 2
Roman Josi recorded a goal and two assists and Ryan Johansen
scored two of Nashville's three power-play goals in the first
period en route to his first hat trick as host Nashville rolled
over Minnesota.
Philip Tomasino also tallied a goal and two assists, Matt
Duchene had a goal and an assist, Filip Forsberg had three
assists and Mattias Ekholm added two assists for Nashville.
Juuse Saros made 47 saves for his 34th victory of the season.
Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello each had a goal and an
assist for Minnesota, which had a 10-game point streak (9-0-1)
snapped.
Red Wings 5, Bruins 3
Alex Nedeljkovic made a career-high 47 saves, Jakub Vrana had a
goal and an assist and host Detroit snapped a six-game winless
streak by downing Boston.
Dylan Larkin, Michael Rasmussen, Filip Zadina and Sam Gagner
also scored for the Red Wings.
Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist for Boston, which had
won 10 of its previous 12 games. Erik Haula and Brandon Carlo
had first-period goals and Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves.
Stars 3, Islanders 2
Radek Faksa's short-handed goal in the second period broke a
deadlock and held up as the winner as host Dallas defeated New
York.
Marian Studenic and Tyler Seguin also scored for the Stars, who
have won eight of their past 11 games and jumped back into the
second wild-card position in the Western Conference. Jake
Oettinger made 19 saves.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Brock Nelson replied for the Islanders,
who saw their four-game winning streak snapped. Semyon Varlamov
stopped 37 shots.
Blue Jackets 4, Flyers 2
Carson Meyer and Sean Kuraly each had one goal and one assist to
lift Columbus to a win at Philadelphia.
Brendan Gaunce and Justin Danforth scored a goal apiece for the
Blue Jackets, who snapped a seven-game losing streak (0-4-3).
Eric Robinson added two assists. Columbus goaltender Elvis
Merzlikins was outstanding with 47 saves, the second-highest
total of his career.
Noah Cates and James van Riemsdyk scored one goal each for the
Flyers, who lost for the fourth time in five games. Carter Hart
stopped 26 of 29 shots in defeat.
Rangers 3, Devils 1
Chris Kreider set a pair of franchise records with his go-ahead
goal in the first period as New York snapped a two-game losing
streak with a victory in Newark, N.J.
Kreider's power-play goal with 2:03 left in the first was his
25th of the season, breaking a tie for the most power-play
tallies by a Rangers player in a single season with Jaromir Jagr.
It was also his franchise-best 10th game-winning goal of the
season.
Ryan Strome and Justin Braun also scored for the Rangers, who
moved within two points of first-place Carolina in the
Metropolitan Division. Alexandar Georgiev made 20 saves. Yegor
Sharangovich scored for the Devils, and Nico Daws recorded 14
saves.
Sabers 4, Hurricanes 2
Victor Olofsson had a goal and an assist in the third period as
Buffalo broke a tie and beat visiting Carolina.
Jeff Skinner, Casey Mittelstadt and Dylan Cozens also scored for
the Sabres, who have earned at least one point in eight of their
past nine games. Craig Anderson made 32 saves.
Jesper Fast and Nino Niederreiter scored and Jordan Staal
provided two assists for the Hurricanes, who dropped their
second game in a row. Frederik Andersen, making his third
consecutive start, stopped 18 shots.
Oilers 2, Sharks 1 (OT)
Connor McDavid scored on a breakaway 31 seconds into overtime to
lift Edmonton over host San Jose and into second place in the
Pacific Division.
McDavid extended his point streak to 14 games (12 goals, 15
assists) with his 41st goal of the season. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
scored short-handed, and Mike Smith made 31 saves and assisted
on the winning goal for the Oilers, who have won five in a row.
Tomas Hertl scored and James Reimer made 22 saves for the
Sharks, who have lost five of six.
--Field Level Media
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