Montreal @ Minnesota 1-2 - With Minnesota leading 1-0, defenseman Christian Folin carried the puck to the high slot and fired a rising snap shot that nearly struck Pominville. In an effort to get out of the way, he ducked and covered his face, raising his stick in the process. The puck deflected off his stick and under the crossbar for his first goal since Nov. 8, also against the Canadiens. Video review was inconclusive in determining whether Pominville's stick was at or below the level of the crossbar when he deflected the puck into the net. Minnesota led 30-10 in shots after two periods and looked to be on its way to an easy victory. But the Canadiens got the first six shots on goal of the third, including a couple of point-blank tries that Wild goaltender Darcy Kuemper was able to stop. A major penalty by Eric Tangradi halted Montreal's push, despite the Wild being unable to muster even a shot with the five-minute man advantage, leading to a loud chorus of boos from the fans. Kuemper stopped 18 shots for his 11th victory and was less than a minute away from his fourth shutout. Montreal's Alex Galchenyuk slammed home a loose puck from in front with 57.6 seconds remaining and goaltender Carey Price on the bench for an extra attacker. The Wild took the lead 19 seconds into the game on a snap shot by Jason Zucker from the right side of the net. Zucker's shot hit Price's shoulder, deflected off the crossbar and rolled down the goaltender's back into the net. It was Zucker's 10th goal. The Wild paid tribute to Canadiens legend Jean Beliveau and former Minnesota North Stars forward Murray Oliver prior to the game with a moment of silence. All Montreal players wore a No. 4 sticker on their helmets to honor the former Canadiens captain.
Edmonton @ Winnipeg 2-3 OT - Trouba gave the Jets a 1-0 lead when he finished a rush into the zone with a rising wrist shot past Scrivens at 12:33 of the first period. Winnipeg has scored first in seven straight games. Trouba played a physical game and provided some relief for a defense that was missing Toby Enstrom (lower body) and Grant Clitsome (undisclosed). Nugent-Hopkins tied the game with 2:01 left in the first period when he beat Pavelec on a long shot through traffic for his sixth goal of the season. The goal also broke a 10-game goal-less streak for Nugent-Hopkins that dated back to Nov. 9. The Oilers stripped Winnipeg defenseman Paul Postma of the puck inside the neutral zone. The turnover set up Perron to move into the Winnipeg zone and send a shot on net that Purcell deflected past Pavelec 1:31 into the third period for his fourth goal of the season and a 2-1 lead. Edmonton was able to cling to the one-goal advantage through much of the third period and nearly went ahead by two on three occasions before Byfuglien tied the game with 3:06 left in regulation when he tipped Mark Stuart's shot past Scrivens for his fifth goal of the season.
Philadelphia @ Anaheim 4-5 SO - Corey Perry swooped in from the right side and used his shootout prowess to end a roller-coaster game. Perry scored the deciding goal in the second round of the shootout and goalieFrederik Andersen stopped two of three attempts in the tiebreaker. Perry beat Flyers goalie Steve Mason to the blocker side before Andersen stopped Flyers captain Claude Giroux to end the game. Andersen also stopped Sean Couturier to start the tiebreaker and made 31 saves through 65 minutes in his 13th straight start. He stopped Matt Read on a breakaway and made a glove save on Wayne Simmonds in overtime. Simmonds forced overtime by scoring his second goal of the game with 1.8 seconds left, capping a frantic sequence after the Flyers pulled Mason for an extra attacker. Simmonds got open on the right side in heavy traffic and lay prone on the ice in celebration after scoring his 10th of the season. The Flyers are 0-7-2 in their past nine road games, their longest drought since they went 0-7 with two ties in 1999. Anaheim was poised to win in regulation after Patrick Maroon ended Anaheim's 0-for-19 power play slump by snapping a loose puck past Mason from the left circle with 5:02 remaining before Simmonds took the air out of the building. Perry's deciding goal finished a Jekyll-and-Hyde-like game, which was scoreless through the opening 25 minutes before the teams combined for five goals in a 5:29 span of the second period. Anaheim outshot Philadelphia 19-10 in the middle period. Berube scratched center Vincent Lecavalier and defenseman Michael Del Zotto for a second straight game, and Philadelphia put itself in position for victory with a 3-1 lead midway through the second before Anaheim came alive. Sucks defenseman Sami Vatanen capped a combined six-goal second period with a great drive to the net and finish to tie the game 3-3 going into second intermission. Vatanen split Simmonds and Scott Laughton, put the puck on net and was open to backhand Maroon's pass into the right side of the net at 19:06 for his career-high seventh goal. Ryan Getzlaf pulled the Sucks to 3-2 with a wicked bar-down wrist shot on a 2-on-1 at 11:15 of the second to start a comeback that Simmonds thought the Flyers should have managed better. The Flyers took leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-1 on goals by Simmonds, Michael Raffl and R.J. Umberger. Simmonds opened the scoring on a 2-on-1 wrist shot. Raffl got his first goal since Oct. 30 and Umberger his first since Oct. 22 to end a 17-game drought. The shot totals were 4-4 after the first period even though there were three power plays. The Flyers put one shot on goal in the first 16:52.
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