Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves to win his 300th career game as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the visiting Nashville Predators 5-2 on Tuesday.
Morgan Barron, Josh Morrissey, Kyle Connor, Gabriel Vilardi and Nino Niederreiter were the goal scorers for Winnipeg. Mark Scheifele and Adam Lowry each added two assists, while Dylan DeMelo, Ville Heinola and Nikolaj Ehlers each had one assist.
Roman Josi recorded a goal and an assist for Nashville, while Filip Forsberg also scored. Jonathan Marchessault and Vinnie Hinostroza contributed assists. Juuse Saros made 26 stops.
Luke Evangelista suffered an apparent leg injury from a hit by the Jets’ Neal Pionk. He left the game late in the first period and did not return. Nashville next saw Steven Stamkos leave the bench with his final shift coming with 12:19 left in the second period due to an undisclosed injury. He also did not return.
Lightning 3, Hurricanes 2
Brayden Point netted a dazzling game-winning goal in the final minute of regulation as Tampa Bay snapped a four-game losing streak against visiting Carolina.
Brandon Hagel hit the net and Nick Paul reached double figures in goals with his first power-play tally of the season. Darren Raddysh recorded two assists as the Lightning recorded their second win over Carolina to win the season series. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves to break a personal two-game losing streak and won for the fourth time in the past six starts (4-1-1) vs. the Hurricanes.
Carolina’s Jordan Staal notched a goal and an assist and Andrei Svechnikov scored as the team fell to 2-2-1 in its past five matches. Pyotr Kochetkov had 31 saves. Defenseman Brent Burns posted an assist as he played his 884th consecutive game, climbing into a tie with Steve Larmer for sixth place on the NHL’s all-time Iron Man streak.
Oilers 4, Bruins 0
Adam Henrique scored in each of the first two periods and Connor McDavid netted a breakaway goal to lead visiting Edmonton past Boston.
Henrique scored the only goal Edmonton needed at 6:33 of the first period before adding another in the second to ensure the team’s fourth consecutive win and 15th in 19 games (15-3-1). Viktor Arvidsson also scored for the Oilers, while Brett Kulak had two assists.
Stuart Skinner made 26 saves but shared the shutout with Calvin Pickard after taking a hit on Nikita Zadorov’s hard net drive with 5:25 left in the opening frame. Pickard did not have to make a save before Skinner returned to start the second. Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves for Boston, which was shut out for the fifth time and fell to 0-4-1 in its last five games.
Wild 6, Blues 4
Matt Boldy scored the go-ahead goal with 16:03 left in the third period, and Minnesota rallied to beat St. Louis in Saint Paul, Minn.
Jake Middleton and Marcus Johansson each finished with a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which has won four in a row and six of its last seven. Zach Bogosian, Jon Merrill and Joel Eriksson Ek also scored, while Mats Zuccarello and Ryan Hartman each had two assists. Marc-Andre Fleury entered the game in the second period and stopped all 15 shots he faced. He relieved Filip Gustavsson, who allowed four goals on 18 shots.
Jordan Kyrou scored his team-high 18th goal for St. Louis, which has lost two straight games by the same score. Pavel Buchnevich, Jake Neighbours and Robert Thomas added one goal apiece, and Dylan Holloway and Justin Faulk both chipped in a pair of assists. Jordan Binnington gave up five goals on 25 shots.
Blue Jackets 4, Penguins 3 (SO)
Kent Johnson and Kirill Marchenko each scored in the shootout as Columbus rallied to snap a 15-game winless skid in Pittsburgh.
Johnson beat Tristan Jarry between the pads in the first round of the shootout and Marchenko did the same in the third to end the game. Columbus’ Dmitri Voronkov scored twice and Adam Fantilli converted from the slot to forge a 3-3 tie with 2:36 remaining in the third. Marchenko had two assists and Elvis Merzlikins made 20 saves for the Blue Jackets, who recorded their first win in the Steel City since Nov. 13, 2015.
