ST. LOUIS (AP) Artemi Panarin scored 25 seconds into overtime and Corey Crawford made 27 saves to lead the Chicago Blackhawks over the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Wednesday night.
Crawford won his sixth consecutive game and improved to 15-5-5 against the Blues as Chicago recorded their seventh straight win.
Panarin scored on a wrist shot from the slot for his sixth goal of the season while Jake Allen made 28 saves for the Blues.
St. Louis’ Alex Pietrangelo tied it with 2:11 left in the third on a drive from the point that squeezed past Crawford, who got a piece of the shot.
Early in the second period, Marian Hossa pounced on the rebound of a shot by Gustav Forsling and shot it in for a 1-0 lead. It was his seventh goal of the season and sixth in the last seven games.
Bobby Ryan and Kyle Turris scored during a shootout, helping the Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1.
Backup goaltender Mike Condon made 31 saves, including eight in overtime, as the Senators avenged a 2-1 loss to the Sabres at home Saturday.
”That’s a lot of resiliency,” Boucher said. ”I’m really proud of the guys because that’s a tough back-to-back.”
Turris scored in the first round of the shootout to match Sam Reinhart’s tally and then Ryan put Ottawa ahead in the second round. Condon stopped Brian Gionta on Buffalo’s final attempt.
Ryan Dzingel got a tying goal for Ottawa 7:15 into the second period.
Nicholas Baptiste scored for Buffalo and former Senator Robin Lehner made 28 saves while the Sabres lost their second in a row.
Buffalo controlled the action throughout overtime, outshooting Ottawa 8-0.
”We just possessed the puck the whole time for the most part and had some glorious chances to win the game,” Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said.
Rookie Zach Werenski shrugged off an unfortunate bounce to score 1:21 into overtime as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2.
”Some nights, things aren’t going to go your way,” Werenski said. ”But it’s just sticking to the game plan, playing hard every shift trying to make the next right play. I think it’s been working for me.”
Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist and Boone Jenner got his first score this season for Columbus, which won its fourth straight at home and stretched its point streak to five (4-0-1). Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves.
Anaheim’s Nick Ritchie tied it at 2 early in the third period after Rickard Rakell scored late in the second. John Gibson made 15 stops.
”We had to find a way – even though we were up 2-0,” Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno said. ”We allowed them back in the game. But we didn’t get psyched out by it. We kind of just kept our composure.”
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