Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and three extra within the shootout because the host New York Rangers earned an important 1-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night time.
Vincent Trocheck scored within the second spherical of the shootout for the lone aim of the talents competitors because the Rangers improved to 5-0-2 of their previous seven video games after dropping 15 of 19 (4-15-0).
Shesterkin stopped Kent Johnson within the first spherical and Adam Fantilli within the second after Trocheck deked Daniil Tarasov and lifted it over the goalie’s stick. After making stick saves on Johnson and Fantilli, Shesterkin completed off his seventeenth profession regular-season shutout with a diving pad save on Kirill Marchenko. It was Shesterkin’s second shutout this season and first since a 6-0 win at Pittsburgh within the season opener.
Tarasov made 26 saves for the Blue Jackets, whose six-game successful streak was halted. Columbus is also 10-2-2 in its previous 14 video games and took its first loss in 5 shootouts this season.
Capitals 4, Penguins 1
Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois had a aim and an help every and Logan Thompson made 18 saves in Washington’s win over visiting Pittsburgh.
Defenseman Jakob Chychrun additionally scored for the Capitals, who gained their fourth straight. Brandon Duhaime added an empty-net aim.
Bryan Rust obtained the Penguins’ aim and Joel Blomqvist stopped 28 photographs for the Penguins, who’ve misplaced 4 of their final 5. Blomqvist was recalled from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre of the American Hockey League on Thursday.
Flames 3, Jets 1
Dustin Wolf made 38 saves as Calgary ended host Winnipeg’s five-game level streak with a win.
Blake Coleman had a aim and two assists for Calgary, and Matt Coronato and Andrei Kuzmenko additionally scored.
Adam Lowry was the one Jets participant to seek out the again of the web, and Eric Comrie stopped 19 photographs.
Islanders 4, Sharks 1
Brock Nelson scored the go-ahead aim about halfway via the second interval as New York beat San Jose in Elmont, N.Y.
Mathew Barzal scored earlier within the second whereas Noah Dobson and Ryan Pulock added objectives for the Islanders, who snapped a two-game dropping streak however remained in final place within the Metropolitan Division and 7 factors out of the second wild-card spot. Goalie Marcus Hogberg made 18 saves.
Barclay Goodrow scored to briefly tie the sport within the second for the Sharks, who’ve fallen into final place within the Pacific Division by dropping 16 of 20 (4-15-1). Goalie Alexandar Georgiev recorded 27 saves.
Flyers 3, Devils 1
Bobby Brink scored the go-ahead aim with 7:16 left within the third interval to assist visiting Philadelphia to a win towards New Jersey in Newark, N.J.
Matvei Michkov and Travis Konecny every scored a aim and Samuel Ersson made 12 saves for the Flyers, who’re 4-0-1 of their previous 5 video games.
Defenseman Dougie Hamilton scored a aim and Jake Allen turned apart 15 photographs for the Devils, who’ve misplaced eight of their previous 10 video games (2-5-3).
Kraken 4, Kings 2
Jaden Schwartz netted a hat trick and goaltender Joey Daccord staved off a livid third-period push as Seattle began an extended residence stretch with a victory towards visiting Los Angeles.
Chandler Stephenson additionally tallied and Kaapo Kakko had three assists for the Kraken, who started a run of 9 of 10 video games on residence ice. Daccord made 28 saves, stopping every little thing he confronted within the closing interval, the place Los Angeles had a 17-1 edge in photographs.
Adrian Kempe and Jordan Spence scored for the Kings, who went 2-3-0 on a five-game journey. Darcy Kuemper stopped 18 of 21 photographs.
Avalanche 6, Stars 3
Cale Makar shook off a puck to the skate to attain twice, Artturi Lehkonen had two objectives and two assists to tie a profession excessive for factors, and Colorado beat Dallas in Denver.
Jonathan Drouin and Casey Mittelstadt every had a aim and two assists, Josh Manson had two assists and Scott Wedgewood turned away 26 photographs for Colorado. Makar and Drouin every scored their one centesimal profession objectives within the victory.
Jason Robertson had two objectives and an help, Matt Duchene had a aim and an help, Wyatt Johnson had three assists and Casey DeSmith had 30 saves for Dallas.
Panthers 3, Geese 0
Backup goalie Spencer Knight made 34 saves to steer host Florida to a shutout win over Anaheim in Dawn, Fla.
