ANAHEIM (AP) — Timo Meier scored in overtime, his second goal of the game, to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 victory Sunday night and hand the Anaheim Ducks their fifth consecutive loss.
Logan Couture and Rourke Chartier also scored for the Sharks. Meier also added an assist.
San Jose goalie Martin Jones stopped 27 of Anaheim’s 30 shots on goal.
The Ducks got two goals from Pontus Aberg and one from Josh Manson. Goalie John Gibson stopped 45 of San Jose’s 49 shots.
After trailing throughout the game, the Ducks tied it at 3-3 in the third period on Aberg’s second goal. This was an unassisted goal, Aberg weaving the puck back and forth seven times and finally around San Jose’s Joakim Ryan and into the net.
It was the first multi-goal game of Aberg’s three-year career.
San Jose led 3-2 after the second period. The Sharks went up 2-1 when Chartier took a rebound and wrapped it around into the net for his goal.
The Sharks took a 3-1 lead when Meier stole the puck from Anaheim’s Joseph Blandisi and drilled a slap shot. Meier has a career-high, seven-game point streak.
OILERS 2,
BLACKHAWKS 1
CHICAGO (AP) — Connor McDavid scored 53 seconds into overtime to lift the Edmonton Oilers to their third straight win, 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
After two Blackhawks skaters got caught deep in their zone, McDavid finished a 2-on-1 break, taking a cross-ice feed from Leon Draisaitl and beating Cam Ward from the left circle for his eighth goal.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, SENATORS 3, OT
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jonathan Marchessault scored on a penalty shot in overtime to lift Vegas over Ottawa.
Alex Tuch scored two goals and Ryan Reaves added his third of the season for Vegas, while Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves.
KINGS 4, RANGERS 3
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alec Martinez scored with 55 seconds remaining, and Los Angeles stopped a six-game skid.
Martinez brought the puck from behind the net into the offensive zone and fired a wrist shot through the legs of Brendan Smith and past New York goaltender Henrik Lundqvist for his first goal of the season.
RED WINGS 4, STARS 2
DETROIT (AP) — Anthony Mantha helped Detroit earn its first home win of the season.
Mantha, Tyler Bertuzzi, defenseman Jonathan Ericsson and Justin Abdelkader scored for Detroit, which had been 0-3-1 at Little Caesars Arena. Dylan Larkin had two assists and Jonathan Bernier stopped 28 shots for his first win as a Red Wing, after signing as a free agent in July.
ISLANDERS 2,
HURRICANES 1
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Anders Lee had a goal and an assist, and New York beat Carolina.
Ryan Pulock scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Josh Bailey had two assists for the Islanders, who have earned points in three straight games. Playing eight of their first 11 games on the road, they’ve won two in a row for the first time.
