Ryan McLeod and Mattias Samuelsson scored eight seconds apart in the second period to help the Buffalo Sabres to a 9-3 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Friday evening.
It was the fastest two goals by the Sabres since Cody Hodgson and Nathan Gerbe scored six seconds apart on April 19, 2013, in an 8-4 win against the New York Rangers.
Josh Doan scored two goals and Alex Tuch had four assists for the Sabres, who had lost six of their previous eight. Buffalo’s Jason Zucker had a goal and two assists, while McLeod, Bowen Byram, Jack Quinn, Tage Thompson and Jacob Bryson each had a goal and an assist. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 20 saves.
Tyler Bertuzzi scored two goals and Alex Vlasic added one for the Blackhawks. Arvid Soderblom stopped just 21 of 30 shots.
Bruins 2, Kings 1 (OT)
Morgan Geekie scored his second goal of the game at 2:27 of overtime, lifting Boston past host Los Angeles’ whose struggles at home continue.
David Pastrnak played the puck at the blue line and sent a pass to Geekie, who triggered a shot from the top of the right circle for the decisive goal. Geekie, who registered his second consecutive multi-goal performance, is tied for the NHL lead with 16 goals this season. Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon also has 16.
A short-handed goal by Los Angeles’ Joel Armia with 6:57 left forced the extra session. Darcy Kuemper made 24 stops for the Kings, who have lost three straight (0-1-2) and have just one home win this season (1-4-3).
Wild 5, Penguins 0
Matt Boldy scored two goals and picked up one assist and Filip Gustavsson stopped all 19 shots he faced as Minnesota pulled away for a win at Pittsburgh.
Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek each finished with a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which won its fourth game in a row. Marcus Johansson also scored a goal.
The Penguins sustained their first shutout loss of the season and fell to 1-2-2 in their past five games. Arturs Silovs gave up four goals on 10 shots before he was replaced by Sergei Murashov, who turned aside 10 of 11 shots.
Hurricanes 4, Jets 3
Jordan Staal scored twice to lead Carolina to a hard-fought road win over Winnipeg.
Brandon Bussi earned his fifth victory of the season with 24 saves. Seth Jarvis and Andrei Svechnikov both scored for the Hurricanes, while Sebastian Aho collected two assists.
Gabriel Vilardi buried a pair and Josh Morrissey rounded out the scoring for the Jets. Winnipeg’s day started on a sour note when it was announced that goaltender Connor Hellebuyck would miss four to six weeks due to knee surgery.
