Detroit @ Buffalo 2-3 SO - Tyler Ennis and Zemgus Girgensons scored in the shootout to give the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 win. Goalie Michal Neuvirth made 36 saves through 65 minutes and stopped two of three shots in the shootout for Buffalo. The Sabres are 2-2-1 in the past five games despite scoring six goals over that span. Stewart tied the game 2-2 at 13:08 of the third period when he scored his first goal of the season. Stewart snapped a one-timer off a pass from Ennis that was initially stopped by Jimmy Howard (19 saves), but it bounced off Red Wings defenseman Brendan Smith and crossed the goal line.
The Red Wings had a potential game-winning goal by Henrik Zetterberg waved off with 2:32 left in overtime when officials ruled Johan Franzen interfered with Neuvirth in the crease. Franzen played for the first time since Oct. 17 after he missed six games because of a groin injury. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 4-0 in overtime, but were unable to put one legally past Neuvirth. The Sabres took advantage of the added opportunity in the shootout. Pavel Datsyuk scored 4:27 into the third period to give the Red Wings a 2-1 lead. Datsyuk's goal came when he took a pass from Justin Abdelkader, got in behind the Sabres defense and beat Neuvirth over his right shoulder into the top corner of the net for his fifth goal of the season. Sabres forward Brian Flynn opened the scoring 6:55 into the second period with his first goal of the season. Flynn chipped in a rebound of a Girgensons wraparound attempt over Howard. The goal was Flynn's first since Feb. 28, 2014, a span of 25 games. Tatar tied the game 1-1 with his third goal of the season at 12:55 of the second. The Red Wings kept the Sabres defense pinned in their end and Tatar sent a wrist shot from outside the faceoff circle past Neuvirth.
Los Angeles @ Carolina 2-3 - Chris Terry set up a goal with a quick touch pass and then fired a one-timer on the power play for his fourth goal of the season in. Hurricanes forward Victor Rask started the scoring late in the first period with his first NHL goal. Zach Boychuk carried the puck down the right wing before centering to Terry, who slid a pass to Rask for an uncontested tap-in at the top of the crease. Rask had been without a point through nine games to start the season. Terry made it 2-0 with a power-play goal 50 seconds into the second period. He took a pass from defenseman Andrej Sekera and fired a shot from the right circle before Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick could get across the crease. The Kings countered with a power-play goal of their own at 5:39. Sharp passes from Justin Williams and Drew Doughty set up a one-timer from the slot for Mike Richards, cutting the lead to 2-1. Elias Lindholm put Carolina ahead 3-1 at 16:01 after taking a pass from Gerbe on the rush. Lindholm's shot from the right circle caught a piece of defenseman Robyn Regehr's stick and found the net inside the left post. The Kings pushed back in the third period and cut the lead to 3-2 when defenseman Alec Martinez gathered a turnover at the right point and sent a shot through traffic at 7:58. But Cam Ward, who stopped 30 shots, was sharp in the final minutes, saving his best for Anze Kopitar's bid from the right post in the final minutes. Los Angeles had Kopitar and linemate Marian Gaborik back in the lineup after missing three and eight games, respectively.
Calgary @ Montreal 6-2 - Josh Jooris snapped a wrist shot past Montreal goalie Carey Price on a power-play breakaway to restore Calgary’s three-goal lead at 8:48 of the third. Max Pacioretty scored 37 seconds into the third to draw the Canadiens within 3-1. Hiller, who made his third start in a row, stuck out his left pad to stop Montreal forward Rene Bourque on a breakaway at 5:56 of the third to maintain Calgary's two-goal lead. Jooris scored his second of the game to make it 4-1 nearly three minutes later, and Bouma increased the lead to 5-1 at 11:08. Lars Eller scored Montreal’s second goal at 13:18. Giordano scored into an empty net at 16:30. Jooris opened the scoring at 4:58 of the opening period. Price stopped Dennis Wideman's one-timer from the point, but failed to clear the rebound. Jooris snapped up the puck off Price in the goal mouth and moved across the front to shoot past the sprawled Montreal goalie. Gaudreau got his second assist with a pass to Jiri Hudler, whose shot struck Granlund's skate on its way past Price to put Calgary up 2-0 with 26.5 seconds left in the first. Glencross made it 3-0 at 17:53 of the second when he deflected Brodie's point shot past Price for his second goal.
