NHL Results - Mon, Apr 06, 2015

Carolina @ Buffalo 3-4 - Tyler Ennis scored his 20th goal to make it 4-0 with 3:12 left in the second period. Ennis, alone by the left post, received a pass from Johan Larsson across the slot and put a wrist shot past Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward. Lindback and the Sabres hung on after the Ennis goal. The Hurricanes scored three goals in the final 21:54 but could not get the equalizer. Carolina cut the Buffalo lead in half with highlight-reel goals from Patrick Dwyer with 1:54 left in the second period and Alexander Semin at 2:31 of the third period. Dwyer deked around Cody Hodgson and lifted a backhand over Lindback's blocker for his fifth goal. Semin's sixth goal came on a 2-on-1 with Jordan Staal against Tyson Strachan. Semin deked and slid the puck past Lindback as the Buffalo goalie tried to poke-check it away. Eric Staal cut the Buffalo lead to 4-3 with 5:22 left in the third after a scramble in front of the Sabres net. He picked up a loose puck and put a wrist shot past Lindback for his 23rd goal after the Hurricanes pulled Ward for the extra attacker. Grigorenko opened the scoring at 5:41 of the first period. He received a pass from Gionta and chopped at the puck as he was knocked off balance. The puck fluttered past Ward for his second goal of the season. Gionta made it 2-0 when he stole the puck from Brett Bellemore in the neutral zone and skated in against Ward before he beat him with a wrist shot to the short side for his 12th goal. Larsson gave the Sabres a 3-0 lead 1:18 into the second period with his sixth goal. He put a rebound of an Ennis shot past Ward after the Hurricanes were unable to clear the puck out of the zone. Andre Benoit left the game early in second period with an undisclosed injury and did not return. The Sabres announced before the game that Mike Weber will undergo surgery later this week for a lower-body injury and will miss the rest of the season. He had one goal and six assists in 64 games.
Columbus @ NY Rangers 3-4 OT - Stepan scored in the final minute of regulation to tie the game and in the final minute of overtime to lift the Rangers to a 4-3 win. He scored the winner from below the left circle with 49.6 seconds remaining in overtime. He tied the game with 27.5 seconds remaining in regulation. Brandon Dubinsky scored the go-ahead goal at 8:14. Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (38 saves) made his best save of the night with 57 seconds left in regulation, when he robbed Dan Girardi with a sprawling pad save on an open shot from inches in front of the top of the crease. Vigneault used his timeout following that save by Bobrovsky. Stepan scored with a one-timer from the lower left circle less than 30 seconds later off a forehanded pass from Chris Kreider, who was in front of the net with his back to Bobrovsky. Stepan scored the overtime winner from a similar spot on the opposite end of the ice, but created the chance by forcing a turnover by Dalton Prout with a strong stick check along the left-wing half wall. Bobrovsky saved Keith Yandle's shot from the point, but Kreider tied up Justin Falk in front of the crease, allowing Stepan room to collect the puck and time to skate with it, make a forehand to backhand move before beating Bobrovsky on the glove side. Henrik Lundqvist (29 saves) was spot on in the second period even though he gave up the tying goal to Marko Dano off a rebound at 14:42. Girardi gave the Rangers the 2-1 lead with his fourth goal of the season at 36 seconds of the second period. It came off a strong cycle play by J.T. Miller and Kreider and a crisp circle-to-circle pass from Stepan. Matt Calvert tied the game at 1-1 late in the first by converting for his 12th goal of the season off a defensive zone turnover by McDonagh. Martin St. Louis got a fortunate bounce off a rush with Kevin Hayes to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead at 5:38 of the first.
Winnipeg @ Minnesota 2-0 - Winnipeg’s refusal to take part in extracurricular activities played a starring role. Less than four minutes into the game, Mark Stuart got into a shoving match with Chris Stewart in the corner. Stewart connected on a jab and was assessed a penalty for roughing. Winnipeg scored on the power play at 4:12 when Blake Wheeler’s centering pass deflected off Marco Scandella’s skate and past Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk. That goal ended up being the game-winner. Drew Stafford provided some extra help for Pavelec in the second when a rebound of a shot by Tyler Myers came right to Stafford in the slot, where he quickly put it past Dubnyk at 13:10. Pavelec stopped nine shots in the first period, 12 in the second and 11 more in the third as the Wild made a push. Minnesota pulled Dubnyk with 2:04 remaining but had few quality looks.
