Defenseman K'Andre Miller scored the tiebreaking goal with 34 seconds remaining Sunday afternoon as the New York Rangers survived blowing a late lead and eked out a 3–2 victory over the visiting Seattle Kraken.
Miller had been stopped on a breakaway with 6:15 remaining, but then ended a 27-game goal drought by scoring for the first time since Nov. 21.
The Rangers won for the 10th time in 15 games and avoided their second three-game losing streak of the season despite blowing a two-goal lead for the third straight game.
Miller scored his third goal of the season after Seattle tied the score at 2–2 on Yanni Gourde’s one-timer during a power-play from the left faceoff circle with 68 seconds remaining.
Kings 4, Penguins 3
Trevor Moore scored his second goal of the game in the third period to give visiting Los Angeles a win over Pittsburgh, snapping the Penguins’ eight-game point streak.After the Kings blew a two-goal lead in the third for a 3–3 tie, Moore came off the bench and got behind the Pittsburgh defense for a breakaway. He shot the puck over goaltender Tristan Jarry’s glove at 13:21. Alex Iafallo and Drew Doughty also scored, and Anze Kopitar had two assists for the Kings, who improved to 3-0-2 in their past five games.
Stars 6, Bruins 1
Tyler Seguin was one of five Dallas skaters to score and finished with a pair of goals and an assist against his former team as the Stars toppled visiting Boston.The former No. 2 overall pick by the Bruins in the 2010 draft opened the scoring with his unassisted goal on a tap-in at 6:54 of the first period. Seguin netted his second goal of the game and 14th of the season at 18:53 of the third. Roope Hintz added his team-leading 20th goal and Alexander Radulov, Luke Glendening and Jamie Benn also scored for the Stars.
Blue Jackets 6, Canadiens 3
Patrik Laine scored twice, including one of Columbus’ four first-period goals, and the visiting Blue Jackets extended Montreal’s winless streak to six games with a victory.Jack Roslovic, Eric Robinson and rookie Yegor Chinakhov also scored a goal in the first, and fellow rookie Cole Sillinger added a key third-period score for the Blue Jackets, who won back-to-back contests for the first time since a three-game run Nov. 22–26.
Wild 4, Islanders 3
Brandon Duhaime and Joel Eriksson Ek scored early in the first period for visiting Minnesota, who held off a furious comeback by New York to earn a win in Elmont, New York.Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov also scored for the Wild, who won their fifth straight and improved to 8-0-1 in their last nine games despite being outshot 43–21. Goalie Kaapo Kahkonen made 40 saves.
Avalanche 4, Sabres 1
Mikko Rantanen and Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist each, and Gabriel Landeskog and Nazem Kadri also scored as Colorado beat Buffalo in Denver.Darcy Kuemper stopped 30 shots to lead the Avalanche to their 10th straight win. Colorado has won 18 straight home games.
Hurricanes 2, Sharks 1
Andrei Svechnikov broke a tie at 16:16 of the third period as Carolina defeated visiting San Jose in Raleigh, N.C.Vincent Trocheck also scored, and goaltender Frederik Andersen made 27 saves for the Hurricanes, who won their fourth consecutive game and seventh in the past eight.
Rudolfs Balcers scored for the Sharks, and James Reimer stopped 27 of 29 shots. San Jose dropped to 1-1-1 on its four-game trip that concludes Tuesday at Tampa Bay.