Tim Stutzle batted a puck out of mid-air with two seconds left in overtime to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 5-4 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday in the opening game of the NHL’s Global Series in Sweden.
Stutzle also assisted on two goals by Brady Tkachuk and Josh Norris added a goal and an assist to help the Senators recover after squandering a four-goal lead.
The game was the first over four days in Stockholm as part of the Global Series.
Ottawa, Detroit, Minnesota and Toronto are involved in the first such series outside North America. It marks the NHL’s return to Sweden for the first time since before the pandemic.
Shayne Gostisbehere scored a goal and set up two others for the Red Wings, who have lost three of four.
Short-handed Devils cool Penguins
Jesper Bratt, Alexander Holtz and Tyler Toffoli scored third-period goals as the undermanned New Jersey Devils snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins’ five-game winning streak, 5-2.
New Jersey ended a three-game skid and defeated Pittsburgh for the sixth straight time despite missing forwards Timo Meier, Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes.
Curtis Lazer had a short-handed goal and an assist to reach 100 career points for the Devils.
Bryan Rust scored twice for the Penguins and Sidney Crosby had an assist to extend his point streak to 10 games.
Crosby became the 15th player in league history with 11 point streaks of at least 10 games.
Kings snap Panthers’ 5-game streak
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist and Cam Talbot turned aside 30 shots in the Los Angeles Kings’ 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers, who had a five-game winning streak halted.
Anze Kopitar scored on the power play as the Kings won at home for just the second time in eight games.
Sam Reinhart scored in his third straight game, but Florida was held to its lowest scoring output since being shut out at Minnesota in its season opener.