Sunday's NHL Capsules

Games played on Nov. 16, 2014

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Tomas Hertl scored his fourth goal of the season and rookie goalkeeper Troy Grosenick stopped 45 shots in his NHL debut to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 2-0 win over Carolina on Sunday.

Hertl scored at 18:46 of the first period on a Sharks' two-on-one drive to the net. His shot skittered underneath Carolina defenseman Andrej Sekera and between the pads of Anton Khudobin.

Joe Thornton added an empty-net goal with 7.3 seconds left in the game for the Sharks.

San Jose (10-8-2), playing its sixth game of a seven-game road trip, evened their record to 3-3 on the trip. The Sharks have played 15 of their first 21 games on the road and will play at Buffalo on Tuesday before returning home.

Carolina lost its third straight game, all by one goal.

Khudobin (0-4-2), the Carolina backup goalkeeper, finished with 17 saves and is still seeking his first win at home.

The Hurricanes embark on a five-game road trip beginning Tuesday at Dallas.

WILD 4, JETS 3, OT

ST. PAUL (AP) - Marco Scandella scored at 1:01 of overtime after missing two games with an illness to give Minnesota a win over Winnipeg.

Minnesota was reeling after blowing a 3-0 lead in the third period and getting outplayed by the scrappy Jets. But Scandella's third goal of the season - a low wrist shot from just inside the blue line that beat Michael Hutchinson - prevented the Wild from losing their second game this year after losing a three-goal lead.

Zach Parise scored two goals in his return from a concussion and helped give Minnesota a 3-0 lead after the first. But Winnipeg scored three goals in five minutes in the third to tie it and fire up the loud contingent of Jets fans.

Michael Frolik ended Niklas Backstrom's shutout bid at 5:55 with a wrist shot from the left side of the net. Then Evander Kane scored his second goal this season when his backhander from the bottom of the right circle bounced off Backstrom's pads and in between his legs at 8:19.

Less than three minutes later, Adam Pardy's shot from the point deflected off Andrew Ladd to make it 3-3.

CANADIENS 4, RED WINGS 1

DETROIT (AP) - Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist while Dustin Tokarski made 28 saves as the Montreal beat Detroit.

Two nights after dominating the Blackhawks in a 4-1 win, the Red Wings took too long to get untracked against another Original Six rival. Detroit only managed 10 shots in the first two periods despite four power plays.

Montreal took a 1-0 lead at 3:20 of the second, shortly after killing a Red Wings penalty. Detroit botched a line change, allowing Brandon Prust to pick up a loose puck and beat Jimmy Howard with a wrist shot from the top of the faceoff circle.

The Canadiens doubled their lead with a fluke goal at 8:36, as P.K. Subban's slapper from the blue line hit the inside of Kyle Quincy's left thigh and deflected over Howard's shoulder.

BLACKHAWKS 6, STARS 2

CHICAGO (AP) - Patrick Kane and Kris Versteeg each had a goal and two assists, and the Chicago rallied with four goals in the third period to defeat Dallas.

Kane connected from a sharp angle early in the third period to snap a 2-2 tie. Jonathan Toews, Versteeg, and Brandon Saad scored in a 2:55 span later in the period to put the game away.

Defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook scored in the first period as Chicago won for the third time in four games.

Dallas' Curtis McKenzie recorded his first NHL goal and Shawn Horcoff also scored for the Stars, who have dropped two straight and won just two of their last 11 (2-7-2).

Chicago's Corey Crawford made 22 saves and Dallas' Kari Lehtonen finished with 41 as Chicago fired 23 shots in the third.

PANTHERS 6, DUCKS 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Nick Bjugstad had two goals and two assists, and Brad Boyes scored twice during the Florida's four-goal second period in a victory over Anaheim.

Vincent Trocheck and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored as Florida opened a four-game road trip with a stunning blowout of the West-leading Ducks. Jussi Jokinen and Brian Campbell had two assists apiece in the highest-scoring performance of the season by the Panthers, who had an NHL-low 27 goals entering the game.

Al Montoya made 33 saves for the Panthers, who hadn't won in Anaheim since Nov. 9, 2008.

Hampus Lindholm and Andrew Cogliano scored for the Ducks, whose seven-game points streak ended in their fifth loss in six games despite the return of Corey Perry, who missed the previous five games with mumps.

COYOTES 2, OILERS 1

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Mikkel Boedker scored the game winner as the Arizona defeated Edmonton.

Brandon Gormley also scored for the Coyotes (8-9-1) who have put together back-to-back victories after dropping three in a row.

Taylor Hall scored for the Oilers (6-10-2), who have lost three straight and have yet to beat a Western Conference opponent this season, falling to 0-8-1 in the conference. Twenty of Edmonton's next 23 games are against the West.

The best early scoring opportunity came with 7:30 remaining in the first period when Oilers' center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins nearly had a short-handed breakaway. Coyotes' goalie Devan Dubnyk came out of his net to knock the puck away. Dubnyk stopped 33 shots for the win while Ben Scrivens made 26 saves for the Oilers.

Arizona capitalized on the same power play just over a minute later as Gormley fired a shot from the top of the circle through traffic and past Oilers starter Ben Scrivens. It was Gormley's first NHL goal.

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