San Jose @ Ottawa 5-2 - Hertl scored his eighth goal at 1:16 of the first. Andrew Desjardins made it 2-0 with his first goal at 6:35. Tommy Wingels scored the Sharks' third goal of the opening period with a shorthanded effort at 18:15. Logan Couture drove in on Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson, who turned aside the San Jose center's shot, but left the puck sitting just beyond his pad in the crease for Wingels to tap home. James Sheppard added his first goal of the season at 1:29 of the third to give San Jose its third two-goal lead of the game at 4-2. Joe Pavelski scored the Sharks' fifth goal at 7:59. Both of Ottawa's goals came on drives from their defensemen. Erik Karlsson drew the Senators to within 2-1 at 11:07 of the first with his third goal on a one-timer from just inside the blue line. Marc Methot closed the margin to one once again with his first goal at 9:09 of the second. Cory Conacher screened Stalock and picked up an assist when Karlsson drove a one-timer from just inside the blue line on a pass from Kyle Turris for his third goal. Methot drew Ottawa within 2-1 with a slap shot past Stalock into the top right corner from the left point.
Tampa Bay @ Florida 4-3 SO - Stamkos, Radko Gudas, and Martin St. Louis scored in regulation for Tampa Bay, which has won five of six. Anders Lindback stopped 29 shots and turned aside three of four Florida shooters in the tiebreaker. Stamkos also had an assist. Brad Boyes, Nick Bjugstad and Shawn Matthias scored, and Markstrom made 25 saves for Florida. Boyes also had a shootout goal. Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov, and Dmitry Kulikov all missed. The Lightning scored two goals on their first three shots, including on just 41 seconds into the game. Stamkos passed from the top of the right circle to St. Louis, who poked in the puck from in front. St. Louis has scored in three straight games. Stamkos made it 2-0 at 4:35. Markstrom blocked a shot by Ryan Malone, but the long rebound went out to Stamkos in the right circle for a slap shot. Florida closed to 2-1 on Matthias' first goal of the season. Matthias grabbed a puck in traffic in front of the crease and slipped it behind Lindback at 13:48 of the first. It was Matthias' first goal in 23 games, dating to last season. Tampa Bay stretched its lead to 3-1 during a power play in the second period. Gudas took a wrist shot from just inside the blue line that deflected off Florida's Mike Weaver and got past Markstrom at 9:58. Gudas got a game misconduct at 12:51 of the third when he slashed at the boards in front of the Panthers' bench after being squirted with water by Upshall, who received an unsportsmanlike conduct call. Florida rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the third period and closed to 3-2 on Bjugstad's goal at 5:39 when he tipped in Scottie Upshall's shot from the point. Florida tied it when Boyes grabbed an errant puck and backhanded it under Lindback's pads from in front at 8:51. Boyes leads the Panthers with five goals, but this was his first in seven games.
Anaheim @ Columbus 4-3 - Corey Perry scored with 2:25 to play and the Ducks survived the loss of another player for a 4-3 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday at Nationwide Arena. Perry took a bouncing puck off the end board to the left of goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. He faked shooting as he skated to the right, then put a shot over the sprawling Bobrovsky. He leads the Ducks with six goals. Artem Anisimov had two goals for Columbus, including tying the game at 3 near the midpoint of the third period after Emerson Etem put Anaheim ahead earlier in the period during a five-minute power play. Blue Jackets center Brandon Dubinsky was given a major for interference and a game misconduct when he delivered a dirty hit on Saku Koivu in the face at 19:25 of the second period. Dubinsky did not leave his feet, but his shoulder appeared to hit Koivu in the jaw. Koivu did not return. Dubinsky said he didn't feel his hit warranted an ejection but he realizes The League is worried about all contact to the head area. Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau said Koivu was knocked out on the play, but was walking around in the dressing room after the game. Boudreau said he had not watched video of the play and would not comment. Dubinsky checked Koivu just after the Ducks player released the puck. Emerson gave the Ducks the temporary 3-2 lead and an emotional left at 1:51 on a rebound of a Teemu Selanne shot from the slot for his second goal. Anaheim still had 2:36 of power play remaining after Etem scored, but were unable to add any insurance and it would come back to haunt them because Anisimov responded at 11:36 by redirecting a shot from the right point by James Wisniewski to make it 3-3. Once Perry put the Ducks ahead they held off the Blue Jackets despite taking their first penalty with 97 seconds remaining. Columbus pulled Sergei Bobrovsky for a two-man advantage, but managed only one shot on Frederik Andersen, who had 18 saves. Goals by Comeau and Anisimov, shorthanded, tied the game at 2 for the Blue Jackets through two periods to counter goals by Ryan Getzlaf and Peter Holland. Getzlaf got his fifth goal after 19 seconds off a pass by Corey Perry. Getzlaf one-timed the feed through the pads of Bobrovsky. Bobrovsky was also shaky on Anaheim's second goal when he left the post unprotected for Holland's first goal at 6:59. Dubinsky had the Blue Jackets first man-down goal of the season against the Maple Leafs, but this time he set up Anisimov at 12:12.
