With his team down 4-3 late in the third, the center scored with 40 seconds remaining to force overtime.
Then, Henrique ended the game at the 1:54 mark of the extra period, securing a big two points.
The win improved New Jersey's record to 31-27-9, good for 69 points on the season. They now sit five points back of Pittsburgh for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Adam Henrique forced overtime with a goal, then scored 1:54 into the extra period on the power play as the New Jersey Devils beat the Predators 5-4 Thursday night, snapping Nashville's five-game winning streak.
Henrique's w...
WINNIPEG - Kyle Okposo scored off a quirky rebound 2:20 into overtime to give the New York Islanders a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.
Islanders winger Brock Nelson blasted the puck toward the net, but it hit Jets forward Niko...
Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien knows he almost didn't make it this far.
With a win over Chicago on Thursday, Julien tied Art Ross for the most regular-season wins as Bruins head coach with 387.
But despite winning a Stanley Cup in 2011, his job was believed to have been in jeopardy as recently as this past summer when general manager Don Sweeney took over from predecessor Peter Chiarelli.
And it wasn't the first time.
"The fact that I've avoided being fired for the last nine years here has helped me get that many wins," he said, according to Chris Mason of the Boston Herald.
One win away from setting the club record, Julien knows he's in rare air.
Julien on tying Art Ross: "The thing that comes to mind is 'humbling.' He's an icon, he's a legend."
CHICOUTIMI, Que. - Tristen Elie had a pair of goals in the first period and added three assists to lead the Gatineau Olympiques to an 8-2 rout of Chicoutimi Sagueneens on Thursday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.
Vincent Milot-Oue...
Mike Babcock believes in the rebuild, but he hates losing. And the Toronto Maple Leafs are losing often.
The Minnesota Wild left Toronto with a 2-1 victory Thursday, and Babcock was infuriated with the officiating. The Wild had four power-play opportunities to Toronto's none, and both Minnesota goals were scored with the man advantage.
"I don't get it," Babcock said after the game, when asked about the disparity in power plays. "Makes no sense to me.
Toronto's lost four straight, eight of nine, and 11 of 13. This was the pain Babcock was talking about. He clearly doesn't need the officiating adding to it.
PHILADELPHIA - Taylor Hall, Nail Yakupov, Patrick Maroon and Lauri Korpikoski all scored, and Cam Talbot made 35 saves to lead Edmonton to its third straight victory, 4-0 over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.
Talbot, in his ninth st...
The club won its eighth straight Thursday, with the Ottawa Senators the latest victim. The eight wins in a row tie a franchise record, set around this time of year in 2004.
Tampa Bay's run has come against teams it should be beating.
After a slow start to the season, the Lightning, last year's Stanley Cup finalists, have found their stride. There's a chance they end the night with the Eastern Conference's second-best goal differential (plus-27).
Tampa Bay has a good chance to make franchise history Saturday, when it hosts the Carolina Hurricanes. In fact, the run could go well into double digits. Here are the Lightning's next six opponents:
OTTAWA - Ben Bishop made 33 saves and Ondrej Palat scored the winner as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-1 Thursday night.
Cedric Paquette, Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos — into an empty net — also scored for Tampa (...
TORONTO - The Minnesota Wild scored two power-play goals to capture a much-needed 2-1 victory Thursday night in Toronto.
Mikael Granlund whistled the eventual game-winner over the left shoulder of Maple Leafs goaltender Garret Sparks on a thi...