Washington’s Erik Gustafson tied the game in the third period and took tonight’s NHL meeting against Detroit into overtime.
There, his teammate Dmitry Orlov decided 22 seconds ago, played by Markus Johansson.
It was Gustafsson’s fourth goal in two matches, following Saturday’s hat-trick against Toronto, a match that ended 5-2 to Washington.
David Peron gave Detroit the lead in the first half, followed by a 2-0 run by Oscar Sundqvist on the power play, played behind the goal line by Jonathan Berggren.
But Washington pulled back and tied the game in the second period when Nick Dodd scored twice in 11 seconds.
After Detroit regained the lead in the third period, Gustafson pulled ahead and tied the score at 3-3. The game was decided with 22 seconds left in overtime, when Washington’s Marcus Johansson played Dmitri Orlov.
Washington has now won seven of its last eight games.
In the meeting between Boston and Florida, Linus Ullmark managed to stop 37 pucks in the face.
Boston took the lead, scoring three goals in five minutes and 16 seconds in the first period. After another Boston goal, Florida rebounded in the second period, scoring three goals in five minutes and 20 seconds.
But Ollmark recovered in the third period and Boston extended its lead to 7-3 with the end of the game. Patrice Bergeron scored the last two goals of the match.
Boston coach Jim Montgomery praised the Swedish goalkeeper’s performance after the game and said that in the third period he was like a wall in the goal.