Cutter Gauthier broke a tie with 1:14 to play and Ducks coach Joel Quenneville became the second bench boss in NHL history to win 1,000 games as host Anaheim claimed a wild 6-5 comeback victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday in the NHL’s first night back from the Olympic break.
Leo Carlsson scored once in a three-point outing to pace the Ducks to a third consecutive victory, moving them past Edmonton and into second place in the Pacific Division.
Ian Moore, Alex Killorn, Olen Zellweger and Beckett Sennecke also scored for the Ducks, who have won 10 of 12 games. Anaheim goaltender Lukas Dostal made 22 saves.
Quenneville joins Scotty Bowman (1,244 victories) as the only members of the 1,000-win club.
Matt Savoie scored once in a three-point game for the Oilers, who have lost four straight games. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Evan Bouchard both collected one goal and one assist, and Jack Roslovic and Zach Hyman added a goal apiece.
Lightning 4, Maple Leafs 2
Nikita Kucherov scored a goal and recorded his 700th and 701st career assists, and Tampa Bay toppled visiting Toronto. Kucherov is the 64th player to reach the 700-assist milestone and the third Russian-born player to get there, joining Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin.
Brayden Point netted two goals and had a helper, Gage Goncalves had a goal and two assists, and Charle-Edouard D’Astous notched two assists for the Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves as Tampa Bay won its sixth straight game.
Matthew Knies had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs. John Tavares also tallied, William Nylander had two helpers, and Anthony Stolarz stopped 32 shots.
Jets 3, Canucks 2 (OT)
Cole Perfetti scored at 1:37 of overtime, enabling Winnipeg to beat host Vancouver.
Gabriel Vilardi and Kyle Connor had a goal apiece, Mark Scheifele logged two assists and Eric Comrie made 21 saves for Winnipeg, which won for just the third time in the past eight games (3-3-2).
Evander Kane and Drew O’Connor scored goals and Tolopilo made 25 saves for last-place Vancouver, which lost its fourth straight game (0-2-2).
Stars 4, Kraken 1
Wyatt Johnston scored twice and Thomas Harley added two assists as Dallas topped visiting Seattle.
Matt Duchene and Sam Steel also scored, with Duchene adding an assist, as the Stars extended their winning streak to seven and won for the eighth time in nine games. Casey DeSmith made 18 saves to improve to 3-0-0 against Seattle this season.
Ryker Evans responded for the Kraken, who lost for just the third time in nine games. Joey Daccord stopped 28 shots.
Golden Knights 6, Kings 4
Pavel Dorofeyev scored two goals, including the game-winner during a five-goal third period, leading visiting Vegas to a victory over Los Angeles.
Colton Sissons and Reilly Smith each had a goal and an assist, Tanner Laczynski had three assists and Brandon Saad and Ivan Barbashev also scored for Vegas, which won its third straight game. Adin Hill made 15 saves and also had an assist.
Quinton Byfield scored two goals, Artemi Panarin had two assists in his Kings debut and Adrian Kempe and Brandt Clarke each had a goal and an assist for Los Angeles, which lost its fourth straight game (0-3-1).
Avalanche 4, Mammoth 2
Parker Kelly and Martin Necas each tallied a goal and an assist as Colorado topped Utah in Salt Lake City.
All six goals were scored in the second period. Scott Wedgewood made 28 saves for the Avalanche, who won for the third time in four games. Colorado also got goals from Victor Olofsson and Brock Nelson.
Dylan Guenther scored twice and Karel Vejmelka stopped 21 shots for the Mammoth, who were on an 11-3-1 run before the break.
Capitals 3, Flyers 1
Logan Thompson made 23 saves and Trevor van Riemsdyk scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period to give Washington a win over visiting Philadelphia.
The Capitals are 5-1-0 in their last six games, as their good form continued in their first game back after the NHL’s Olympic hiatus. Aliaksei Protas added an empty-net goal, and Rasmus Sandin tallied in the second period.
Noah Cates scored the Flyers’ only goal, and Dan Vladar stopped 26 of 28 shots. Philadelphia fell to 1-4-2 in the past seven games.
Sabres 2, Devils 1
Tage Thompson and Peyton Krebs each had a goal and an assist for Buffalo in a win at Newark, N.J.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves for the Sabres in his return after missing five games with a lower-body injury. Buffalo improved to 7-2-1 in the past 10.
Timo Meier scored and Jake Allen stopped 28 shots for the Devils, who have lost four straight and six of seven.
