Detroit @ Ottawa 3-2 OT - Nyquist made two laps of the Senators zone and scored with 48 seconds left in overtime to give the Red Wings a 3-2 win. Nyquist had control of the puck for 28 seconds, fighting off the checks of Senators wing Clarke MacArthur and defenseman Jared Cowen before turning and shooting past goaltender Craig Anderson. The Red Wings needed three seconds of a penalty to Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki early in the third period to tie the game 2-2. With Borowiecki off for interference, Datsyuk won a faceoff straight back from Jean-Gabriel Pageau, the second time the Red Wings won that matchup for a goal. The puck went to Kronwall, who passed it to Zetterberg at the right point. His shot beat Anderson to the glove side at 3:58.The Red Wings had a chance to take the lead with Detroit defenseman Jonathan Ericsson in the box when Darren Helm stripped the puck from Karlsson at the Senators blue line and broke in on Anderson. He got his left toe on Helm's backhand attempt. The Senators played a strong first period and led 1-0 on Mike Hoffman's 11th goal of the season, but the Red Wings tied the game with 14 seconds left. After Anderson (24 saves) froze the puck with 41 seconds to go, Cameron sent Pageau, a recent call-up from the American Hockey League, out for the faceoff against Datsyuk. The Red Wings veteran won the draw, and Zetterberg shot wide to Anderson's right. The carom off the end boards was controlled by Abdelkader, who got body position on Cowen and defensemen Cody Ceci in front of the net as the puck came out the other side. Abdelkader's backhand along the goal line hit Anderson and went into the net.
Carolina @ Tampa Bay 1-2 - Alex Killorn scored at 4:53 of the third period gave the Lightning a 2-0 lead. He took a pass from Ryan Callahan at center ice and sent a snap shot between defensemen Tim Gleason and Michal Jordan and past goalie Cam Ward high on the glove side. It was Killorn's eighth goal of the season. Carolina struggled to get scoring opportunities for much of the game but Andrej Sekera made it 2-1 at 14:04 of the third period when he controlled the puck out of a scrum in front of the net and flipped the puck past goalie Ben Bishop. Kucherov scored his 15th goal of the season at 8:50 of the first period when he took a pass in the slot from Ondrej Palat and sent a one-timer past Ward high on the glove side.
New Jersey @ NY Rangers 1-3 - The Devils played their first game since firing coach Peter DeBoer on Friday. Adam Oates and Scott Stevens were named co-coaches Saturday with president and general manager Lou Lamoriello also working behind the bench for an undetermined period of time. Oates is handling the forwards and Stevens is overseeing the defensemen. The Rangers scored first after forward Dominic Moore was called for a holding penalty. Stepan stole the puck from Devils forward Travis Zajac at the blue line. Devils goalie Cory Schneider failed at a poke-check, but Stepan caught up to it and beat Schneider five-hole for the Rangers' fourth shorthanded goal of the season at 18:14. With New Jersey forward Jordin Tootoo off for holding at 6:51 of the second period, New York defenseman Dan Boyle took a pass from forward Derick Brassard at the left circle and fed Martin St. Louis at the right point. St. Louis' shot deflected off Stepan's leg past Schneider at 7:38. The Devils made it 2-1 off an odd-man rush completed when defenseman Eric Gelinas faked a shot and sailed a pass to an open Steve Bernier, who put the puck past Lundqvist's outstretched glove at 10:23. During a Devils power play late in the second period, Gelinas nearly tied it, but his slap shot from the left circle hit the post with 1:01 left. The Devils had their best chance in the third after forward Rick Nash was called for hooking at 11:23, but Lundqvist stopped Bernier and Jaromir Jagr in front. Lundqvist also denied Adam Henrique's one-timer off Jagr's feed and managed to get a glove on Scott Gomez's chance with 4:20 remaining. Stepan completed the scoring with an empty-netter at 18:05.
Boston @ Columbus 2-6 - Scott Hartnell scored each of his goals in front of the net. He scored on a rebound in the first period and had a redirection from the slot as part of a four-goal second period by the Blue Jackets. Niklas Svedberg left a rebound on Hartnell’s first goal in the first period and had trouble with the third goal, a shot from the blue line by defenseman Kevin Connauton 6:32 into the second period. Connauton, claimed off waivers Nov. 18 from the Dallas Stars, assisted on each of Hartnell’s goals. Connauton has four goals and three assists in 14 games with the Blue Jackets after having two assists in eight games with the Stars. Nick Foligno converted a goalmouth pass from Johnson during a power play with 10:34 left in the second to give the Blue Jackets a 4-1 lead. Foligno’s 17 goals are one shy of his career high set last season in 70 games. Cunningham made it 4-2 with 3:32 remaining in the second period after a shot from the right blue line by center Gregory Campbell. The puck hit Cunningham in front of the net for his second goal. Calvert capped the second period when he stole the puck from Bruins forward Milan Lucic along the right half wall and scored unassisted from the circle for his fourth goal. Morin in the third scored his first goal in five games for the Blue Jackets since being traded by the Chicago Blackhawks.