It was Knight’s second shutout this season and fifth of his profession. Florida obtained objectives from Jesper Boqvist, Anton Lundell and Gustav Forsling (empty-netter), and the Panthers withstood the first-period ejection of Sam Reinhart, who began the day tied for second within the NHL with 27 objectives.
Knight (9-6-1) gained his third straight begin as he outdueled Anaheim’s John Gibson (42 saves).
Maple Leafs 7, Canadiens 3
Toronto got here again from three objectives right down to prime host Montreal.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson tallied a aim and two assists and Joseph Woll made 32 saves for Toronto, which gained its second straight recreation after a three-game dropping streak. Bobby McCann had a aim and an help, and Nicholas Robertson, William Nylander, Auston Matthews, Steven Lorentz and David Kampf all scored a aim apiece.
Patrik Laine had a aim and an help, Josh Anderson and Kirby Dach additionally scored, and Sam Montembeault made 27 saves for the Canadiens, who had a two-game successful streak stopped.
Canucks 3, Oilers 2
Quinn Hughes scored twice on the ability play and J.T. Miller added a pair of assists as host Vancouver held on to beat Edmonton to finish a two-game dropping streak.
Danton Heinen additionally scored and Thatcher Demko stopped 13 of 15 photographs for the Canucks, who’ve gained simply two of their previous eight video games.
Leon Draisaitl scored the Oilers’ two objectives, each within the second interval, and Stuart Skinner made 24 saves. Edmonton had its four-game successful streak snapped because it performed its fourth recreation in six days.
Utah Hockey Membership 4, Blues 2
Clayton Keller had a aim and three assists as Utah defeated St. Louis in Salt Lake Metropolis to snap a three-game dropping streak.
Logan Cooley had a aim and two assists for Utah. Michael Kesselring and Nick Schmaltz additionally scored for the hosts, and Connor Ingram made 22 saves.
Tyler Tucker and Jake Neighbours scored for the Blues, and Jordan Binnington made 29 saves.
Predators 6, Wild 2
Filip Forsberg’s first four-point recreation of the season helped Nashville decide up a victory over visiting Minnesota.
One recreation after netting his three hundredth aim, Forsberg scored two extra and added two assists. He has six objectives in his previous 5 video games. Colton Sissons, Brady Skjei, Steven Stamkos and Fedor Svechkov additionally tallied objectives for the Predators on Saturday.
Matt Boldy led the Wild, who misplaced their third recreation in a row, with a aim and an help. David Jiricek additionally scored for Minnesota, incomes his first level for the Wild in his fifth recreation with the group. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 Nashville photographs.
Senators 6, Bruins 5 (SO)
Ottawa climbed out of a two-goal, third-period deficit with two extra-attacker objectives and beat visiting Boston in a shootout.
Josh Norris scored his second aim of the sport with 12 seconds left in regulation, and after a scoreless time beyond regulation, Tim Stutzle netted the one aim of the shootout to present Ottawa the additional level and climb above Boston within the Japanese Convention wild-card standings. Ottawa goaltender Leevi Merilainen, who had a .971 save share throughout the earlier 4 video games, allowed 5 objectives on 28 photographs, however stopped all three of Boston’s shootout makes an attempt.
David Pastrnak (one aim, two assists) posted his third straight three-point recreation to steer the Bruins, who had gained their final two video games. The Bruins’ Morgan Geekie and Pavel Zacha had one aim and one help, Mason Lohrei assisted twice and Vinni Lettieri and John Beecher additionally lit the lamp.
Lightning 5, Purple Wings 1
Nikita Kucherov had a aim and an help in Tampa Bay’s three-goal, second-period outburst over a 3:42 span because the host Lightning cooled off torrid Detroit.
The precise wing added a second help, the 600th of his profession, on a power-play marker by Darren Raddysh, who additionally had a helper as Tampa Bay scored 4 occasions within the body. Jake Guentzel tallied on the ability play and added two assists, whereas Brayden Level recorded his team-high twenty seventh aim. Mitchell Chaffee additionally scored because the Lightning moved to 5-1-1 of their previous seven matches.
Detroit’s Lucas Raymond hit the web as its energy play scored for the tenth time in 11 video games beneath new coach Todd McLellan. Goalie Cam Talbot surrendered 5 objectives on 16 photographs over two intervals. Alex Lyon relieved to start out the third interval and stopped six photographs.
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