Phoenix @ Washington 6-5 - Alex Ovechkin's goal was his first in six games, ending his longest drought since Nov. 12-23, 2011. With four points, Ovechkin tied Peter Bondra's franchise points record with 825. Nicklas Backstrom had three assists; it was his NHL-leading 27th three-assist game since his rookie season of 2007-08. The Coyotes entered the game with nine of their 22 goals this season on their sixth-ranked power play. With Evgeny Kuznetsov in the penalty box for holding Rieder, Vermette gave Phoenix a 1-0 lead at 7:14, picking up the rebound of an Oliver Ekman-Larsson one-timer from the point.
Forty-nine seconds later, Wilson tied the game for Washington. Ovechkin hooked off near the left point and threw a puck toward the goal.
Wilson, who boxed Ekman-Larsson out near the crease, deflected the shot over Dubnyk's glove for his first goal of the season. Carlson put the Capitals ahead 2-1 at 9:49, working a give-and-go with Backstrom off an Phoenix defensive-zone turnover created by Wilson. Ovechkin then padded Washington's lead at 16:09 with a patented one-timer on the power play from the left faceoff circle. By the end of the period, the Coyotes had allowed 17 first-period goals on the season, the most in the League. In the second period, the Capitals' lack of discipline gave the Coyotes three power-play opportunities, which allowed them to eventually tie the game. Stone's goal came one second after Karl Alzner's hooking penalty expired, but Stone fired the puck past Justin Peters (24 saves) from above the right circle before the Capitals defenseman could re-enter the play. Doan scored from in tight with 3.7 seconds remaining in the period. Sloppy defensive-zone play led to each of Phoenix's first two third-period goals, first by Gagner, whose short-side top-shelf goal at 3:05 was the result of a Washington turnover in the left corner. Doan scored his second at 4:33 when Ovechkin muffed a pass near the blue line. Rieder, who made his NHL debut, scored on the rush at 15:33. The Capitals scored two late goals; Ward scored on the power play at 18:07 and Brouwer scored his fourth goal of the season with 27 seconds remaining.
Anaheim @ Colorado 3-2 - Jason LaBarbera was recalled from Norfolk of the American Hockey League earlier Sunday because Frederik Andersen experienced tightness in his leg and didn't skate in the morning. LaBarbera, who played Friday and Saturday for Norfolk, was pressed into action when John Gibson sustained a lower-body injury in the warmup, prompting the Sucks to dress 45-year-old goalie consultant Dwayne Roloson as LaBarbera's backup. The Sucks kept the Avalanche hemmed in their own zone for long stretches throughout the game, limiting them to 18 shots, seven after the first period. The Sucks went ahead 3-2 on goals by Hampus Lindholm and Cam Fowler that came 1:44 apart.
LaBarbera didn't have to make a second-period save until defenseman Erik Johnson took a shot with 4:32 remaining. Rookie Dennis Everberg, who scored his first NHL goal early in the first period, had a shot from the neutral zone as the buzzer sounded ending the period. Lindholm scored his first goal of the season at 6:04, a few minutes after Varlamov made a save against Andrew Cogliano on a shorthanded breakaway. Patrick Maroon was behind the net when he passed to Lindholm in the slot for a quick shot past Varlamov. Fowler put the Sucks in front for the first time with his first goal of the season at 7:48. He skated from the left circle into the slot untouched for a backhander past Varlamov. The Avalanche took a 2-1 lead in the first period when Everberg and Nathan MacKinnon sandwiched goals around one by the Ducks' Corey Perry.
