Brett Howden scored 2:15 into overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights remained undefeated with a 4-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Howden took a pass from Noah Hanifin at the bottom of the left circle, spun around Alexander Kerfoot and then cut in front of the net and beat Connor Ingram with a backhand shot to his glove side for the game winner.

Hanifin finished with a goal and two assists, Howden added an assist and William Karlsson and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored for Vegas, which tied its franchise record with its eighth straight home win (8-0-0), reaching the milestone of its inaugural match equaled. season 2017-2018. Adin Hill made 16 saves for the Golden Knights.

Logan Cooley had a goal and an assist, Nick Bjugstad had two assists and Ian Cole and Kerfoot also scored for Utah, which suffered its fifth loss in its last six games. Ingram finished with 31 saves.

Panthers 4, Stars 2

AJ Greer scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period to lift Florida to a victory against Dallas and a sweep of the 2024 NHL Global Series in Tampere, Finland.

Sam Reinhart, who had an assist on Evan Rodrigues’ goal in the first period, scored into an empty net with one minute left in the third period. Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal and Spencer Knight made 23 saves for the Panthers, who have won five straight games. Florida recorded a 6-4 victory over Dallas on Friday.

Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist and Casey DeSmith made 21 saves for the Stars.

Bruins 3, Flyers 0

Brad Marchand recorded a goal and an assist as Boston defeated host Philadelphia.

Joonas Korpisalo made 20 saves for his fifth career shutout – and his first since April 10, 2023, when he eliminated the Vancouver Canucks as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. Matthew Poitras and Justin Brazeau also scored for the Bruins, who had lost five of their previous six games.

Samuel Ersson started in goal for the Flyers before leaving early in the first period with an undisclosed injury. Philadelphia had won three of its previous four games, including Tuesday’s victory in Boston — its first Rules of the Road victory over the Bruins in more than 13 years.

Capitals 7, Blue Jackets 2

Connor McMichael scored twice, including one of Washington’s five goals in the first period, during his visit to Columbus.

Alex Ovechkin and Dylan Strome each had a goal and two assists for the Capitals, who have won three in a row. Aliaksei Protas, Andrew Mangiapane and Nic Dowd also scored, and Logan Thompson made 34 saves.

Damon Severson and Kevin Labanc scored for the Blue Jackets, and Daniil Tarasov made 15 saves.

Red Wings 2, Sabers 1

Dylan Larkin scored two power-play goals in the second period and host Detroit was able to beat Buffalo.

Larkin, the Red Wings’ captain, has scored five power-play goals this season. Cam Talbot made 31 saves for Detroit, ending a three-game losing streak.

Alex Tuch scored a short-handed goal for Buffalo, which has lost three straight games. The Sabers played for the second consecutive night after losing 4-3 to the New York Islanders on Friday.

Blackhawks 4, Kings 3

After assisting on Tyler Bertuzzi’s equalizer with 31 seconds left in regulation time, Ryan Donato scored the decisive score in the shootout to power a visiting Chicago win over Los Angeles.

Connor Bedard, Teuvo Teravainen and Donato each scored in the shootout, and Petr Mrazek made 37 saves for Chicago, which improved to 2-2-0 after a five-game trip.

The Blackhawks handed their first home loss in four tries to Los Angeles, which got two goals from Alex Laferriere.

Senators 3, Kraken 0

Anton Forsberg made 22 saves for his second NHL shutout of the season as Ottawa defeated visiting Seattle.

Tim Stutzle had a goal and an assist for the Senators and clinched the win with an empty-netter with 2:14 remaining. Adam Gaudette and Brady Tkachuk also scored for the Senators, who had lost three of their previous four games, including a 2-1 loss Friday night to the host New York Rangers.

The Kraken lost their second in a row and fell to 1-2-0 on their five-game trip. Goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer stopped 20 of 22 shots.

Blues4, Maple Leafs2

Colton Parayko scored twice and had an assist as St. Louis defeated visiting Toronto to snap a three-game losing streak.

Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich also scored and Ryan Suter earned two assists for the Blues, who defeated Toronto for the second time in nine days. Jordan Binnington made 35 saves and earned his 148th win for the Blues, tying Jake Allen for second on the team’s all-time list. The depleted Blues conceded another goal when defender Philip Broberg left in the second period with a right leg injury.

Mitch Marner and Steven Lorentz scored for the Maple Leafs, whose three-game losing streak ended. St. Louis native Joseph Woll made 20 saves for Toronto.

Penguins 3, Canadians 1

Sidney Crosby scored twice as Pittsburgh topped Montreal for the fifth straight time.

Blake Lizotte had the other goal for the Penguins. Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves for his third career win in six games against the Canadiens. Pittsburgh has won back-to-back games for the second time this season.

Christian Dvorak found the back of the net and Sam Montembeault stopped 21 shots for the Canadiens, who have lost three straight games.

Predators 5, Avalanche 2

Roman Josi scored what ended up being the game-winning goal early in the third period and Nashville took advantage of both power-play opportunities to beat visiting Colorado.

Josi, Steven Stamkos and Gustav Nyquist each had a goal and an assist. Filip Forsberg and Colton Sissons also found the back of the net as Nashville won for the fourth time in the past six games (4-1-1). Goalkeeper Juuse Saros stopped 28 of 30 shots.

Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar each had a goal and an assist to extend their point streak to 12 games apiece for the Avalanche. Justus Annunen made twenty saves. Forward Nikita Prishchepov, 20, made his NHL debut for Colorado and had two shots on goal in 13:30 of ice time, but the Avalanche lost their third straight game (0-3-0).

Canucks 3, Sharks 2

Pius Suter scored his second goal of the evening in the final minute to give visiting Vancouver a wild 3-2 victory over San Jose.

Jake DeBrusk also scored for the Canucks, who snapped a two-game winless skid. Goalkeeper Kevin Lankinen made 21 saves. Nico Sturm and Mikael Granlund answered for the Sharks, and goalkeeper Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 24 shots.

With overtime looming thanks to a late Granlund draw, Suter got the winner with 25.7 seconds left. He found a soft spot in the left circle and ripped home a one-timer from Conor Garland for his fourth goal of the season.

–Field-level media