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Elias Pettersson Vancouver Canucks - In Play! magazine
#40 Elias Pettersson scored a game winner after posting a four-point outing. The Canucks were one of six teams to record an overtime win Thursday, marking the third day in NHL history to feature six games decided in overtime (also 6 on April 13, 2023 & Feb. 7, 2019). Photo: Tim Jarrold - In Play! magazine
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NHL Recap January 12, 2024 – CANUCKS, ISLANDERS PICK UP OT WINS COURTESY OF FOUR-POINT PERFORMANCES

Despite taking place nearly 400 miles apart, Vancouver and New York’s overtime victories mirrored each other as Elias Pettersson (2-2—4) and Mathew Barzal (1-3—4) both posted four-point nights capped by game-winning tallies, to help the Canucks and Islanders overcome multi-goal performances from Sidney Crosby and Auston Matthews, respectively.

  • Pettersson became the sixth player in Canucks history with 10 career four-point outings – only Pavel Bure (11) and Trevor Linden (11) have more – and boosted his totals through his past four contests to 7-5—12. His seven goals are the most by a Canucks player over a four-game span since Mikael Samuelsson in 2009-10 (7-3—10).

Of note: Clark Gillies also did so in the postseason with the Islanders in 1976-77.

  • Barzal scored his fifth career overtime goal and tied Thomas Hickey and Anthony Beauvillier for fifth place on the Islanders’ all-time list. He also added three assists for his third four-point game of the season, tied with Nikita Kucherov, Connor McDavid, Mitchell Marner and Pettersson for the most among all players.
  • Barzal wasn’t the only Islanders player with a four-point performance Thursday – Noah Dobson factored on all four of his team’s goals to record his first career four-assist game and improved his season totals to 6-36—42 (41 GP). Dobson joined Denis Potvin (9x; fewest: 28 GP in 1979-80) as the second defenseman in Islanders history to reach the 40-point mark in 41 or fewer games.

OH, THE STREAKS LIVE ON!
Thursday produced an NHL-first – there are four teams with simultaneous winning streaks of at least eight games after the Panthers (9-0-0 dating to Dec. 23), Oilers (9-0-0 dating to Dec. 21), Jets (8-0-0 dating to Dec. 30) and Kraken (8-0-0 dating to Dec. 20) all earned victories.

  • Sam Reinhart scored the overtime winner with one second left on the clock to hit the 30-goal mark and help the Panthers establish the third-longest winning streak in franchise history. Reinhart, who became the second-fastest Florida player to reach the 30-goal mark in a season (41 GP) behind only Pavel Bure (34 GP in 1999-00), netted the latest overtime goal in Panthers history. Dave Lowry previously held the mark (4:56 on Oct. 30, 1993 vs. TBL).
  • Connor McDavid (1-0—1) sparked an Oilers third-period comeback by erasing a 1-0 deficit and Darnell Nurse scored the winner 1:20 into overtime to help Edmonton match its franchise record for longest winning streak (also 9 GP in 2022-23 & 2000-01). Nurse (5) moved into a tie for the fourth-most overtime goals in Oilers history, a list topped by McDavid, who was skating in his final game before turning 27 on Jan. 13.
  • Nikolaj Ehlers helped Winnipeg complete a third-period comeback by scoring the go-ahead goal with 65 seconds remaining in regulation and helped the League-leading Jets (28-9-4, 60 points) establish the longest win streak in franchise history, surpassing their 7-0-0 run in 2016-17. Thursday was just the second game during their streak that came via a third-period comeback (also Dec. 31).
  • Joey Daccord (25 saves) extended his personal point streak to 11 games (9-0-2) and backstopped the Kraken (18-14-9, 45 points) to their eighth straight win, matching the longest run in franchise history (also 8 GP in 2022-23). Daccord’s 11-game streak trails only Connor Hellebuyck (13 GP from Dec. 2 – present) for the longest point streak by a goaltender this season.

TWO GAMES ON TAP FOR FRIDAY
A two-game Friday in the NHL will see 2024 All-Star Travis Konecny go head-to-head with
Mats Zuccarello when the Flyers visit the Wild at Xcel Energy Center in a showdown broadcast nationally in Canada on Sportsnet and TVA Sports.

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