Blackhawks score twice in final minutes, beat Ducks in OT

2-2With two minutes gone in the extra frame, Anze Kopitar found Marian Gaborik with a stretch pass as he rocketed through the neutral zone.

Sean Couturier also scored for Philadelphia, which has won two straight.

The winger scored his 14th goal of the season on the power-play midway through the first period, beating Kings goalie Jonathan Quick with a high wrist shot.

WASHINGTON Jason Chimera scored a power-play goal and had an assist during another man advantage to help Washington beat Tampa Bay.

It was the fifth successive win for the Capitals, who also got goals from Tom Wilson, Marcus Johansson and Justin Williams.

Yesterday against the Anaheim Ducks, the Blackhawks erased a two goal deficit in the game’s final minutes. and Duncan Keith’s goals tied the game at 2-2.

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Matt Hendricks and Jordan Eberle scored in a shootout, powering Edmonton to its first win at Pittsburgh since January 10, 2006. In the second period, they were outshooting Chicago 11-2 before a Niklas Hjalmarsson slapshot pushed the Blackhawks lead to 2-0 at the 12:56 mark.

Elsewhere, the Montreal Canadiens defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-2 in a shoot-out and the Arizona Coyotes outlasted the Calgary Flames 2-1 in OT. In his first career game at the Bell Centre, Corey Schneider stopped 29 shots. Final shots on goal in the overtime period, were 5-3 in favor of the Kings.

Left wing Alexander Steen added an empty-net goal in the final minute.

Dallas’ Tyler Seguin scored at 3:57 of overtime after Alex Goligoski, Jamie Benn and John Klingberg all scored for the Stars in the third period.

Score early: Yesterday against the Ducks, the Blackhawks were scoreless until about 1:30 was left in the third period.

“A win tonight would’ve made it real good”, Brent Seabrook said after Saturday’s game.

Filip Forsberg also scored for Nashville. The second line of Artemi Panarin, Artem Anisimov and Patrick Kane – especially Kane – has still accounted for the bulk of the scoring.

Sabres goalie Chad Johnson made 28 saves.

Mikkel Boedker had his second hat trick against Ottawa this season and Arizona snapped the Senators’ four-game winning streak.

One sequence in the first period showed that, while the Blackhawks have suffered some roster losses related to salary-cap considerations, they remain one of the league’s most risky teams.

Following a strong start to the season, NY has dropped three in a row.

Patrick Kane has maintained his current point streak that has now ballooned to 18 games, tying the American record set by Phil Kessel, and former Blackhawk Eddie Olczyk (with the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs, respectively).