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NHL roundup: Golden Knights’ latest win sets another expansion-team record
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Erik Haula scored the decisive shootout goal and the Vegas Golden Knights set an NHL record for road victories by an expansion team following a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres Saturday.
Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland forced overtime by scoring the tying goal from a bad angle with 4:14 left in regulation. Marc-Andre Fleury won his 399th career game by stopping 31 shots through overtime.
After both teams traded shootout goals, Haula scored in the fifth round by driving up the right side and beating goalie Robin Lehner on the short side.
Justin Bailey scored for Buffalo.
Lehner finished with 31 saves in the loss.
The Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights improved their road record to 20-12-3, to beat the league record of 19 set by Anaheim in 1993-94, their inaugural season.
The Golden Knights, 44-19-5, have already set NHL expansion-team records for most overall wins, home wins, points and longest winning streak – an 8-0 run from Dec. 14 to Jan. 2.
Philadelphia 2, Winnipeg 1: Claude Giroux and Andrew MacDonald scored in the second period and the Philadelphia Flyers overcame Patrik Laine’s 40th goal of the season in a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets that snapped a five-game losing streak.
Laine moved into a tie with Washington’s Alex Ovechkin for the most goals in the league when he scored on a one-timer on the power play at 8:58 of the third period. The 19-year-old Finn has 15 goals and six assists during an 11-game point streak.
But Petr Mrazek stopped 27 shots for the Flyers, bouncing back from a stretch of 18 goals allowed in four games.
Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves for the Jets, who saw their four-game winning streak end.
Tampa Bay 3, Montreal 2: Nikita Kucherov scored the deciding goal in the fourth round of the shootout to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 victory against the Montreal Canadiens.
Tyler Johnson scored his 20th of the season. Kucherov tied it late in the third with his 34th goal of the season. Louis Domingue made 27 saves and stopped three of four shooters in the shootout.
Colorado 5, Arizona 2: Blake Comeau and Carl Soderberg each had a goal and an assist in a first-period burst, goaltender Jonathan Bernier won his ninth straight home game but left in the third period for an undisclosed reason and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-2.
Boston 7, Chicago 4: Brian Gionta and Rick Nash each scored a power-play goal and the Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-4 to complete a 6-0 homestand.
Their goals came during a double-minor penalty on Chicago’s Patrick Kane.
Jake DeBrusk set up two power-play goals by David Krejci.
David Pastrnak scored, Noel Acciari had a shorthanded tally and Sean Kuraly added an empty-netter for Boston.