DETROIT (AP) — Daniel Alfredsson scored his second goal of the game with 1 second left in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.
Alfredsson’s shot went off Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and appeared to be knocked into the net by Penguins defenseman Rob Scuderi, who scored into his own net earlier in the game. The goal stood after video review.
Detroit was up 2-0, trailed 3-2 and led 4-3 lead with 7:43 left. Craig Adams pulled Pittsburgh back into a tie two minutes later.
Gustav Nyquist, Tomas Tatar and Todd Bertuzzi also scored for Detroit.
Evgeni Malkin had two goals and Lee Stempniak added one for Pittsburgh
Fleury made 25 saves. Detroit’s Jimmy Howard stopped 39 shots.
SHARKS 3, DUCKS 2
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Brent Burns scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:59 to play to help San Jose beat Anaheim and take sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division for the first time in more than three months.
Joe Thornton tied the game earlier in the third and got his second assist on the game-winner for the Sharks.
Patrick Marleau also scored and Antti Niemi made 26 saves for San Jose.
KINGS 2, CAPITALS 1, SO
LOS ANGELES — Marian Gaborik got the deciding goal in the shootout and Los Angeles beat Washington to give Darryl Sutter his 500th regular-season victory as an NHL coach.
Jonathan Quick tied Rogie Vachon for the most career victories by a Kings goaltender and stopped Alex Ovechkin, who leads the league with 46 goals, on the Capitals’ second shot in the tiebreaker. Ovechkin is 2 for 15 this season in the tiebreaker and 25 for 83 in his career.
FLYERS 4, STARS 2
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wayne Simmonds scored two goals and Philadelphia beat Dallas for its fourth straight win.
Mark Streit and Michael Raffl also scored for Philadelphia, which improved to 11-2-1 in its last 14 games while maintaining its hold on second place in the Metropolitan Division.
SABRES 3, OILERS 1
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Cory Conacher had two goals and an assist, and Buffalo beat Edmonton to snap a seven-game losing streak.
Drew Stafford also scored for Buffalo, which had been outscored 21-6 during its skid.
Taylor Hall had Edmonton’s goal as it ended a two-game win streak in a matchup of teams with the worst records in the NHL. The Oilers (25-37-9) dropped to 10-5-3 in their last 18 games, and are 11 points ahead of the Sabres (20-42-8).
COYOTES 2, PANTHERS 1
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Radim Vrbata and Antoine Vermette scored first-period goals and Phoenix held on to win its third in a row.
Coyotes goalie Mike Smith had a shutout until Chris Gomez scored with 4:08 to play. Smith had 22 saves.
Phoenix has won five of six and seven of nine.
BLUE JACKETS 3, CANADIENS 2
MONTREAL (AP) — Ryan Johansen scored late in the third period to give Columbus a victory that snapped Montreal’s three-game winning streak.
Derek MacKenzie and Brandon Dubinsky also scored for Columbus. Sergei Bobrovsky, the reigning Vezina Trophy winner, made 25 saves while starting the Blue Jackets’ 16th straight game and 23rd in the last 24.
DEVILS 4, WILD 3, OT
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Andy Greene scored from in close 2 minutes into overtime and New Jersey snapped a three-game losing streak by beating Minnesota in Zach Parise’s first game against his former teammates.
Adam Henrique and Patrik Elias each had three assists and combined to set up the game-winner for New Jersey, which blew a two-goal third-period lead.
LIGHTNING 5, SENATORS 4
OTTAWA (AP) — Teddy Purcell scored twice and Ryan Callahan had a power-play goal midway through the third period to lead Tampa Bay over Ottawa.
Valteri Filpulla and Eric Brewer also scored for the Lightning, who have won five in a row. Ben Bishop stopped 27 shots.
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