Winnipeg @ Colorado 2-3 - The Avalanche outshot the Jets 17-6 in the third period and killed off Winnipeg's fifth power play of the game after Hejda scored the tying goal at 7:13 when he hammered a shot from the left circle that sailed over goalie Al Montoya's left shoulder. Hejda figured he had some making up to do after taking two penalties, including a trip against Devin Setoguchi with 1:43 left in the second period. Stastny was by himself just outside the crease when Gabriel Landeskog slid the puck to him through the slot after Alex Tanguay drew two Jets defenders to him. Stastny knocked the puck inside the left post to break the tie. The Avalanche killed off three penalties after Blake Wheeler ripped a shot from the right point into the net to give the Jets their 2-1 lead at 10:02 of the second period. The puck trickled behind goalie Semyon Varlamov three seconds after the Avalanche finished killing the Jets' second power play of the game. Colorado opened the scoring at 8:04 of the first period on Matt Duchene's ninth goal of the season. Steve Downie put a shot on goal from the right side, Montoya kicked the rebound into the left circle and Duchene banged the rebound into an open net. The Jets tied the game at the 11-minute mark after Adam Pardy shot the puck off the end boards. The puck ricocheted to the opposite side and Bryan Little fired it inside the right post before Varlamov could slide over in time. The Jets announced before the game that defenseman Paul Postma has a blood clot in his leg and will be sidelined indefinitely. Postma played Saturday in the Jets' 2-1 shootout win against the Dallas Stars.
Edmonton @ Los Angeles 1-2 SO - The Los Angeles Kings thrive on grinding out low-scoring games. They usually don't have to grind for this long, though, particularly against a struggling defense. L.A. put a season-high 48 shots on newly-recalled Edmonton Oilers goalie Richard Bachman and still managed only one goal. It wasn't until Anze Kopitar scored in the third round of a shootout Sunday night that the Kings earned a 2-1 win at Staples Center. Kopitar snapped a shot past the blocker side of Bachman to end a defensive stalemate. Jonathan Quick made 17 saves and stopped David Perron and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in the shootout to barely edge Bachman, who stopped Jeff Carter but allowed shootout goals to Mike Richards and Kopitar. Jordan Eberle scored in the shootout for Edmonton. Just when it looked like L.A. would go into the third period down, 1-0, Richards' patience paid off down low when he grabbed Jake Muzzin's rebound, took his time and scored on a sharp-angle shot from the left side of the net at 16:58 of the second. Matt Frattin helped screen goalie Bachman, who couldn't track the puck until Richards fired it past his shoulder. Bachman wasn't tested much early, but held his ground on a night when the usually fast-skating Oilers muddled against the plodding Kings. Edmonton put 12 shots on goal in the first two periods despite getting four power plays and was outshot 48-18 in regulation and overtime. Nail Yakupov's first goal this season was a one-timer off Anton Belov's rebound at 4:12 of the second period after Ales Hemsky brought the puck across the blue line. Muzzin was serving an interference penalty. It ended a seven-game drought, dating to Edmonton's last power-play goal Oct.12. Already missing Taylor Hall and Ryan Smyth up front, Edmonton also didn't have Tyler Pitlick because of a knee injury from Saturday.
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