Joel Hofer made 24 saves for his fifth career shutout as the St. Louis Blues blanked the visiting Winnipeg Jets 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Justin Faulk scored for the Blues, who won for the second time in their past three outings.
Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves for the Jets, who have lost five of their past six (1-4-1).
The Blues broke the deadlock with 6:43 left in the second period. Pavel Buchnevich forced a turnover along the back wall on the forecheck, and then Robert Thomas fed Faulk coming down the middle for his goal.
Panthers 3, Kings 2
Carter Verhaeghe scored the go-ahead goal in the second period as Florida rallied to defeat Los Angeles in Sunrise, Fla.
Verhaeghe has scored nine goals in his past 11 games, and he has 11 for the season. The Panthers, who are 6-1-0 over their past seven games, also got goals from Anton Lundell and Sam Bennett plus two assists from Brad Marchand. Panthers backup goalie Daniil Tarasov made 27 saves and improved his record to 4-5-1.
Joel Armia and Kevin Fiala scored for the Kings, who got 25 saves from Anton Forsberg.
Mammoth 4, Red Wings 1
Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist and Karel Vejmelka made 27 saves as Utah topped host Detroit.
Jack McBain also scored, Dylan Guenther notched his sixth goal in six games and Kevin Stenlund added late insurance for the Mammoth. Karel Vejmelka allowed 14 goals over his previous four starts but was stout throughout while making 27 saves to win his third start in a row.
Emmitt Finnie scored for the Red Wings, who took just their second regulation defeat in 10 games (6-2-2). Cam Talbot stopped 23 shots.
Hurricanes 4, Predators 1
Sebastian Aho had two goals and an assist as Carolina prevailed at Nashville, extending its winning streak to five games.
Jackson Blake registered a goal and an assist, Seth Jarvis also scored and Andrei Svechnikov had two assists for the Hurricanes. Pyotr Kochetkov made 25 saves.
Filip Forsberg scored and Juuse Saros made 33 saves for the Predators, who lost for just the fourth time in their past 11 games (7-4-0).
Devils 2, Golden Knights 1 (SO)
Jake Allen made 36 saves and also stopped all three shootout tries to lead New Jersey to a victory over Vegas in Las Vegas.
Connor Brown scored a goal and Jesper Bratt scored the game-winner in the shootout for New Jersey, which moved into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with the win.
Pavel Dorofeyev scored a late power-play goal and Carter Hart finished with 32 saves for Vegas, which had a seven-game point streak snapped.
–Field Level Media
