"Last-Minute OT Goal Secures Bruins' Victory Against Panthers in NHL Recap"
David Pastrnak tallied a goal with only 1.2 seconds remaining in overtime for the Boston Bruins, who ended a six-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon in Sunrise, Fla.
Pastrnak, who notched two goals and one assist, scored the game-winning goal on an attempted pass that deflected off the stick of Florida's Sam Reinhart. The puck flew over the head of goalie Sergei Bobrovsky for Pastrnak's sixth goal in his last five games.
The Bruins, who earned their first win of the new year after an 0-5-1 stretch since 2025 began, received one goal each from Morgan Geekie and Oliver Wahlstrom.
The Panthers got two goals from Reinhart and one from Evan Rodrigues.
Capitals 4, Predators 1
Ethen Frank scored his first NHL goal to break a 1-1 tie in the third period and Washington skated away with a win over host Nashville.
Alex Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal with 59 seconds remaining in the third, moving within 21 goals of matching Wayne Gretzky (894) for the most in league history. Ovechkin joined Gordie Howe (22 seasons) as the only players in NHL history to score at least 20 goals in 20 consecutive seasons.
Frank, who had an assist in his NHL debut on Friday, received a stretch pass from Matt Roy, got behind the defense, and slid the puck between the pads of Juuse Saros to give the Capitals the lead for good at 8:30 of the third period.
Rangers 2, Golden Knights 1
Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 of 30 shots and Adam Edstrom scored the go-ahead goal in the third period to lead New York to a victory over Vegas in Las Vegas.
Vincent Trocheck also scored for New York, which improved to 4-1-1 over its last six games with its second straight win.
Mark Stone scored for Vegas, which lost back-to-back games for the first time since Nov. 17 and 20 against Washington and Toronto. The Golden Knights, who lost for just the sixth time in 23 home games (17-6-0), also fell to 6-8-1 against Eastern Conference opponents.
Flames 2, Kings 1
Matt Coronato tallied a goal and an assist while goaltender Dustin Wolf delivered a sparkling performance to give host Calgary a comeback victory over Los Angeles.
Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for Calgary, which has won two consecutive games. Wolf made 31 saves, 16 of them in the first period while his team appeared overmatched from the drop of the puck.
Jacob Moverare scored the lone goal for the Kings, who saw their five-game winning streak end. Goalie David Rittich stopped 16 shots.
Canucks 3, Maple Leafs 0
Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves to earn his fourth shutout of the season as visiting Vancouver overcame rough travel to defeat host Toronto.
Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist, and Brock Boeser scored his 194th goal as a Canuck, putting him alone in 10th place in franchise history. Lankinen's seventh career shutout helped the Canucks to improve to 1-1-2 with one game left on their five-game road trip.
The Canucks did not arrive in Toronto until early afternoon because of flight delays after their 2-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday night.
Wild 3, Sharks 1
Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves and Mats Zuccarello had a hand in all three Minnesota goals as the Wild stayed hot with a win at San Jose.
Zuccarello assisted on his team's first two goals and scored its third with 1:17 left in the game. Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist, and Marco Rossi also scored for the Wild, who have won five of six.
William Eklund scored and Yaroslav Askarov made 19 saves for the Sharks, who have dropped three in a row and 11 of