Everberg, playing in his eighth NHL game, scored 2:18 into the game when he skated down left wing into the Ducks' zone and took a shot from the bottom of the circle that skimmed between LaBarbera's pads. The Sucks tied the game at 7:20 on Perry's NHL-leading 11th goal. Perry drove to the net and took a shot that hit Varlamov and bounced off Perry into the net as the players collided. The goal stood after a video review. The Avalanche went ahead with 59.6 seconds left in the period when MacKinnon cut inside Ducks forward Devante Smith-Pelly in the right circle and beat LaBarbera with a shot to the far post.
Winnipeg @ Chicago 1-0 - Michael Hutchinson made 33 saves and earned his first career shutout to help the Jets defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 1-0. Former Blackhawks forward Michael Frolik scored 20 seconds into the game Sunday, and that was all Hutchinson needed. Chicago struggled moving the puck up the ice against the Jets for most of the opening period and for key stretches in the final 40 minutes. The Jets won the opening faceoff and put two shots on Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford (26 saves) before he could take a breath. Frolik scooped a rebound of the second shot in the low slot, dragged the puck to the bottom of the left circle and lifted a wrist shot into the net over diving defenseman Brent Seabrook and the sprawled Crawford. The Jets controlled the play for the remaining 19:40 committed numerous turnovers and struggled to get their puck-possession game going. Hutchinson's most impressive save happened late in the first, when he made a sprawling pad save to thwart a breakaway by Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp, who led Chicago with seven shots. The Blackhawks steadily improved through a scoreless second, but still couldn't get a puck past Hutchinson. In the third period, they created even more chances to score, but again failed to solve Hutchinson, who made 13 saves in the final 20 minutes. The Jets blocked 10 shots in the third, including a memorable one by forward Evander Kane to deny a slap shot by defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson with 1:43 left.
Nashville @ Vancouver 3-1 - After tying the game on a lucky power-play goal, Filip Forsberg scored his second 6:42 into the second period and set up Colin Wilson's insurance goal with 1:33 left to lead the Predators to a 3-1 win against the Canucks at Rogers Arena. Forsberg now sits atop the rookie scoring race with 11 points. Playing on a new top line with James Neal and Mike Ribeiro, the 20-year-old Swedish left wing has done just that for the Predators. Forsberg was given credit for a power-play goal early in the second period when his wide shot was tipped in by Dan Hamhuis, and took advantage of a great play by Neal to score his second. Neal walked around defenseman Alexander Edler off the rush before losing the puck as he drove into the crease. Forsberg pounced on the loose puck and quickly snapped it over the shoulder of Canucks goalie Eddie Lack. He never saw the first goal go in, calling it a "lucky bounce," but was watching Neal the whole way on the second. Pekka Rinne made 26 saves for the Predators, who are 2-1-0 midway through their season-long six-game road trip to accommodate the Country Music Association Awards being held in Nashville. Edler scored on a power play and Lack made 30 saves in his first action in 10 days, but the Canucks' four-game win streak ended. Bieksa appeared to take a puck near his right eye after coming together with two Predators players behind the Canucks net with 6:49 left to play in the first period. The puck popped straight up off his skate into his face and Bieksa dropped immediately to the ice. He headed to the dressing room holding a towel over his right eye. The Canucks also lost forward Tom Sestito early in the second period after pulling up trying to accelerate out of his zone. He was spotted leaving the rink on crutches. The Canucks opened the scoring with Nashville captain Shea Weber in the penalty box midway through the first period. Weber took exception to a big hit by Luca Sbisa on Predators forward Taylor Beck and dropped the gloves with Sbisa. Weber received a double minor for roughing, while Sbisa got one roughing minor. Edler's point shot through a Daniel Sedin screen hit the cross bar, bounced off the back of Rinne and trickled over the goal line. With Vancouver shorthanded after its fifth too-man-men penalty of the season, Forsberg's shot was headed wide before Hamhuis deflected it past Lack. Not to be outdone, Rinne made a handful of spectacular saves. He got a glove on Daniel Sedin's shot in alone 25 seconds into the game, denied Zack Kassian in tight and somehow dragged his left leg while sliding in the splits to rob Higgins. Lack got a glove on a point-blank Forsberg power-play chance a few minutes later to prevent the hat trick, but Wilson beat him over the shoulder from below the bottom of the left faceoff circle to make it 3-1.
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