Erik Karlsson picked up assists on a pair of game-tying goals for the Ottawa Senators in regulation, and the Norris favorite ended the game himself in overtime.
The 25-year-old wired a slap shot past Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk to clinch a 3-2 victory for the Senators. The goal was his 13th of the season, and his second overtime winner.
Per @EliasSports: @ErikKarlsson65 is 1st defenseman in @Senators history to score multiple overtime goals in a season (also Dec. 5 vs. NYI).
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 16, 2016
With a goal and two assists, Karlsson now has 73 points in 71 games, putting him on pace to record the highest-scoring season by a defenseman in the past 20 seasons.
Erik Karlsson above a point-per-game now, has chance for most points by a D-man since Brian Leetch had 85 in 1995-96 pic.twitter.com/FuCN8vicRi
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) March 16, 2016
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