NHL roundup: Hellebuyck remains perfect with Devils, Caufield and Cooley make history

Devils 5-4 Blues

Despite staying undefeated in four starts with the Devils, Hellebuyck gave up three straight goals in the third that allowed the Blues to force overtime. 

Luckily, Jesper Bratt (3) came through in the clutch to give the Devils an OT win. 

Devils record: 11-5-0 (W3)

Blues record: 7-7-2 (L2)

Canadiens 5-4 Mammoth

Adam Engstrom scored his first goal of the season to tie things up 4-4 for the Habs with five minutes left to go in the third. Cole Caufield took over from there and scored the game-winner in OT with his 11th goal of the season. 

He became the fastest player in NHL history to score 15 overtime goals. But it wasn't just Caufield who made history.

Utah's Logan Cooley made history by becoming the fastest active player to record five career hat tricks in 228 games, besting the greatest goal scorer of all time, Alex Ovechkin (230 games). 

Cooley now has two hat tricks in the past four games, bringing his season goal total to 11.

Canadiens record: 10-3-3 (W1)

Mammoth record: 10-6-1 (L1)

Bruins 6-2 Penguins

Pavel Zacha scored twice as the Bruins scored three straight goals in two different bunches to extend their win streak to three. 

They are now tied with the Devils and Anaheim Ducks for the longest current win streaks in the NHL as they sit just below the Carolina Hurricanes for the best record in the Eastern Conference. 

Bruins record: 12-4-1 (W3)

Penguins record: 5-9-2 (L4)

Lightning 4-1 Blackhawks

The Tampa Bay Lightning remain perfect at home (8-0-0) this season after scoring four straight goals against the Blackhawks. 

Ilya Mikheyev doubled his season goal total after putting up two in the win. 

Lightning record: 10-3-2 (W2)

Blackhawks record: 4-12-1 (L5)

Rangers 3-2 Flyers

Goals from Pavel Dorofeyev (5) and Tye Kartye (5) in the third period, both assisted by Adam Fox, who now sits with the third-most assists (19) in the league.

The Flyers were held to single-digit shots on goal in each of the game's three periods as their forecheck woes continue. 

Rangers record: 9-7-1 (W2)

Flyers record: 4-10-4 (L2)

Jets 6-2 Canucks

Dawson Mercer scored his first goal with the Jets, and of the entire season, since being dealt as part of the Devils-Hellebuyck trade. He also picked up his seventh assist on the game's first goal by Alex Iafallo (4). 

Mark Scheifele also had one goal (3) and one assist (13). 

Jets record: 6-8-3 (W2)

Canucks record: 3-14-1 (L4)

Blue Jackets 2-1 Stars

Zach Werenski scored his first goal of the season, and it came at the perfect moment as he sent the game into OT before Valeri Nichushkin scored the game-winner in the shootout.

Columbus goaltender Cam Talbot has not allowed more than three goals in each of his last five starts, with two of those being one-goal performances.

Blue Jackets record: 7-7-0 (W2)

Stars record: 9-5-2 (L1)

Golden Knights 2-1 Red Wings

All three goals in this game were scored in the third period. Trevor Connelly sent home the eventual game-winner with under two minutes left for his seventh of the season.

Carter Hart, who has been having a rough season, recorded his second one-goal performance this year with 25 saves, the previous being 26. 

Golden Knights record: 11-5-2 (W2)

Red Wings record: 7-7-3 (L2)

Hurricanes 5-3 Islanders

William Carrier (1) and Jalen Chatfield (2) scored in the third period to pull away from the Islanders as they continue to sit atop the Eastern Conference. 

They outshot the Islanders a whopping 31-16 in the final two periods (39-27 overall).

Hurricanes record: 13-3-2 (W1)

Islanders record: 7-6-2 (L2)

Ducks 5-4 Oilers

Four straight goals by the Ducks were enough to hold off a late third-period rally by the Oilers as they won their third straight. 

Beckett Sennecke led the way with two goals and an assist for the Ducks. Meanwhile, McDavid continued to be from another planet as he put up a goal (10) and three assists (34). 

Bouchard also scored his 10th goal and recorded his 20th assist on Leon Draisaitl's 14th goal. McDavid-Bouchard-Draisaitl accounted for eight of the 12 points put up by Oilers players. 

Ducks record: 8-7-1 (W3)

Oilers record: 11-3-3 (L2)

Predators 3-2 Avalanche

Steven Stamkos scored the overtime power-play goal that lifted the Predators over the Avalanche for their third straight win, joining the Bruins, Devils, and Ducks. 

Meanwhile, the Avs have now lost back-to-back. 

Nashville goaltender Justus Annunen has now won three straight starts and put up his best performances of the season with 30 saves. 

Predators record: 7-4-5 (W3)

Avalanche record: 9-6-2 (L2)