Boston @ Carolina 4-1 - With the score tied 1-1, Carl Soderberg scored the go-ahead goal at 10:24 of the first period by redirecting Dennis Seidenberg's shot for the eventual game winner. Soderberg has two goals and eight points in 14 games this season. After appearing in eight games between the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs for Boston in 2012-13, it appears Soderberg is beginning to adjust to the NHL game. Soderberg set up the first goal just 2:31 into the game. From the right side of the net, Soderberg fed Reilly Smith at the far post for a tap-in on the power play. Smith also picked up an assist on Soderberg's goal. The Bruins carried much of the play in the first period, but they lost some momentum when Carolina scored with five seconds remaining. Hurricanes captain Eric Staal's centering pass deflected off of Boston forward Patrice Bergeron and then Carolina's Tuomo Ruutu. Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask could only watch as the puck slipped into the net. Boston's resolve was tested in the middle of the second period, when the Hurricanes had a two-man advantage for 1:03. With Johnny Boychuk off for tripping and Gregory Campbell for delay of game, the Bruins had to stave off Carolina's bid to tie the game. The Hurricanes' best chance came on Chris Terry's one-timer from the high slot, but Rask stopped it with his glove. With a 2-1 lead heading to the third period, Boychuk gave Boston some breathing room when he beat Ward from the top of the right circle at 10:29 for his first goal of the season. Milan Lucic added an empty-net goal with 11 seconds remaining.
Calgary @ Winnipeg 5-4 SO - Mike Cammalleri broke through for the Flames midway through the second. Winnipeg's Grant Clitsome took a penalty behind the play that set up the Jets' second power play. The Flames needed 18 seconds on the man-advantage to strike. Cammalleri set up to Montoya's left and swatted his team-leading ninth goal at 9:01. However, Michael Frolik's fifth goal of the season answered Cammalleri's goal 2:10 later. Frolik scooped up the rebound of Clitsome's point shot at the left of the net and slammed his fifth goal past Berra that tied the game 1-1. T.J. Brodie took back Calgary's one-goal lead when he lofted a long shot from the right point late in the second period that clipped Byfuglien in front of the net and eluded Montoya at 15:24, his second goal of the season. Former Flames forward Olli Jokinen used his fourth goal of the season in the third period to erase Calgary's second lead of the game. Devin Setoguchi dished off a pass inside the Calgary blue line and Jokinen wheeled to the left boards and floated a shot past three Calgary defenders that climbed over Berra's shoulder at 8:16. Chris Butler's tripping penalty halfway through the third period sent the Jets on their third power play of the game. But Lance Bouma and the Flames 28th-ranked penalty kill gave Calgary its third go-ahead goal of the game with a shorthanded goal and 11:17 to go in the third period. Matt Stajan carried the puck over the Winnipeg blue line before Bouma took the puck and beat Montoya. Calgary's lead survived 53 seconds, however. On the same power play, Dustin Byfuglien slipped into the slot and punched a loose puck under Berra at 12:10. After going his first 18 games without a goal, Byfuglien has five goals and three assists over his past five outings. Jiri Hudler seemingly had put away the Jets with 3:26 remaining when he positioned himself along the boards outside of the right circle and took a feed from Brodie before ripping a shot that beat Jets goaltender Al Montoya high on his seventh goal of the season, before Winnipeg center Bryan Little broke the Flames for the fourth time with his team-leading 12th goal with 5.6 seconds left in regulation. Little broke free of the Calgary defense, found the rebound of an Evander Kane shot and fired it into the net before Berra could scramble into position. Sean Monahan won the game in the eighth round of the shootout. The Flames snapped a six-game winless streak.
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