Field Level Media
30 Mar 2023, 15:55 GMT+10
Frederick Gaudreau netted two short-handed goals, Sam Steel and Marcus Johansson also scored and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Wednesday in Denver.
Filip Gustavsson made 42 saves to help the first-place Wild (44-22-9, 97 points) increase their lead in the Central Division to three points over both the Avalanche (44-24-6, 94 points) and the idle Dallas Stars (40-20-14, 94 points).
Minnesota has five wins in the past six games (5-0-1).
Bowen Byram scored a goal and Alexandar Georgiev turned away 25 shots for Colorado, which had won nine of its previous 10 games.
Islanders 2, Capitals 1 (SO)
Bo Horvat and Kyle Palmieri each scored in the shootout and Ilya Sorokin finished with 25 saves to lift visiting New York to a victory over Washington.
Washington's Evgeny Kuznetsov and Horvat each converted in the first round before Sorokin denied T.J. Oshie to begin the second. Palmieri beat Darcy Kuemper over his glove hand before Sorokin sealed the win by stopping Nicklas Backstrom in the third round.
Pierre Engvall scored early in the second period for the Islanders, who improved to 8-3-1 in their last 12 games. Conor Sheary scored a goal and Kuemper turned aside 28 shots for the Capitals, who have lost five of their last six games (1-3-2).
Maple Leafs 3, Panthers 2 (OT)
Brandon Montour scored his 14th goal of the season at 1:41 of overtime and visiting Florida came back to defeat Toronto.
Florida's Sam Reinhart tied the game with his 28th goal of the season with one minute left in the third period on a tip-in during a power play. Montour and Aaron Ekblad had assists. Anton Lundell also scored for the Panthers, who had lost their previous four games. Alex Lyon made 38 saves for the Panthers.
Auston Matthews and Zach Aston-Reese scored for the Maple Leafs. Ilya Samsonov made 26 saves for the Maple Leafs, who were coming off a 3-2-0 road trip.
--Field Level Media
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