"Knights Maintain Unbeaten Home Record with Overtime Victory: NHL Recap"
Brett Howden tallied a goal at 2:15 of overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights maintained their unbeaten home record with a 4-3 win against the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Howden received a pass from Noah Hanifin at the bottom of the left circle, maneuvered around Alexander Kerfoot, and then skated in front of the net to beat Connor Ingram with a backhand shot on his glove side for the game-winning goal.
Hanifin contributed a goal and two assists, while Howden added an assist. William Karlsson and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored for Vegas, who tied their franchise record with their eighth consecutive home win (8-0-0), matching their inaugural season of 2017-18. Adin Hill made 16 saves for the Golden Knights.
Logan Cooley had a goal and an assist, Nick Bjugstad had two assists, and Ian Cole and Kerfoot also scored for Utah, who suffered their fifth loss in the last six games. Ingram finished with 31 saves.
Panthers 4, Stars 2
A.J. Greer scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period to lift Florida to a win against Dallas and complete a sweep of the 2024 NHL Global Series in Tampere, Finland.
Sam Reinhart, who had an assist on Evan Rodrigues\' goal in the first period, scored into the empty net with one minute left in the third. Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal and Spencer Knight made 23 saves for the Panthers, who have won five straight games. Florida posted a 6-4 win over Dallas on Friday.
Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist and Casey DeSmith made 21 saves for the Stars.
Bruins 3, Flyers 0
Brad Marchand recorded a goal and an assist as Boston defeated host Philadelphia.
Joonas Korpisalo made 20 saves for his fifth career shutout, his first since April 10, 2023 with the Los Angeles Kings. Matthew Poitras and Justin Brazeau also scored for the Bruins, who had lost five of their previous six games.
Samuel Ersson started in goal for the Flyers before leaving early in the first period with an undisclosed injury. Philadelphia had won three of their previous four games, including a road regulation victory over the Bruins on Tuesday for the first time in over 13 years.
Capitals 7, Blue Jackets 2
Connor McMichael scored twice, including one of Washington\'s five goals in the first period, in their rout of visiting Columbus.
Alex Ovechkin and Dylan Strome each had a goal and two assists for the Capitals, who have won three straight games. Aliaksei Protas, Andrew Mangiapane, and Nic Dowd also scored, while Logan Thompson made 34 saves.
Damon Severson and Kevin Labanc scored for the Blue Jackets, and Daniil Tarasov made 15 saves.
Red Wings 2, Sabres 1
Dylan Larkin scored two power-play goals in the second period and host Detroit held on to beat Buffalo.
Larkin, the Red Wings\' captain, has five power-play goals this season. Cam Talbot made 31 saves for Detroit, who ended a three-game losing streak.
Alex Tuch scored a short-handed goal for Buffalo, who have lost three straight games. The Sabres were playing for the second consecutive night after losing 4-3 to the New York Islanders on Friday.
Blackhawks 4, Kings 3
After assisting on Tyler Bertuzzi\'s tying goal with 31 seconds left in regulation, Ryan Donato recorded the decisive score in the shootout, and visiting Chicago rallied for a victory over Los Angeles.
Connor Bedard, Teuvo Teravainen, and Donato each scored in the shootout, while Petr Mrazek made 37 saves for Chicago, who improved to 2-2-0 on a five-game trip.
The Blackhawks handed the first home loss in four tries to Los Angeles, who got two goals from Alex Laferriere.
Senators 3, Kraken 0
Anton Forsberg made 22 saves for his NHL-leading second shutout of the season as Ottawa defeated