UNDATED (AP) — The Minnesota Wild remain hot since splitting their first 12 games of the season.
Joel Eriksson Ek recorded his second career two-goal game and Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 24 shots as the Wild held off the Golden Knights, 4-3.
Kahkonen won his eighth straight start by overcoming Dylan Coghlan’s hat trick.
Coghlan had never scored an NHL goal until the first period. He added two more in the last six minutes after the Wild grabbed a 4-1 lead.
Kirill Kaprizov scored for Minnesota’s league-worst power play, snapping a 1-1 deadlock early in the third.
The Wild are 9-2-1 in their last 12 games.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— Gabriel Landeskog scored on a wrist shot 4:22 into overtime to send the Colorado Avalanche past the Arizona Coyotes 2-1. The Avalanche went 1-1 during the two-game series with Arizona in Denver even though they outshot the Coyotes by an 81-28 margin. Colorado limited the Coyotes to 14 shots on Wednesday. It’s the 14th straight game the Avalanche have allowed fewer than 30 shots, which tied a franchise record.
— Adrian Kempe scored two goals and Troy Grosenick made 33 saves in his first NHL appearance in nearly 6 1/2 years, leading the Los Angeles Kings past the Anaheim Ducks 5-1. Captain Anze Kopitar, Andreas Anthanasiou and Alex Iafallo also scored for the Kings, who beat Anaheim for the first time in three tries this season. Sam Steel scored and John Gibson stopped 32 shots for the Ducks, whose 6-5 win over the Kings on Monday was their second straight following a nine-game winless streak.
Leon Draisaitl had a five-point game as the Oilers hammered the Senators, 7-1. Draisaitl registered his third career hat trick and had two assists in Edmonton’s third straight win. Connor McDavid added a goal and two assists to help the Oilers improve to 6-0 against the Senators this season. Darnell Nurse opened the scoring 3:52 into the game, starting a flurry in which the Oilers scored four times in less than 10 minutes.
— Jesper Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist in leading the Montreal Canadiens to a decisive 5-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Corey Perry, Shea Weber, Jeff Petry and Phillip Danault also scored for the Habs, while Tyler Toffoli tallied two assists. Carey Price registered 23 saves for the Canadiens and Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko stopped 40 of 45 shots. The result snaps a three-game winning streak for the Canucks, who are five points behind Montreal for the final North Division playoff berth.
