NHL roundup: Bruins edge Kraken on Jake DeBrusk's late tip-in
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[February 24, 2023]
Jake DeBrusk tipped home Charlie McAvoy's shot from the left
point with 1:38 to play as the Boston Bruins outlasted the host
Seattle Kraken 6-5 in a wild Thursday night affair.
David Krejci, David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand all
had a goal and an assist for Boston, which has won five consecutive
games. Brandon Carlo scored the first of the Bruins' two
third-period goals, while McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm had two assists
apiece.
The winning goal was DeBrusk's third goal in three games since
returning from injuries. Jeremy Swayman made 36 saves, improving to
9-1-3 in his last 13 decisions.
Matty Beniers, Jamie Oleksiak and Vince Dunn each logged a goal and
an assist for Seattle. Yanni Gourde and Schwartz added to the
Kraken's scoring. Philipp Grubauer stopped 27 shots, but Seattle
lost its second straight game.
Wild 2, Blue Jackets 0
Kirill Kaprizov scored his team-leading 34th goal and Marc-Andre
Fleury stopped all 30 shots he faced for his 73rd career shutout as
visiting Minnesota blanked Columbus. Fleury's 73 shutouts rank 12th
on the NHL's all-time list.
The win snapped Minnesota's five-game road losing streak and
extended its overall win streak to four. Minnesota killed off its
22nd straight penalty in the win and has not given up a power-play
goal in nine straight games.
Thursday marked the return of Columbus star Johnny Gaudreau, who
missed two games due to a lower-body injury. Gaudreau's
consecutive-games played streak ended at 349, the third-longest
active iron man streak in the NHL, behind Phil Kessel (1,038) and
Brent Burns (734).
Sabers 6, Lightning 5 (OT)
Ilya Lyubushkin scored the game-winner on a short-handed breakaway
1:41 into overtime, Tage Thompson posted his fifth career hat trick
and Buffalo beat host Tampa Bay.
With Buffalo opening overtime on a four-on-three penalty kill,
Lyubushkin notched his first goal in 42 games this season by
stripping Steven Stamkos up top and breaking in on goaltender Andrei
Vasilevskiy (17 saves). Lyubushkin beat him on the short side to
move Buffalo to 7-3 in overtime.
Nikita Kucherov set up Stamkos' goal to stretch his team-record home
point streak to 19 games, dating back to a three-assist game against
the St. Louis Blues on Nov. 25.
Oilers 7, Penguins 2
Connor McDavid had two goals and two assists as Edmonton scored
seven straight goals to defeat host Pittsburgh.
Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each added a goal and an
assist; Kailer Yamamoto, Devin Shore and Warren Foegele also scored;
and Tyson Barrie had two assists for the Oilers, who have won two
straight. Edmonton goaltender Stuart Skinner made 22 saves.
Kris Letang scored twice and Evgeni Malkin had two assists for the
Penguins, who have lost four straight. Pittsburgh goaltender Tristan
Jarry gave up six goals on 29 shots through two periods and was
replaced by Casey DeSmith, who made 14 saves.
Devils 4, Kings 3 (OT)
Dawson Mercer remained red-hot, scoring a tying goal early in the
third period before collecting his first overtime goal to lift New
Jersey past visiting Los Angeles, which has lost the first two games
of its five-game road trip, each by one goal.
After taking the puck along the boards and passing it to Dougie
Hamilton, Mercer then dashed past Drew Doughty and into the crease,
where he took the puck back from Hamilton and chipped the puck past
Pheonix Copley for his seventh goal in the last five games.
Tomas Tatar scored in the second period for the Devils, who have won
three of four. Goalie Vitek Vanecek made 19 saves. After Sean Durzi
gave the Kings a 3-2 lead in the third, Nico Hischier drew the
Devils even again to force overtime by redirecting a shot by Jack
Hughes with 38.6 seconds left in regulation, setting up Mercer's
heroics.
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Feb 23, 2023; Seattle, Washington, USA;
Boston Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk (74) is congratulated by
teammates on the bench during the third period against the Seattle
Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen
Brashear-USA TODAY Sports
Golden Knights 4, Flames 3 (OT)
Alex Pietrangelo put in a rebound 42 seconds into overtime as Vegas
rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat Calgary in Las Vegas.
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist and William Carrier and Zach
Whitecloud also scored goals for Vegas, which won for the sixth time
in seven games while improving to 8-0-0 all-time against Calgary at
T-Mobile Arena. Laurent Brossoit finished with 25 saves in the
victory.
Mikael Backlund and Jakob Pelletier each had a goal and an assist
and Jonathan Huberdeau snapped a nine-game goal drought for Calgary.
Vladar stopped 25 of 29 shots he faced.
Predators 6, Sharks 2
Mikael Granlund scored two goals in a three-point game and Nino
Niederreiter tallied twice to lead visiting Nashville past San Jose.
Tommy Novak registered one goal and one assist and Yakov Trenin
added a goal for the Predators, who have won three of four games.
Matt Duchene collected three assists while Juuse Saros made 22
saves.
Nico Sturm and Martin Kaut replied for the Sharks, who have lost
four of five games. James Reimer stopped 25 shots.
Red Wings 4, Rangers 1
Andrew Copp had a goal and two assists against his former team and
host Detroit won for the seventh time in eight games by defeating
New York.
Filip Zadina scored his second goal of the season for Detroit.
Michael Rasmussen had a goal and an assist and Filip Hronek also
scored, while Ville Husso made 30 saves. David Perron added two
assists for the Red Wings, who were coming off a 4-1-0 road trip.
Vincent Trocheck scored the only goal for the Rangers, who have lost
three straight following a seven-game winning streak. Jaroslav Halak
made 19 saves for New York, which had just two power plays and came
up empty both times.
Canucks 3, Blues 2 (OT)
Elias Pettersson scored on an end-to-end rush with 15 seconds left
in overtime to complete a three-point night and lift visiting
Vancouver to a victory over St. Louis.
Pettersson also assisted on goals by Andrei Kuzmenko and J.T. Miller
as the Canucks won for just the third time in their last nine games
(3-4-2). Rookie goaltender Arturs Silovs made 20 saves to earn his
second NHL victory.
Alexey Toropchenko and Tyler Tucker scored and Jordan Binnington
made 38 saves for the Blues, who lost their fourth straight game
(0-3-1).
Ducks 4, Capitals 2
John Gibson made 41 saves for visiting Anaheim in a win against
Washington in Washington D.C.
Isac Lundestrom, Troy Terry, Jakob Silfverberg and Derek Grant
scored while Cam Fowler had two assists for the Ducks, who ended a
six-game losing streak.
T.J. Oshie and Nick Jensen scored and Charlie Lindgren made 17 saves
for the Capitals, who have lost six in a row.
--Field Level Media
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