NHL roundup: Cole Caufield helps Habs end 10-game skid
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[February 18, 2022] Cole
Caufield tied the game with 10 seconds left in regulation and scored
the game-winner 2:22 into overtime as the Montreal Canadiens snapped
a 10-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the visiting St.
Louis Blues on Thursday.
Caufield's heroics gave new coach Martin St. Louis his first victory
in four tries. It also ended an 0-8-2 slide since Montreal's last
win on Jan. 18.
Paul Byron, playing in his 500th NHL game, scored the other goal for
the Canadiens and Sam Montembeault made 25 saves for Montreal, which
was 0-8-2 since its last victory on Jan. 18.
Pavel Buchnevich and Robert Thomas scored, and Husso finished with
27 saves for the Blues.
Canucks 5, Sharks 4 (OT)
J.T. Miller scored on a delayed penalty at the 2:39 mark of overtime
to give visiting Vancouver a wild win over San Jose.
Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist and Conor Garland, Brock
Boeser and Juho Lammikko also scored for Vancouver. Elias Pettersson
had two assists, and Thatcher Demko made 24 saves to improve to
5-0-0 in his career against the Sharks.
San Jose's Alexander Barabanov had two assists and forced overtime
by scoring with 0.6 seconds remaining in regulation. Timo Meier
snapped a six-game goal drought with a pair of power-play goals and
an assist for San Jose. Logan Couture also scored and Tomas Hertl
added a pair of assists. James Reimer finished with 22 saves.
Jets 5, Kraken 3
Josh Morrissey scored the tiebreaking goal at 13:50 of the third
period as host Winnipeg rallied from an early two-goal deficit to
defeat Seattle.
Blake Wheeler and Kyle Connor each had a goal and an assist, and
Dominic Toninato and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored for Winnipeg. Backup
goaltender Eric Comrie, making his first start since Jan. 29, made
20 saves for the Jets, who are 4-1-1 since the All-Star break.
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Marcus Johansson and Jordan Eberle each had a goal and an assist,
and Vince Dunn also scored for Seattle, which has lost three of four
since the break. Philipp Grubauer finished with 24 saves.
Red Wings 3, Rangers 2 (SO)
Pius Suter scored the winning goal in the sixth round of the
shootout to give visiting Detroit a win against New York.
Suter scored to start Round 6, and Thomas Greiss stopped Filip
Chytil's wrist shot for the win. Detroit's Lucas Raymond and New
York's Mika Zibanejad each scored in the first round of the
tiebreaker.
Greiss made 37 saves through overtime, and Troy Stetcher and Dylan
Larkin scored for Detroit, which ended New York's three-game winning
streak. K'Andre Miller and Zibanejad scored for the Rangers, and
Igor Shesterkin finished with 31 saves.
Oilers 7, Ducks 3
Leon Draisaitl scored two goals to help Edmonton earn a win against
visiting Anaheim.
Edmonton's Evander Kane, Derek Ryan, Warren Foegele and Zach Hyman
each had a goal and an assist, and Jesse Puljujarvi also tallied.
Mike Smith made 27 saves for the Oilers, who have won four straight
since Dave Tippett was fired last week and replaced by interim coach
Jay Woodcroft.
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Trevor Zegras and Sonny Milano each had a goal and
an assist, Adam Henrique scored and John Gibson stopped 34 shots for
the Ducks, who have lost four in a row (0-3-1).
Maple Leafs 4, Penguins 1
Morgan Rielly and Auston Matthews each had a goal and an assist, and
Toronto defeated visiting Pittsburgh.
David Kampf and Michael Bunting also scored for the Maple Leafs, who
have won their past two games. Mitchell Marner had two assists, and
Jack Campbell made a season-best 45 saves.
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Evgeni Malkin scored and Tristan Jarry finished
with 25 saves for the Penguins, who had their four-game winning
streak end.
Capitals 5, Flyers 3
Garnet Hathaway scored the tying and winning goals late in the third
period, rallying Washington past host Philadelphia.
Hathaway also contributed an assist while John Carlson added a goal
and an assist for the Capitals. Washington's Michal Kempny and Joe
Snively each netted a goal, and Nic Dowd and Carl Hagelin chipped in
with two assists apiece.
Gerry Mayhew led Philadelphia with two goals while Travis Sanheim
had one goal and one assist. Martin Jones stopped 20 shots for the
Flyers, who have dropped four in a row (0-3-1).
Islanders 4, Bruins 1
Noah Dobson, Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson scored in the third
period for New York, which earned a rare win against a playoff
contender by beating Boston in Elmont, N.Y.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored in the second period for the Islanders,
who snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 2-0-0 against
the Bruins, whom New York beat in a heated six-game, second-round
Eastern Conference series last spring.
The Islanders, who are 16 points behind the Bruins in the race for
the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot, are 2-16-2 against the
15 other teams that entered Thursday in playoff position.
Senators 3, Sabres 1
Austin Watson redirected the puck in the net for the tiebreaking
goal with 9:11 left, and visiting Ottawa rallied to beat Buffalo.
Zach Sanford posted his eighth goal, Brady Tkachuk added an
empty-netter and Anton Forsberg made 23 saves for the Senators, who
have won two of three against the Sabres this season.
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Craig Anderson, the longtime Senator and that
club's all-time leader with 202 victories, stopped 25 shots for
Buffalo. It marked the first time Anderson had faced Ottawa, where
he spent parts of 10 seasons since leaving as an unrestricted free
agent in October 2020.
Blue Jackets 7, Blackhawks 4
Patrik Laine had a hat trick, Boone Jenner scored a goal and had two
assists, and visiting Columbus outscored Chicago to cap a 4-1-0 road
trip.
Laine's hat trick was the ninth of his NHL career and extended his
points streak to eight games. Jenner assisted on two of Laine's
goals and scored his team-high 20th goal of the season. Jenner also
leads the Blue Jackets with 37 points.
Ryan Carpenter and Philipp Kurashev each had a goal and an assist
for the Blackhawks, who are 3-7-2 in their last 12 games.
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