SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Anton Lundell scored with 50.8 seconds left, deflecting the puck in front of the net to give the Florida Panthers a 4-3 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Wednesday night.
Sam Bennett had two goals and an assist for seven points in his last three games for Florida, which opened a four-game road trip and improved to 3-0-1 in its last four games. Carter Verhaeghe also stayed strong, with a goal and an assist to give him seven goals and six assists on a seven-game points streak.
Dylan Guenther scored two goals for Utah, putting his tally on the season at 13, and Jack McBain also scored. John Marino had two assists for Utah but lost three straight passes.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots for the Panthers, and Karel Weimelka made 32 saves for Mammoth.
The dynamic shifted back and forth throughout the night, with Utah scoring the first goal (Guenther at 11:23 of the first goal) and then the Panthers scoring the next three. Verhaeghe tied Florida with 43 seconds left in the first period, then Bennett scored twice in 104 seconds to extend the Panthers' lead to 3-1 with 16:36 left in the middle period.
Mammoth has returned. Guenther made it 3-2 just 13 seconds after Bennett's second goal, and McBain scored to make it 3-3 with 5:23 left in the second.
That was until Lundell got the win, with Sam Reinhart and Eetu Luostarinen providing the assists.
BLACKHawks 3, Rangers 0
CHICAGO (AP) — Connor Bedard scored his 19th goal, Spencer Knight made 21 saves in his second game of the season and Chicago beat New York.
Bedard scored in the second period on a centering pass from Andre Burakovsky to make it 2-0 and assisted Tyler Betuzzi in the third period. The 20-year-old third-year player has 42 points this season, including 17 in his last 11 home games.
Louis Crevier opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal for the Blackhawks, who bounced back from back-to-back blowout losses in Los Angeles and Anaheim.
Igor Shesterkin made 22 saves for the Rangers, who were coming off back-to-back overtime losses. New York lost in regulation for the second time in its last nine games.
The Blackhawks score first in 12 of their 15 home games, leading the NHL. Chicago also allowed just four goals in the first period, the fewest in the league.
Knight's shutout was the seventh of his career. He never had more than two in a season.
Rangers center Mika Zibanejad's seven-game points streak was snapped.
RED WINGS 4, FLAME 3
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Alex DeBrincat extended his point streak to five games with two goals and an assist as Detroit held off Calgary.
Axel Sandin Pellicca and Dylan Larkin also scored for Detroit, which won its fourth straight and moved ahead of Boston and Tampa Bay for first place in the Atlantic Division.
Joel Farabee, Matt Coronato and Mackenzie Weegar scored for Calgary, which had its three-game winning streak snapped. Nazem Kadri had a pair of assists.
Making his third straight start, John Gibson made 34 saves for the Red Wings. Devin Cooley stopped 23 shots for the Flames.
DeBrincat's 16 goals and 34 points in 31 games put him on pace for a career-best 42 goals and 90 points.
The Red Wings have won seven straight games against the Flames, their longest active winning streak against any team.
KRAKEN 3, KINGS 2, FROM
SEATTLE (AP) — Vince Dunn scored on a power play 1:21 into overtime and Seattle snapped a five-game losing streak with a win over the Los Angeles Kings.
Matty Beniers tied the game for the Kraken with a power-play goal with 25.3 seconds left in regulation. Jared McCann also scored for Seattle, which has gone 0-5-1 without a win in its previous six games since Nov. 23. Or Tolvanan assisted on the draw and winning goals. Dunn added two assists.
Joey Daccord made 24 saves.
Alex Laferriere scored a shorthanded goal and Kevin Fiala scored a power play goal for the Kings. Anton Forsberg made 30 saves.
The Kraken were given a power play opportunity with 3:55 left in overtime when Adrian Kempe was called for tripping. Tolvanen, playing near the left circle, passed the ball to Dunn just above the right circle and his shot sailed past Forsberg.
It was the penalty in the match with Forsberg that gave the Kraken the opportunity to play on the power play with 38.8 seconds left in regulation time. With Daccord already drafted as an extra forward, Seattle used the Kings' advantage to their advantage. Tolvanen took the ball to the right flank and sent the ball into the net. Beniers redirected the ball past Forsberg.
Along with McCann's fifth goal of the year at 3:21 of the second period for a 1-0 score, all three of the Kraken's goals came on the power play. They now have goals on the man advantage in three of their last four games after going 0-for-14 in the four games prior.
Laferriere tied the game 1-1 at the 8:16 mark of the second with his sixth shorthanded goal of the season, a league-best for Los Angeles.
Fiala gave Los Angeles a 2-1 lead on the power play with 5:20 left in regulation.