Pittsburgh’s Rickard Rakell scored twice in the third period to reach the 20-goal plateau for the fifth time in his career. Michael Bunting scored his career-high eighth power-play goal of the season and captain Sidney Crosby and Erik Karlsson each notched two assists. Jarry turned aside 26 shots for the Penguins, who extended their winless streak to four games (0-1-3).
Red Wings 3, Senators 2 (OT)
Patrick Kane scored an overtime goal with 2:39 left as Detroit won its fifth straight game by defeating road-weary Ottawa.
Dylan Larkin, who scored in the first period, won a faceoff in Detroit’s offensive zone and passed it behind him to Kane, who easily snapped the power-play game-winner past Anton Forsberg. Alex Lyon started in goal but suffered an upper-body injury during the first period. Cam Talbot replaced him, and they combined for 31 saves.
Thomas Chabot and Brady Tkachuk scored in regulation for Ottawa. Forsberg made 30 saves. The Senators have lost five of their last six (1-4-1). Ottawa wrapped up its nine-game road trip, the longest in franchise history.
Stars 5, Rangers 4 (OT)
Jamie Benn scored a power-play goal 2:17 into overtime as Dallas ran its winning streak to five games by rallying from an early three-goal deficit for a victory over host New York.
Thomas Harley scored the game-tying goal with 2:39 remaining in regulation, and Benn kept the winning streak alive when he went to the front of the net and re-directed a pass from Jason Robertson. Robertson scored in the second period for the Stars, while Matt Duchene and Evgenii Dadonov scored in the first to start the comeback.
Vincent Trocheck and Alexis Lafreniere scored two goals apiece as the Rangers dropped to 6-16-1 over their past 23 games. Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger made 21 saves while Rangers goalie Jonathan Quick allowed five goals on 39 shots.
Flames 3, Ducks 2 (OT)
Jonathan Huberdeau scored the overtime winner and MacKenzie Weegar collected one goal and one assist as visiting Calgary claimed an overtime victory over Anaheim.
Nazem Kadri also scored for the Flames, who had their moms on a road trip to Southern California that also includes a clash with the Los Angeles Kings. Joel Hanley collected a pair of assists and goaltender Dustin Wolf made 26 saves in an excellent goaltending battle.
The Flames have won nine consecutive visits to Anaheim and are on a 12-2-1 run against the Ducks. Alex Killorn and Mason McTavish scored for the Ducks, who were without top scorer Troy Terry due to the pending birth of a child. Goalie John Gibson stopped 30 shots.
Golden Knights 4, Sharks 2
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist as visiting Vegas continued its dominance of San Jose Sharks with a victory.
Zach Whitecloud, Victor Olofsson and Tomas Hertl also scored goals and Shea Theodore added two assists for Vegas, which won its third straight game and for the ninth time in 10 games. The Golden Knights, who lead the NHL with 59 points, improved to 27-2-5 all-time against the Sharks, including 14-0-3 in San Jose.
Ilya Samsonov made 20 saves to win his sixth consecutive start for Vegas. William Eklund had a goal and an assist and Timothy Liljegren also scored for San Jose, which had a two-game win streak snapped. Alexandar Georgiev finished with 38 saves.
Maple Leafs 3, Flyers 2
Matthew Knies scored the go-ahead goal in the third period as Toronto skated to a victory over host Philadelphia.
Auston Matthews added a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, giving him seven points in three games since returning from an upper-body injury. Joseph Woll made 30 saves, while John Tavares chipped in with a goal and an assist for the visitors.
The Maple Leafs have won five in a row. They swept this week’s home-and-home series with the Flyers after posting a 3-2 overtime victory north of the border on Sunday. Travis Konecny scored twice in this one for Philadelphia, which has lost four of its last five games. Ivan Fedotov finished with 14 saves for the hosts.
–Field Level Media
