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NHL roundup: Danault scores hat trick, Canadiens top Vegas in OT
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Phillip Danault completed a hat trick late in the third period, Paul Byron scored in overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Saturday.
Danault entered the game with two goals this season. His third score of the game came with 1:25 left in the third period, setting up Byron’s backhand goal 1:59 into OT.
Carey Price made 23 saves, and the Canadiens swept the season series against Vegas.
Brandon Pirri scored twice and Jonathan Marchessault also scored for Vegas. William Karlsson, who leads Vegas with 29 points, had two assists. Marc-Andre Fleury, one win shy of his 50th as a Golden Knight, made 43 saves.
St. Louis 3, Calgary 1: David Perron had a goal and an assist and Jake Allen made 28 saves to lead St. Louis to a 3-1 win over Calgary.
Perron has nine goals and 11 assists in 16 games against Calgary since the start of the 2014-15 season.
Tyler Bozak and Oskar Sundqvist also scored to help St. Louis finish 2-1-0 on their trip through Western Canada.
Matthew Tkachuk scored his 16th goal for Calgary. The Flames have lost three straight. Calgary lost for the first time in regulation at home since Nov. 15, ending a 7-0-2 string.
Los Angeles 3, San Jose 2: Ilya Kovalchuk scored in overtime in his return from an ankle injury and lifted Los Angeles to a 3-2 win against San Jose.
Kovalchuk also scored in the first period, and Alex Iafallo had a goal and an assist. Kovalchuk had missed 10 games after having an ankle bursectomy.
Joe Pavelski scored a tying goal with 30 seconds left in the third period. Martin Jones stopped 28 shots for San Jose, and Lukas Radil also scored.
Florida 2, Detroit 1: Roberto Luongo made 33 saves and Florida defeated Detroit, 2-1.
Mike Hoffman and Evgeni Dadonov scored for Florida. Panthers leading scorer Jonathan Huberdeau and captain Aleksander Barkov each had two assists. Barkov has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his last four games.
Thomas Vanek scored for Detroit and Jimmy Howard had 21 saves.
Columbus 4, Philadelphia 3: Cam Atkinson scored two goals and Artemi Panarin had a goal and two assists as Columbus ran its winning streak to three games.
Zach Werenski also scored and Pierre-Luc Dubois added three assists for the Blue Jackets.
Boston 5, Nashville 2: Patrice Bergeron returned to the lineup after missing 16 games and scored two goals, reaching 300 for his career in leading Boston to a 5-2 win over Nashville.
Bergeron set up Brad Marchand’s tie-breaking score as Boston won for the sixth time in eight games.