NHL roundup: Beagle, Caps nip 'Canes in last seconds

Beagle, who snapped a 14-game scoring drought, skated down the right side of
the ice and seemed to surprise Carolina goaltender Cam Ward after Nicklas
Backstrom delivered the puck from the other side of the ice.

Carolina led late in the third period before Washington's Brett Connolly
scored unassisted with 3:08 remaining to even the score at 3. Connolly
converted off a turnover by Hurricanes defenseman Noah Hanifin.

Jeff Skinner scored 1:49 into the third period to give Carolina a 3-2 lead.
Washington's Alex Ovechkin scored his 28th goal of the season, and teammate
Lars Eller scored a goal for the fourth game in a row.

Blackhawks 2, Jets 1

David Kampf scored his first NHL goal to make his 23rd birthday truly worth
celebrating, and goaltender Jeff Glass stopped 31 shots to lead Chicago past
visiting Winnipeg.

Kampf also collected an assist to net his first career two-point game. Glass
improved his record for the Blackhawks to 3-1-1.

Kampf broke a scoreless deadlock nearly five minutes into the second period,
and Jan Rutta doubled the lead late in the middle period. Patrik Laine scored
unassisted for the Jets at 16:19 of the third period.

Canucks 5, Blue Jackets 2

Brendan Gaunce's power-play goal in the second period proved to be the winner
as the Vancouver won in Columbus, Ohio.

Gaunce scored only his second goal in the past two seasons. He went all of
2016-17 without scoring. Sven Baertschi, Erik Gudbranson, Alexander Edler and
Jake Virtanen added goals for the Canucks, who posted their third win in the
past 16 games.

Seth Jones and Scott Harrington each scored for the Blue Jackets, who took
their second consecutive loss.

Oilers 4, Coyotes 2

Darnell Nurse's second goal of the game completed Edmonton's comeback from an
early two-goal deficit en route to a win in Glendale, Ariz.

Oilers goalie Al Montoya, who entered in relief after starting netminder Cam
Talbot surrendered two goals in just over three minutes of play, stopped all
19 shots he faced to earn his first victory for the club that acquired him via
trade from the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. 4.

Nurse netted the winner at 3:57 of the third period when he unloaded a slap
shot from the top of the left circle that cleanly beat Arizona goalie Antti
Raanta. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' empty-net goal with 20 seconds left sealed the
victory.

Flames 4, Panthers 2

Calgary, led by backup goalie David Rittich, extended its season-best win
streak to six games, earning the victory in Sunrise, Fla.

A 25-year-old native of the Czech Republic who was playing just the sixth NHL
game of his career, Rittich stopped 41 shots and improved to 4-1-1.

Calgary got goals from Sean Monahan, Matthew Tkachuk, Johnny Gaudreau and
Mikael Backlund. Florida's Evgenii Dadonov ended a slump by posting his eighth
and ninth goals of the season.

--Field Level Media