Winnipeg @ Minnesota 4-3 OT - Andrew Ladd was credited with the game-winning goal at 2:47 of overtime, giving the Jets a 4-3 win. But again it was the stanchion that provided the critical bounce. Ladd's shot from the slot missed, but the puck caromed off the back glass, off the top of the net and rolled down goaltender John Curry's back into the net for the winner. The Wild took a 1-0 lead on a first-period goal by Mikael Granlund, capping a give-and-go with Jason Pominville. The latter passed entering the zone to Granlund heading to the slot, where he snuck the puck under goalie Michael Hutchinson at 16:03. Winnipeg (19-10-7) tied the game 7:17 into the second period on an off-speed backhand by Little that slipped through Curry's five-hole. The Jets took a 2-1 lead early in the third period after Curry left a rebound. Adam Lowry, battling in front, poked at the loose puck at 1:52. Pominville scored from the top of the right circle at 10:38 to tie the game 2-2. After a holding penalty on Ladd, Blake Wheeler scored shorthanded, ending a 2-on-1 rush with a tip-in at the top of the crease at 12:09. Less than a minute later, Thomas Vanek tipped a point shot by Jared Spurgeon, tying the game at 3-3 at 12:41.
Philadelphia @ Nashville 1-4 - Forsberg gave the Predators a 1-0 lead at 9:42 of the first period. His wrist shot from the faceoff circle beat Flyers goaltender Ray Emery on the glove side for his 14th goal of the season. Flyers forward Claude Giroux tied the game 1-1 at 6:50 of the period on a wrist shot that beat Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne. Giroux caught the puck out of midair and chose to shoot on the 2-on-1 rush. Nashville had a two-man advantage in the second period, and Fisher gave the Predators a 2-1 lead at 13:57. He was able to find the puck in a scrum in front of Emery and push it past the goal line. Wilson gave Nashville a 3-1 lead at 14:35 on a wrist shot from the faceoff circle. It was Wilson's ninth goal of the season and third in the past three games. He scored an empty-net goal with 3:18 remaining in the third period. Wilson credits the system change in Nashville this season for allowing him to find more consistency in his game. He has 10 goals in 32 games after scoring 11 in 81 games last season.
Anaheim @ Phoenix 1-2 SO - Shane Doan hadn't been selected to take part in a shootout all season. He hadn't put a puck into a net at Gila River Arena all season. But when Dave Tippett called his captain's name in the fourth round of the tiebreaker Saturday, Doan used what he called "my exploding stick shot" to score a one-of-a-kind goal. Doan broke his stick on his attempted shot, but the blade flew up and over the shoulder of distracted goalie Frederick Andersen while the puck slid inside the post to give the Coyotes a 2-1 win against the Anaheim Sucks. Andersen made 28 saves and stopped Mikkel Boedker, Sam Gagner and Antoine Vermette before Doan's sleight of stick. Getzlaf used his reach to keep control of the puck at the right circle and made a centering pass that the hard-charging Bourque was able to punch past Dubnyk at 9:16. Bourque's second goal of the season enabled Getzlaf to extend his scoring streak to seven games, and his 21 points are the most of any player in the League since Nov. 29. The Coyotes needed all of 1:13 to even the score; Michalek, who was victimized on the Bourque goal, was able to balance his books. Gagner had a strong shift with a shot and a nifty setup to Martin Erat in the slot before he ran down a loose put in the corner. Gagner got the puck to Erat, who set up Michalek for a shot from the right point. Gagner skated through the crease and screened Andersen as Michalek's shot found the far top corner of the net.
Chicago @ Colorado 5-2 - Patrick Sharp celebrated his 33rd birthday with a power-play goal at 8:14 of the third period to give Chicago a 4-2 lead and Kane scored into an empty net with 5.4 seconds to play. Kane has six goals and seven assists in the past eight games. Brent Seabrook scored the tie-breaking goal with a shot from the right circle that went past Avalanche defenseman Jan Hejda and sailed by goalie Calvin Pickard with MacKinnon in the penalty box for delay of game. MacKinnon opened the scoring for Colorado at 6:56 with his first goal in 17 games. He took a pass from Maxime Talbot, raced down right wing and beat Crawford to the far side. The Blackhawks responded at 7:27 when Toews passed across the slot to Brandon Saad for a shot through a crowd of players screening Pickard. Johnson put the Avalanche ahead at 8:53 with a shot from the right point that eluded Crawford to the short side. The goal was Johnson's 10th of the season, matching his career-high, and stretched his goal streak to four games. He has six goals in the past six games. Kane tied it for Chicago at 16:19. Duncan Keith shot from the right point and Kane, while skating to the net, deflected it past Pickard. The Avalanche killed two penalties in the period and came close to scoring on each. Alex Tanguay had a semi-breakaway with Ryan O'Reilly in the box for tripping, but he skated too deep on the left and hit the outside of the post at 3:53. Talbot shot the puck off the far post from the left wing at 11:51 with Zach Redmond off for interference.
Edmonton @ Calgary 1-4 - Paul Byron burst into the Edmonton zone and tried to send a centering pass into the slot that bounced off Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl and on net. Fasth couldn't find the rebound before Colborne, who tucked his first of the season across the goal line to put Calgary up 1-0 at 7:08 and snap a 26-game goal-less streak dating back to last season. At 8:32, Gaudreau extended that lead with his first of two. Under pressure, Oilers forward Mark Acrobello threw a cross-zone pass that David Perron batted out of mid-air, but it went back into the slot for Gaudreau, who slipped a backhand five-hole to put Calgary up 2-0 at 8:32. Off the ensuing draw, TJ Brodie corralled the puck behind his own net before spotting Jiri Hudler up ice. Gaudreau scooped up the puck from Hudler at Edmonton's blue line and went in alone on Fasth. Gaudreau fumbled a deke that found its way between Fasth's legs to extend Calgary's lead to three at 8:48. The Oilers did get one past Hiller 4:23 into the third period after Justin Schultz's wrist shot from the point deflected off Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and behind Hiller to cut the lead to 3-1.
Curtis Glencross restored the three-goal lead with 9:43 remaining in regulation when he took a no-look pass from Matt Stajan from below the goal line and beat Scrivens, who made 19 saves in relief.
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