Los Angeles @ Vancouver 1-2 SO - Lack made 36 saves through overtime and stopped all three Kings in the shootout to move the Canucks closer to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After Dwight King beat him 1:13 into the game, Lack kept it close with a couple great saves, and Daniel Sedin tied the game midway through the third period on brother Henrik Sedin's 700th NHL assist. Chris Higgins scored the only goal of the shootout on a patient backhand deke that beat Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick, and the Canucks moved four points ahead of the Kings and Calgary Flames for second place in the Pacific Division. After Lack made pad saves on Jeff Carter and Anze Kopitar, Higgins patiently outwaited Quick before lifting a sharp-angled backhand high over his outstretched glove. Lack got his glove on Marian Gaborik's shot to seal the comeback win. After Dustin Brown drove the net and forced Lack to make a good right-pad save after a pass out of the corner in the opening minute, King scored on a similar chance 1:13 into the game. Jeff Carter drove wide around Dan Hamhuis off the rush and centered from below the goal line to King, who fought off a check from Christopher Tanev and managed to get his stick on the puck in the crease and tap it in past Lack's far pad. It was the seventh time in eight games Vancouver has allowed the first goal. For a while it looked like one goal might be enough for Quick, who was making his 18th straight start. Daniel Sedin finally tied it shortly after a power play expired midway through the third period. Henrik Sedin cut in off the left side on his forehand and was behind the net when he threw a blind backhand pass back the way he came to Daniel for a one-timer from the left faceoff dot that beat Quick high to the glove side.
Dallas @ San Jose 5-1 - Jamie Benn scored two goals and led the Dallas Stars to a 5-1 victory against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center, but he was in no mood to celebrate. The Stars and Sharks were eliminated from contention for the Stanley Cup Playoffs when the Winnipeg Jets completed a 2-0 win against the Minnesota Wild a few minutes after the opening faceoff. Patrick Eaves, Colton Sceviour and Ryan Garbutt scored for Dallas (39-31-10), and Jhonas Enroth made 23 saves. Joe Thornton scored for San Jose (39-32-9). One season after the Sharks squandered a 3-0 series lead and lost in seven games to the Los Angeles Kings in the Western Conference First Round, their streak of 10 consecutive playoff berths ended. The Sharks lost their final home game of the season and finished 19-17-5 at SAP Center, where they have typically had one of the NHL's best home-ice advantages. Sceviour gave Dallas a 1-0 lead 28 seconds into the game when he put a rebound past Alex Stalock from close range. Defenseman Jason Demers, playing in San Jose for the first time since the Sharks traded him to Dallas for Brenden Dillon on Nov. 21, had the primary assist. The Stars made it 2-0 on Patrick Eaves' power play goal at 17:32 with Barclay Goodrow in the penalty box for elbowing Tyler Seguin. Twenty-two seconds into the power play, Benn took two whacks at a rebound from right of crease. The puck caromed across the crease and bounced off Eaves' skate and past Stalock. Dallas extended its lead at 7:53 of the second period when Benn scored a 5-on-3 power-play goal from point-blank range to make it 3-0. Sharks forward Joe Pavelski went to the penalty box at 6:12 for hooking, and Brent Burns joined him at 7:27 for slashing. Twenty-six seconds later, Benn scored his 31st goal of the season, lifting the puck over Stalock's glove. The Stars have gone 12-5 over their past 17 games. Thornton answered with a goal at 13:27, putting the puck between Enroth's pads on a rush with two seconds left on a power play. The goal was Thornton's 16th, five more than he had last season.
Benn scored his 32nd goal of the season at 15:08 of the third period, taking a pass in the slot from Seguin and sending the puck into a wide-open net. That goal gave Benn 80 points, breaking his high of 79 set last season.
Garbutt scored on a breakaway with two minutes remaining.