New York: The Washington Capitals rallied from a two-goal deficit to earn a 3-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Andre Burakovsky, Marcus Johansson and Joel Ward scored for the Capitals (5-5-3), who snapped a five-game skid in which they went 0-4-1.
Johansson and Ward scored within a 42-second span in the final minute of the second period to quiet a sell-out Chicago crowd.
Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby turned aside 38 of 40 shots for the win.
The Blackhawks (7-6-1) lost for the sixth time in the past nine games despite goals from Brandon Saad and Duncan Keith.
In another match, Niklas Kronwall had a goal and an assist as the Detroit Red Wings beat the New Jersey Devils.
Jakub Kindl, Brendan Smith and Johan Franzen also scored for Detroit (7-3-4), while goaltender Jimmy Howard made 15 saves.
Steve Bernier and Jordin Tootoo scored for New Jersey (6-6-2). Goalie Cory Schneider stopped 20 shots before being pulled after the second period. Keith Kinkaid made seven saves.
Meanwhile, Boyd Gordon scored with 4:15 remaining to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres.
Gordon finished off a terrific play by Teddy Purcell, who skated to his right around Sabres defenseman Nikita Zadorov before finding a wide-open Gordon to his left.
Mark Arcobello and Iiro Pakarinen also scored for the Oilers (5-8-1), who snapped a four-game losing streak.
Drew Stafford and Matt Moulson scored for the Sabres (3-10-2) while goaltender Michal Neuvirth made 49 saves.
Elias Lindholm scored with 37.8 seconds left in overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes sent Columbus to a seventh straight loss.
Scott Hartnell scored twice for Columbus (4-8-1), who took a 2-1 lead in the second period before Carolina’s Victor Rask netted the game-tying goal midway through the third in the 3-2 win.
The win lifted the Hurricanes to 4-6-2. Opportunism triumphed over aggressiveness as the Arizona Coyotes beat the Anaheim Ducks in a 3-2 shootout.
The Ducks outshot Arizona 39-25 but allowed two goals in less than a minute during the second period and then lost the shootout as Coyotes left winger Mikkel Boedker netted the winning shootout goal.
The captains scored for each team as Anaheim’s (10-3-2) Ryan Getlzaf and Arizona’s Shane Doan each potted goals.Reuters
