Read reports from Thursday’s NHL games.
Devils win 3-2 in Toronto
Yegor Sharangovich scored 57 seconds into overtime, Vitek Vanecek made 25 saves and the New Jersey Devils beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Thursday for an 11e consecutive victory.
Nico Hischier and Jesper Bratt also hit the target for the Devils (14-3-0).
Sharangovich scored his fourth goal of the season when he pounced on a return in front of the net after Matt Murray blocked a Jack Hughes shot.
The Devils won an 11e game in a row for the third time in club history. The Florida Panthers had their longest winning streak last season with 13 straight wins.
Auston Matthews, with a goal and an assist, and William Nylander provided the response for the Maple Leafs (9-5-4), who got 30 saves from Murray. Mitch Marner added an assist to extend his one-point streak to 11 games, the longest active streak in the NHL.
The Canadian Press
Lehkonen plays heroes for the Avalanche in overtime
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Artturi Lehkonen (centre) celebrates his winning goal in extra time.
Artturi Lehkonen threaded the needle 1:55 into overtime to give the Colorado Avalanche a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday.
Evan Rodrigues and Alex Newhook also hit the target for the Avalanche, who were outshot in every period of regulation time and 48-15 overall.
The Avalanche, defending Stanley Cup champions, scored their first overtime win of the year on their third attempt.
Pavel Francouz blocked 46 shots as the Avalanche defeated the Hurricanes for the second time in six nights.
Martin Necas had a goal and an assist, and Sebastian Aho also scored for the Hurricanes. Antti Raanta made 12 saves.
Associated Press
The Stars defeat the Panthers 6-4
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Jake Oettinger (29) and Jani Hakanpaa (2) of the Stars
The Dallas Stars scored four goals in the first period and held on to defeat the Florida Panthers 6-4 on Thursday night.
The Stars, however, lost the services of their goaltender Scott Wedgewood, who left the game on a stretcher moments after stopping a shot from Anton Lundell in the second period.
Wedgewood finished his night on the job with 21 saves and the Stars led 5-2 at the time of his injury. There was still no information released regarding his injury.
Roope Hintz scored twice as Nils Lundkvist, Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin and Ty Dellandrea all threaded the needle on one occasion for the Stars.
The Panthers, who had to manage without their captain Aleksander Barkov, saw Carter Verhaeghe, Eetu Luostarinen, Sam Reinhart and Matthew Tkachuk move the ropes.
Sergei Bobrovsky started the game for the Panthers and allowed four goals on 11 shots in the first period. Spencer Knight took over and stopped 16 of the 17 pucks he faced.
Associated Press