NHL Results - Mon, Mar 09, 2015

NY Islanders @ Toronto 4-3 OT - John Tavares scored with 21.8 seconds remaining in overtime in a 4-3 win. Tavares drove hard to the net and sneaked his way through a crowd of Maple Leafs defenders before beating goaltender Jonathan Bernier for the game-winner. The Maple Leafs took a 1-0 lead at 18:23 of the first period on a fine individual play by right wing David Booth. The speedy veteran muscled his way past Nick Leddy and Ryan Strome, cut to the net and beat Neuvirth with a hard backhand shot to the top corner on the far side of the goal. It was Booth's fourth goal of the season and third in as many games. Peter Holland made it 2-0 when he collected Richard Panik's rebound and tapped home his 11th goal of the season at 10:27. The goal extended Holland's point streak to four games. Kennedy, playing in his first game for the Islanders since being acquired from the San Jose Sharks at the trade deadline, put his new team on the board at 1:32 of the third period when he accepted a pass from Tavares and connected on a wrist shot to the short side from a sharp angle. It was Kennedy's fifth goal of the season. James van Riemsdyk restored Toronto's two-goal lead five minutes later when he broke into the New York zone on the left side and snapped a 30-foot shot past Neuvirth for his 23rd goal of the season. It was his second goal in 18 games. Nielsen made it 3-2 at 9:58 with a tap-in from the side of the net 29 seconds after Booth was penalized for holding. Thirty seconds later, Cizikas tied it when he redirected Travis Hamonic's shot past Bernier for his seventh goal of the season.

Edmonton @ Detroit 2-5 - Klinkhammer opened the scoring 2:15 into the game when he jammed in a rebound that Howard couldn't find for his fifth goal. The Red Wings scored twice in the second period to take a 2-1 lead. Kronwall's power-play goal 21 seconds into the second period tied the game, 1-1. He beat Scrivens with a wrist shot from the high slot, high on the blocker side. Kronwall shot the puck through the legs of Oilers defenseman Mark Fayne for his eighth goal. Sheahan gave Detroit a 2-1 lead with 5:56 left in the second period. He chipped Gustav Nyquist's cross-crease pass into an empty net for Sheahan's 11th goal. Scrivens made a pad save on Thomas Tatar's shot as he skated across the slot 8:54 into the middle period and then denied Tatar as he cut in off right wing, while fending off an Oilers' defenseman. Howard made a glove save coming across the crease on left wing Benoit Pouliot from the bottom of the right circle 5:32 into the third period. Pulkkinen made it 3-1, 9:21 into the third period. He put in a loose puck from the bottom of the left circle for his third goal. With the Oilers on a 5-on-3 power play, the Red Wings killed it off after taking two consecutive overlapping penalties late in the third period. In the third period, Yakupov scored a power-play goal with Scrivens out for the extra attacker to make it 3-2. It was Yakupov's 10th goal. Abdelkader scored his 17th and Datsyuk his 23rd, each with the net empty.

Anaheim @ Vancouver 1-2 - Emerson Etem tied the game in the third period, Zack Kassian scored the go-ahead goal with 3:59 left and Eddie Lack made 29 saves to help Vancouver to a 2-1 win. Dan Hamhuis led a rush into the Anaheim end, faking a shot before driving wide and down to the goal line for a pass to Kassian in the slot for a quick shot through Andersen that trickled a foot over the line behind him. Anaheim nearly opened the scoring, but Getzlaf muffed a shot with Lack down and out and hit the crossbar just over one minute in. Instead the Canucks opened the scoring midway through the first period. A harmless looking shot off the rush bounced out of Andersen's glove and Jannik Hansen chipped the loose puck back to Horvat above the right faceoff dot. Horvat beat Andersen low on the glove side through a maze of defenders for his 11th goal of the season. The Sucks were outshooting Vancouver 26-10 when Etem finally tied it 8:40 into the third period. After a couple of failed chances to clear by former Anaheim center Nick Bonino, the Ducks worked it behind the net to center Nate Thompson, who sent it out front to Etem alone between two defenders in the slot for a one-timer past Lack. It was the 100th career point for Thompson and Etem's fifth goal this season. Perry almost put the Ducks ahead from a sharp angle with 5:20 left when his shot trickled through Lack and fell onto the goal line. But Lack reached back with the blocker as fell backwards and managed to keep the puck from completely crossing.

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Nashville @ Phoenix 2-1 OT - A  loose puck in front of the Coyotes net helped the Predators and Neal get what they wanted. The Predators' six-game losing streak came to an end when Neal scored at 2:45 of overtime for a 2-1 win. The Predators outshot the Coyotes 7-0 in overtime. Neal, whose double-minor penalty for high sticking against Shane Doan at 4:49 of the third period allowed the Coyotes to tie the game, made the last one count by banging it in from just below the left faceoff circle for his 22nd goal, ending a nine-game goal drought.
Paul Gaustad scored early in the second period to give the Predators a 1-0 lead. But with Neal sitting in the box for four minutes, Kyle Chipchura tied the game 7:27 into the third period. Renne made nine saves in the first period, including a few tough ones. He gloved a Doan shot from the slot before stopping Sam Gagner's backhand and Oliver Ekman-Larsson's rebound attempt late in the period. The Coyotes came out strong in the second period. David Moss rang a shot off the crossbar from the left circle. But the Predators got the game's first goal, Taylor Beck fanned on a shot attempt from the slot, and the puck skidded toward the net. Gaustad reached around John Moore and swatted the puck between Domingue's pads at 3:26 for his third goal. The Coyotes kept coming and got their chance to tie the game in the third period when Neal was assessed the double minor for high sticking. Moore's feed into the slot was deflected by Chipchura and fluttered over Rinne's glove. It was Phoenix's first goal in 129 minutes, 56 seconds, dating to B.J. Crombeen's third-period goal in a 3-2 shootout win against the Vancouver Canucks on March 5.