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NHL Wrap Up: Minnesota Wild get overtime victory over the Chicago Blackhawks

By Bruce Kropp Jan 23, 2022 | 8:36 AM

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Marcus Foligno scored at 4:22 of overtime to send the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night. Minnesota twice trailed in the third period but got goals from Kirill Kaprizov and Kevin Fiala to force overtime and, eventually, sweep the back-to-back with the Blackhawks after a 5-1 win in Chicago a night earlier. Joel Eriksson Ek also scored for the Wild and Kaapo Kahknonen made 33 saves. Henrik Borgstrom scored twice and Alex DeBrincat added his 24th goal of the season for the Blackhawks. Kevin Lankinen stopped 40 shots for Chicago.

In other games:

—The Boston Bruins have followed Tuesday’s blowout loss to Carolina on Willie O’Ree Night with back-to-back victories. David Pastrnak’s power-play goal early in the third period was the difference in the Bruins’ 3-2 win over the Jets. It was Pastrnak’s 10th goal in as many games. Tuukka Rask made 21 saves for Boston in his third start after re-signing this month following offseason hip surgery.  Charlie Coyle and Oskar Steen also scored for Boston, which is 10-2 since New Year’s Day. Brad Marchand started after leaving Thursday’s game with an upper-body injury that was expected to keep him out.

— Gabriel Landeskog scored 1:16 into overtime to send the Avalanche to their 15th straight home win, 3-2 over the Canadiens. Valeri Nichushkin had a power-play goal and assisted on the game-winner in his return after missing three games while in health and safety protocols.  Ross Colton scored twice and the Lightning won for the seventh time in nine games by blasting the Sharks, 7-1. Alex Killorn and Steven Stamkos each had a goal and an assist in the rout.

— Nicklas Backstrom set up two goals before scoring 73 seconds into overtime to complete the Capitals’ comeback in a 3-2 win over the Senators. Ottawa had a 2-0 lead in the third period until Alex Ovechkin notched his 28th and 29th goals to grab a share of the league lead.

— Chris Kreider also has 29 goals after registering a hat trick in the Rangers’ eighth win in 11 games, 7-3 over the Coyotes. Defenseman Jacob Trouba scored twice for New York, which trailed 3-1 before helping Igor Shesterkin earn his sixth straight victory.

— Nathan Bastian tallied twice and Jesper Bratt scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period of the Devils’ 7-4 win over the Hurricanes. Andreas Johnsson furnished a goal and two assists as New Jersey dropped Carolina two points behind the Rangers for the Metropolitan Division lead.

— The Maple Leafs earned a 3-1 win over the Islanders as Morgan Rielly had a goal and an assist. Mitch Marner and Pierre Engvall also scored as the Leafs handed the Isles the second regulation loss in their last 10 home games.

— The Predators came away with a 4-1 win over the Red Wings behind Matt Duchene’s two goals and an assist. Nick Cousins and Filip Forsberg also scored and Juuse Saros made 28 saves for Nashville.

— The Flyers absorbed their 11th straight loss as Jeff Skinner, Tage Thompson and Peyton Krebs each scored twice to send the Sabres to a 6-3 decision over Philadelphia. The Flyers tied the league’s longest skid of the season and pull within one of the team record of 12 set in 1999.

— The Oilers’ seven-game losing streak is over after Leon Draisaitl had two goals and two assists in their 5-3 victory over the Flames. Evan Bouchard also scored twice and Mikko Koskinen stopped 44 shots as Edmonton won for just the third time in 16 games.