COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kirill Marchenko scored 16 seconds into overtime to rally the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Sunday night to end a four-game losing streak and move out of the NHL basement.
Kent Johnson, Eric Robinson and Boone Jenner also scored for Columbus, Johnny Gaudreau had two assists and Marchenko added an assist.
Jon Gillies, of South Portland, stopped 24 shots in his Blue Jackets debut — and first game this season — for his first win since Feb. 10, 2022.
“He was solid,” Blue Jackets Coach Brad Larsen said of Gillies. “I think we played well in front of him. We got a few breaks there on some breakdowns where they missed the net or we got a stick on our block, which was huge in those moments. But he settled in and he got the job done.”
Marchenko’s winner was his 21st goal of the season and set a franchise rookie record. He’s tied with Dallas’ Wyatt Johnston and Seattle’s Matty Beniers for the NHL lead among rookies.
Columbus tied Anaheim for the second-fewest points in the NHL with 56. Chicago is last with 54.
Dylan Gambrell, Mark Kastelic and Alex DeBrincat scored for the Senators, who have lost two straight. Cam Talbot stopped 18 shots for Ottawa, whose playoff hopes are slipping away as the Senators sit six points behind Pittsburgh for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
RANGERS 5, CAPITALS 2: Alexis Lafrenière and Kaapo Kakko scored goals just over two minutes apart, Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves and New York at Washington to snap a two-game skid.
The so-called “Kid Line” of 21-year-old Lafrenière, 22-year-old Kakko and 23-year-old Filip Chytil, which could be a difference-maker for New York in the playoffs, produced offense for the third time in four games. Chytil, who recently signed a $17.5 million, four-year extension, assisted on Lafrenière’s goal to pick up his fifth point in five games.
Shesterkin gave up a bad-angle goal to Dylan Strome but made several big stops to continue rounding into form just over two weeks before the first round begins. Chants of “Igor! Igor!” echoed around the arena filled with Rangers blue several times after the reigning Vezina Trophy winner kept the puck out of the net on the way to his 35th victory this season.
Those fans had plenty to cheer, from Lafrenière’s dazzling move around Rasmus Sandin to goals by defenseman K’Andre Miller, trade deadline pickup Vladimir Tarasenko and top center Mika Zibanejad. The Rangers moved three points back of the rival New Jersey Devils for second place in the Metropolitan Division with five games to play.
Washington lost for the fourth in a row and for the seventh time in eight games, inching closer from being eliminated and ending the team’s eight-year streak of playoff appearances. Aliaksei Protas scored to end a 36-game goal drought, and Darcy Kuemper finished with 29 saves.
HURRICANES 2, ISLANDERS 1: Jordan Martinook scored for the first time in more than two months to break a third-period tie as Carolina won at home.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi also scored and Frederik Andersen made 21 saves for the Hurricanes, who’ve won back-to-back games following a stretch of four losses in five games to maintain first place in the Metropolitan Division.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored first for the Islanders, who’ve lost two games in a row and three of their last five. New York is in playoff position, but only has four games remaining in a tight competition with multiple teams for the final two spots in the Eastern Conference.
JETS 6, DEVILS 1: Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice and Morgan Barron converted a penalty shot as Winnipeg beat visiting New Jersey.
Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and assist, and Kyle Connor and Nino Niederreiter also scored for the Jets. Blake Wheeler had two assists. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 31 shots in his 60th start of the season.
Nico Hischier spoiled Connor Hellebuyck’s shutout bid when he scored on the power play with 13.9 seconds left.
PENGUINS 4, FLYERS 2: Rickard Rakell scored two goals as Pittsburgh won at home.
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang skated in his 1,000th career game and Bryan Rust scored in his 500th NHL game. Ryan Poehling added a late empty-net goal, and Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin each had two assists. Casey DeSmith stopped 31 shots.
Crosby is three points from 1,500 in the NHL. He also tied Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux for the most career points against the Flyers in NHL history with 124.
RED WINGS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 2: Dylan Larkin scored three times for his second career hat trick, Alex Nedeljkovic made 42 saves and Detroit won at Toronto.
Olli Maatta had a goal and an assist, and Jonatan Berggren also scored for Detroit. Moritz Seider added two assists.
Calle Jarnkrok and John Tavares scored for Toronto, which lost goalie Matt Murray to an injury late in the first period. He allowed two goals on seven shots before being replaced by Ilya Samsonov, who made 13 saves in relief after stopping 31 shots in a 3-0 win over Ottawa on Saturday.
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