4 NHL games feature tying goals in final 15 seconds of regulation

Now this is coming through in the nick of time.

For the first time in NHL history, there were four contests that featured game-tying goals within the final 15 seconds of regulation on the same day.

Cutting it even more close, two of the tying scores on Tuesday night came within the final 2 seconds, which marks just the second time that's happened on the same day (Oct. 8, 2009), according to NHL Stats .

There was plenty of late-night drama on the ice.

Pavel Dorofeyev of Vegas tied his game against the New York Islanders with 14 seconds left, while Colorado 's Cale Makar came through on a power-play goal with 8 seconds remaining at Nashville .

Connor McDavid cut it a little closer by scoring the equalizer for Edmonton with 2 seconds on the clock versus Buffalo , and 19