SUNRISE, Fla. — Sam Bennett and Aaron Ekblad scored unassisted goals, Daniil Tarasov made 27 saves and Florida ended Colorado's second 10-game winning streak of the season to top the Avalanche.
Colorado fell to 31-3-7, his 69 points still the second-most in NHL history through 41 games and the most in nearly a century. In the 1929–30 season, Boston scored 73 points in 41 games. Along the way, the NHL added overtime to the regular season and changed the point structure in 1999–2000, adding a point for non-rule losses.
But the Panthers never trailed Sunday. Bennett scored 6:27 into the game and Ekblad made it 2-1 with 1:48 left in the second period.
Artturi Lehkonen scored midway through the second period for Colorado, which lost captain Gabriel Landeskog to an upper-body injury earlier in the period, according to the team.
PENGUINS 5, BLUE JACKETS 4, FROM
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sidney Crosby scored on Rickard Rakell's goal with 13.7 seconds left in regulation and then scored at 2:22 of overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 5-4 comeback victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.
The Penguins overcame a three-goal deficit to win their fifth straight game overall and third straight on the road. Ville Koivunen, Noel Aciari and Tommy Novak also scored, while Ben Kindel had two assists. Arturs Silovs made 25 saves.
After being down 12–9 in the first period, Pittsburgh outshot Columbus 34–13 in the final two periods and overtime.
Kirill Marchenko and Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist for Columbus, and Dmitry Voronkov and Mason Marchment also scored as the Blue Jackets took a 4-1 lead. Denton Matejchuk added two assists and Jet Greaves stopped 43 shots.
Werenski made it 4-1 47 seconds into the second with a shot through traffic.
BLACKHAWKS 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2, OT
CHICAGO – Tyler Bertuzzi scored his second hat trick of the season and fifth in the NHL at 1:18 of overtime to lift Chicago to victory over Vegas.
Arvid Soderblom made 13 saves to help Chicago win its third straight game and fourth in six games. The Blackhawks extended Vegas' losing streak to six.
Ilya Mikheev set up the winner with a precise pass, and Bertuzzi sent it past goalkeeper Akira Schmid.
Bertuzzi's second goal, a shot from the right with 8:24 left in the left corner, tied the game at 2, and Vegas, which had dominated the game early, could only muster two shots the rest of the way.
Mark Stone and Brandon Saad scored for Vegas. Stone scored his fourth goal in four games to give Vegas a 2–1 lead 42 seconds into the second period.
DALLAS — Defenseman Lane Hutson scored with 1:20 left in overtime to give Montreal a win over Dallas.
It was the 13th career goal and the first in overtime for Hutson, last season's Calder Trophy winner with six goals and 60 assists.
Brendan Gallagher, Oliver Kapanen and Juraj Slafkowski also scored for the Canadiens, who are 4-1-2 after playing seven straight road games, the last five coming after the NHL Christmas break. They split each other after a 2-0 loss in St. Louis on Saturday.
Samuel Montembeault made 24 saves to record his second straight win since being recalled from the minors.
Wyatt Johnston scored two goals and Quebec native Mauric Bourque also scored for the Stars, who have lost five straight games for the first time this season (0-2-3). Jake Ettinger stopped 25 shots and lost three straight starts (0-1-2) for the second time this season.
Montembeault, who finished eighth in Vezina Trophy voting last season, allowed five goals in two games after being sent down to the AHL for training assignments in mid-December.
Montreal's Philip Danault had two assists, including Hutson's winner.
The Canadiens are 7-2 in overtime this season, while the Stars are 1-5.
NEWARK, N.J. — Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist against his former team, rookie Brandon Bussey stopped 28 shots and Carolina beat New Jersey.
Nikolaj Ehlers and Logan Stankoven also scored as first-place Carolina snapped a three-game losing streak. Bussy, 27, who was picked up from Florida on Oct. 5, improved to 14-2-1 on the season.
Dawson Mercer scored for the Devils, who had their two-game winning streak snapped. Jake Allen made 26 saves.
Hall deflected the puck off the stick of New Jersey defenseman Luke Hughes and past Allen to give the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead at 7:47 of the second period. It was his eighth goal of the season.
Stankoven scored the insurance goal with 7:44 left in the third with Hall's pass into the right corner.
