MAPLE LEAFS 4,
LIGHTNING 2
TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitch Marner scored
a go-ahead goal late in the second period, Nazem Kadri and Patrick
Marleau each had a goal and an assist, and the Toronto Maple
Leafs beat the NHL-leading Tampa Bay
Lightning 4-2 on Thursday night.
Frederik
Andersen stopped 36 shots, and Zach Hyman added
an empty-netter for the Maple Leafs.
Brayden Point and Victor Hedman scored
for Tampa Bay, and Andrei
Vasilevskiy made 27 saves. Nikita
Kucherov, the NHL point’s leader with 76, had an assist after two
straight games without a point.
The Lightning have a 14-point lead in the Atlantic Division
over Toronto. Tampa Bay's nine-game home winning streak ended.
BRUINS 5, BLUES 2
BOSTON -- Chris Wagner scored
the go-ahead goal 5:27 into the third period, Tuukka Rask tied
a Boston record with his 252nd career victory and the Bruins beat St. Louis.
Rask made 28 saves and matched the franchise mark set by
Cecil "Tiny" Thompson, who was 252-153 with 63 ties. Rask, the 2014
Vezina Trophy winner, is 252-145-56 in 474 games with Boston.
Torey Krug, David Backes, Brad Marchand and Sean Kuraly also
scored for the Bruins.
Ryan O'Reilly and Carl
Gunnarsson scored for St. Louis. Blues left wing David Perron extended
his NHL-leading and career-best point’s streak to 13 games with an assist on
O'Reilly's goal.
DUCKS 3, WILD 0
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- John Gibson made
37 saves for his second shutout of the season, Adam Henrique and Rickard
Rakell scored 11 seconds apart in the first period and Anaheim
beat Minnesota to end its franchise-record 12-game losing streak.
Brian Gibbons added
his second goal of the season for Anaheim, which made four trades in the
previous three days. Alex Stalock allowed
three goals on eight shots for the Wild before being pulled in favor of Devan Dubnyk,
who stopped 15 shots after he was expected to get another night of rest.
JETS 5, PREDATORS 1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Connor
Hellebuyck made 37 saves and Winnipeg beat Nashville to stay
alone atop the Central Division, four points ahead of the Predators.
Brendan
Lemieux scored twice, and Mason
Appleton, Bryan Little and Brandon Tanev added
goals to help the Jets win their fourth straight. Viktor
Arvidsson scored for Nashville.
KINGS 2, STARS 1
DALLAS -- Dustin Brown scored
a rare Los Angeles power-play goal, goalie Jack Campbell beat
the team that drafted him and the Kings moved out of the NHL basement.
Brown's goal came in the first period when he deflected in a
shot by Drew Doughty. Carl Hagelin added
a goal in the second. Campbell made 29 saves, allowing only Esa Lindell's
goal with 1:04 left and Dallas goalie Ben Bishop off
for an extra skater.
RANGERS 4, BLACKHAWKS
NEW YORK -- Chris Kreider had
a goal and an assist, Henrik
Lundqvist moved into a tie for sixth place on the NHL victory
list and New York beat Chicago.
Mats
Zuccarello, Filip Chytil and Mika
Zibanejad also scored to help New York win for the third time
in four games after a five-game skid. Lundqvist stopped 24 shots to tie Terry
Sawchuk with 445 wins.
Brandon Saad, Alex
DeBrincat and Dominik Kahun scored
for Chicago. The Blackhawks have lost five straight and seven of eight.
ISLANDERS 4, DEVILS 1
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Anders Lee scored
twice and New York beat New Jersey for its ninth victory in 11 games.
Michael Dal
Colle had his first NHL goal and Jordan Eberle also
scored, Nick Leddy had
two assists and Robin Lehner made
16 saves to improve to 10-1-0 in his last 11 appearances.
Andy Greene scored
for New Jersey.
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