Sebastian Oh scored on the power play with 54 seconds left in overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Kings at PNC Arena.
Aho fired a shot on receiving a pass from Brent Burns in the right circle to extend his streak to five games with at least one goal (8).
The Hurricanes came from behind scoring three goals in the third period. They thus signed a sixth consecutive victory.
Burns, Paul Stastny, Jordan Steel et Teuvo Teravainen hit the target for the Hurricanes (33-9-8), who collected at least one point in a ninth straight game (8-0-1). Frederik Andersen made 17 saves.
Adrian Kempe scored a double Anze Kopitar had a goal and two assists and Phoenix Copley made 25 saves for the Kings (28-18-7), who were playing their last game before the All-Star Game break. They will be back in action on February 11 once morest the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Los Angeles scored four times in the second period to take a 4-1 lead.
Carolina cut the deficit to 4-2 at 3:27 of the third period, when Stastny charged on goal to take advantage of a comeback. Staal redirected the shot from the right point of Brett Pesce to make it 4-3 at 9:54. Teravainen’s one-timer on the power play made it 4-4 at 12:31.
Video: Aho completes Hurricanes comeback in prol.
The Hurricanes took a 1-0 lead at 1:27 of the first period. Andrei Svechnikov delivered a short backhand snap to Burns, who advanced to the right circle before beating Copley with a wrist shot to the side of the mitt.
Kempe tied the game 1-1 at 1:51 of the second period. Andersen stopped Kopitar by spearing the puck at the top of his half circle, but the Kings captain picked it up behind the net before spotting Kempe with a perfect pass.
Kevin Fiala gave Los Angeles a 2-1 lead at 11:34, before Kempe’s second goal at 14:21 made it 3-1.
The Kings increased their lead to 4-1 on the power play at 15:21. Jaret Anderson-Dolan quickly fed Kopitar on a pass from Drew Doughtyand the captain scored his 16th goal of the season from the front of the net.
Capitals 4, Blue Jackets 3 (P)
Evgeny Kuznetsov scored just 26 seconds into overtime and the Washington Capitals defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday.
Kuznetsov hit the target with a wrist shot from the right circle.
Johnny Gaudreau had tied the Blue Jackets 3-3 at 12:44 of the third period, scoring his 14th goal with a wrist shot following a long overhead pass from Gavin Bayreuther.
Trevor van Riemsdyk scored two goals, a career high, and Charlie Lindgren stopped 31 shots for the Capitals (27-20-6), which ended a three-game losing streak on the road. The Capitals are now on leave until they face the Boston Bruins on Feb. 11.
Joonas Korpisalo made 29 saves for the Blue Jackets (15-32-4), who suffered a third straight loss. Columbus won’t play once more until Feb. 10 once morest the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Garnet Hathaway gave the Capitals the lead at 5:06 of the first period, redirecting a shot from Lars Eller.
Van Riemsdyk doubled that lead at 14:28 with a shot through traffic from the top of the right circle. It was his first goal in 20 games.
Video: Kuznetsov and the Capitals win in overtime
Andrew Banks cut the lead to 2-1 twelve seconds later with a wrist shot from the blue line.
Van Riemsdyk did it once more at 8:26 of the second period and made it 3-1. He had his first multi-goal game in 509 NHL career games. Kuznetsov circled the area with the puck before handing it back to van Riemsdyk, who fired a one-timer. He has six goals this season.
Eric Robinson cut the deficit to 3-2 at 11:03 to end an 18-game scoreless streak.
Senators 5, Canadians 4
Brady Tkachuk broke the tie 1:18 remaining in the third period and the Ottawa Senators added to the curse of the Montreal Canadiens’ retro blue jersey this season, winning 5-4 at the Bell Centre.
