Johnny Gaudreau finished his hat-trick in overtime after Jiri Hudler tied the game with 1.2 seconds left as the Calgary Flames beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 on Friday night.
Gaudreau trailed a two-on-one rush and took a pass from former Bruin Dougie Hamilton in the high slot. He stickhandled in on Tuukka Rask and beat the goaltender with a low shot.
Hudler tapped in a loose puck with Calgary goaltender Karri Ramo pulled for an extra skater.
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Mark Giordano also scored as the Flames won their second straight after ending a three-game skid. They have also won six straight at home.
Brad Marchand scored on a penalty shot with 1 minute, 6 seconds left to put Boston up 4-3. It was Marchand’s second goal of the game, while Matt Beleskey and Zdeno Chara also scored for the Bruins.
Ramo had 34 saves. Rask made 23 saves in relief of Jonas Gustavsson, who stopped eight of 11 shots before being pulled.
ISLANDERS 2, BLUES 1, SO
Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo scored in a shootout to lift New York over St Louis.
Mikhail Grabovski tied it early in the third period for the Islanders, while Thomas Greiss — making his third start in four games — stopped 31 shots through overtime. He also denied both St Louis shooters in the tiebreaker.
Kevin Shattenkirk scored late in the first period and Brian Elliott finished with 24 saves through overtime. Elliott was starting for the first time in 17 days after Jake Allen started the last seven games for St Louis.
OILERS 2, STARS 1, OT
Jordan Eberle scored 45 seconds into overtime, while Anders Nilsson made 42 saves to lift last-placed Edmonton over league-leading Dallas.
The Oilers won their second straight game, but remained tied for last in the Pacific Division with Calgary.
The league-leading Stars lost for the second time in three games and fell to 11-2-2 on the road.
Edmonton’s Taylor Hall scored with 5 minutes, 11 seconds left in the first period, but Mattias Janmark tied it late in the second period.
Nilsson made a glove save on Tyler Seguin 48 seconds in and denied Jamie Benn on a breakaway moments later. Dallas outshot Edmonton 15-4 in the third period, but Nilsson was perfect in forcing overtime.
DUCKS 1, SHARKS 0
John Gibson made 23 saves for his second shutout of the season as Anaheim ended San Jose’s seven-game road winning streak.
Mike Santorelli’s fourth goal early in the third period was enough for Gibson, who handed the Sharks their third shutout loss this season and second against Anaheim. The last time the teams met, Anton Khudobin made 31 saves in a 1-0 win on Nov. 7 at San Jose.
Gibson made his fifth straight start, with Frederik Andersen sidelined by the flu.
In other games, it was:
‧ Panthers 2, Blue Jackets 1, SO
‧ Sabres 5, Coyotes 2
‧ Flyers 4, Devils 3, OT
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