Nico Hischier scored with 1:41 left in overtime Friday night to cap a big comeback by the New Jersey Devils, who scored the final four goals to stun the host Minnesota Wild 5-4. The Devils, who trailed 4-1 with fewer than two minutes left in the second period, salvaged the finale of a three-game Western Conference road trip by winning for just the second time in the last seven games (2-4-1). By virtue of the loser point, the Wild moved into sole possession of the second wild card in the Western Conference despite falling for the seventh time in eight games (1-4-3) — one day after head coach Bruce Boudreau guaranteed the team would make the playoffs. The Wild dominated the overtime before goalie Devan Dubnyk turned the puck over while trying to make a clearing pass behind the Minnesota net. Kyle Palmieri, who picked off the pass, missed an attempt to jam home a shot, but the puck skittered to Hischier, whose shot sailed into the open corner of the net. Marcus Johansson scored in the second period for the Devils, who forced overtime on unanswered goals by Will Butcher, Palmieri and Ben Lovejoy. Cory Schneider earned his first regular season win since Dec. 27, 2017, by stopping all 15 shots he faced in relief of Keith Kinkaid, who was chased after allowing four goals on 17 shots. Brad Hunt, Joel Eriksson Ek, Nick Seeler and Mikael Granlund scored for the Wild. Dubnyk made 23 saves. Hunt and Eriksson Ek scored fewer than four minutes apart prior to the midway point of the first for the Wild. Johansson scored an unassisted goal just 26 seconds into the second period to cut the gap in half for the Devils, but Seeler and Granlund scored a little less than five minutes apart to extend Minnesota's lead to 4-1 and chase Kinkaid just 7:19 into the period. Butcher scored with 1:50 left in the second to begin the comeback by the Devils. Palmieri's power play goal 8:16 into the third pulled New Jersey within one, before Lovejoy's goal forced overtime with 2:45 to go. Hurricanes 3, Oilers 1 Carolina goalie Curtis McElhinney made 40 saves as the Hurricanes rode early scoring to defeat the Edmonton Oilers in Raleigh, N.C. Nino Niederreiter scored two goals and Lucas Wallmark also tallied for the Hurricanes, and Sebastian Aho provided two assists. Carolina opened a three-game homestand after a 4-1-0 road trip and is 15-5-1 in its last 21 games. Rangers 6, Sabres 2 Alexandar Georgiev followed up the best game of his young career by making 31 saves, and Vladislav Namestnikov scored two of New York's three goals in the final 3:53 of the game in Buffalo, N.Y. Coming off a career-high 55-save performance Sunday against Toronto, Georgiev helped the Rangers beat the Sabres for the 13th time in the last 15 meetings by withstanding a barrage for most of the third period, when Buffalo controlled play in its offensive zone. Jeff Skinner scored twice for Buffalo, which was unable to win consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 11-13. It was Skinner's eighth multi-goal game of the season and upped his total to 36, three behind Washington's Alexander Ovechkin for the league lead. Bruins 3, Ducks 0 Noel Acciari scored a goal less than six minutes after the opening faceoff, and that was all the Bruins would need in Anaheim, Calif. Boston goaltender Jaroslav Halak made 30 saves in his fourth shutout of the season as the Bruins got their five-game road trip off to a positive start. The Bruins have won four consecutive games and six of their last seven. Jake DeBrusk scored a power play goal in the second period, and former Duck Chris Wagner added an empty-net goal with less than two minutes remaining as the Bruins improved to 2-0 without leading goal scorer David Pastrnak. Second on the team with 66 points, Pastrnak is expected to miss at least two weeks after undergoing a procedure on his thumb following an off-ice injury. — Reuters
