NHL roundup: Linus Ullmark's record night lifts Bruins
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[March 01, 2023]
Charlie McAvoy scored the overtime winner and goaltender
Linus Ullmark made a franchise-record 54 saves as the league-leading
Boston Bruins claimed a 4-3 road victory over the Calgary Flames and
extended their winning streak to eight games.
Ullmark, with his team playing its third game in four nights,
sparkled while facing 57 shots, the most the Bruins have allowed all
season and most the Flames have registered. His save total was the
second highest in the NHL this season.
McAvoy was on the spot when he finished a flurry with 4.3 seconds
remaining in overtime. His fifth career overtime goal pulls him into
a tie with Ray Bourque for the most by a defenseman in franchise
history.
Dmitry Orlov scored twice in a three-point game while Pavel Zacha
also scored for the Bruins. Jake DeBrusk and Patrice Bergeron both
recorded a pair of assists. Blake Coleman, Dillon Dube and Jonathan
Huberdeau replied for the Flames, who have lost three straight
(0-1-2).
Panthers 4, Lightning 1
Eric Staal, Anton Lundell and Eetu Luostarinen scored first-period
goals as Florida broke Tampa Bay's club-record 16-game home point
streak.
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Sergei Bobrovsky's 29 saves helped him set a record for most NHL
wins by a Russian goaltender (354). Anthony Duclair had an empty-net
goal and Nick Cousins contributed two assists for the Panthers, who
have alternated wins and losses over their past nine games.
Brayden Point had a power-play goal for the Lightning, and Andrei
Vasilevskiy stopped 37 shots. Nikita Kucherov stretched his
franchise-record home point streak to 20 games with an assist.
Canadiens 3, Sharks 1
Jake Allen made 37 saves for visiting Montreal in a win against San
Jose.
Jesse Ylonen, Kaiden Guhle and Christian Dvorak scored third-period
goals for the Canadiens, who have won three of four.
Jacob MacDonald scored his first goal of the season for the Sharks,
who have lost six of seven, and Kaapo Kahkonen made 29 saves.
Coyotes 4, Blackhawks 1
Karel Vejmelka made 23 saves and Nick Schmaltz had a goal and an
assist to lead Arizona over Chicago in Tempe, Ariz.
Schmaltz, who has scored 11 goals over his last 13 games, tied his
career long with a goal in his fourth straight game. Travis Boyd,
Barrett Hayton and Jack McBain also scored goals and Clayton Keller
added a pair of assists for Arizona, which snapped a two-game losing
streak.
Andreas Athanasiou scored for Chicago, which took its second
straight loss to finish 2-2-0 on its Western road trip. Alex Stalock,
playing his first game since sustaining a head injury on Jan. 14,
finished with 29 saves for Chicago, which officially announced the
trade of star Patrick Kane to the New York Rangers just a few hours
before the start of the contest.
Penguins 3, Predators 1
Jason Zucker scored the go-ahead goal with 1:39 left as visiting
Pittsburgh topped Nashville.
Zucker scored from near the bottom of the right circle on a shot
that went in off goaltender Juuse Saros' skate. Bryan Rust added an
empty-netter with 6.4 seconds left. Sidney Crosby also scored for
the Penguins, who won their third straight. Tristan Jarry made 24
saves.
Mark Jankowski scored for the Predators, who had their three-game
winning streak snapped. Saros made 31 saves.
Wild 2, Islanders 1 (SO)
Frederick Gaudreau scored the only goal in a shootout for Minnesota,
which remained hot by edging New York in Saint Paul, Minn.
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Feb 28, 2023; Calgary, Alberta, CAN;
Calgary Flames left wing Milan Lucic (17) and Boston Bruins
defenseman Derek Forbort (28) fight for position in front of Boston
Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark (35) during the second period at
Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY
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Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson and Islanders goalie
Ilya Sorokin turned back the first four shots of the shootout before
Gaudreau deked several times and fired a shot that glanced off
Sorokin's glove and trickled into the right corner of the net.
Gustavsson then stopped Kyle Palmieri's attempt.
Gustavsson made 39 saves in regulation and overtime
and Ryan Reaves scored in regulation as the Wild won for the sixth
time in seven games (6-1-0). Josh Bailey scored for the Islanders.
Kings 6, Jets 5 (SO)
Anze Kopitar recorded his second-career four-goal game and Los
Angeles rallied from three two-goal deficits to hand host Winnipeg
another loss.
Los Angeles was down 5-3 after two periods when Kopitar scored on a
slapper 1:26 into the third. The Kings tied it with 4:06 left in
regulation when Gabriel Vilardi beat Connor Hellebuyck (32 saves).
Adrian Kempe had the lone goal in the shootout for Los Angeles,
which finished a 2-2-1 trip.
Josh Morrissey had a career-high four points with two goals and two
assists while Kevin Stenlund also scored twice for the Jets, who
have dropped four straight while mired in a 1-5-1 rut.
Senators 6, Red Wings 1
Tim Stutzle scored on a penalty shot, Austin Watson added two
first-period goals and host Ottawa defeated Detroit for the second
consecutive night.
Alex DeBrincat and Claude Giroux each contributed a goal and an
assist. Brady Tkachuk also scored and Stutzle added two assists for
Ottawa, which has won three straight.
After Detroit's Dominik Kubalik opened the scoring, Ottawa took over
the game with four goals scored four different ways -- on a penalty
shot, short-handed, at even strength and on the power play.
Kraken 5, Blues 3
Morgan Geekie scored twice as visiting Seattle snapped its
three-game losing streak with a victory over St. Louis.
Jared McCann, Jamie Oleksiak and Brandon Tanev also scored for the
Kraken. Eeli Tolvanen had three assists, Daniel Sprong had two
assists and Martin Jones made 22 saves for Seattle.
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Pavel Buchnevich and Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist for the
Blues, who are winless (0-4-2) in their last six games. Brandon Saad
also scored, and Jordan Binnington made 21 saves.
Blue Jackets 5, Sabres 3
Eric Robinson registered his first career hat trick and Elvis
Merzlikins made 38 saves as Columbus won at Buffalo.
Boone Jenner had a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets, Kent
Johnson scored and Nick Blankenburg had two assists. Columbus is on
a three-game points streak (2-0-1).
Jack Quinn had a goal and an assist for the Sabres. Tage Thompson
and JJ Peterka scored Buffalo's other goals, and Craig Anderson
stopped 31 of 35 shots.
--Field Level Media
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