LIGHTNING 4,
RANGERS 3
NEW YORK -- Victor Hedman scored
at 3:25 of overtime and the Tampa Bay
Lightning extended their winning streak to a franchise-record 10
games with a 4-3 victory over the New York
Rangers on Wednesday night.
Tyler Johnson, J.T. Miller and Dan Girardi also
scored for Tampa Bay, which has an NHL-leading 102 points. Nikita
Kucherov added three assists to give him a league-leading
74. Andrei
Vasilevskiy had 33 saves.
Jimmy Vesey had
a goal and assist for the Rangers. Mika
Zibanejad and Boo Nieves also
scored. Alexandar
Georgiev had 26 saves, including stopping Hedman on a breakaway
earlier in overtime.
FLAMES 2, DEVILS 1
NEWARK, N.J. -- Johnny
Gaudreau set up two second-period goals and Western
Conference-leading Calgary extended its season-high winning streak to seven
games with a victory over New Jersey.
Elias
Lindholm and Mark Giordano scored
for the Flames, who have points in eight straight games. David Rittich made
19 saves in improving to 22-5-5.
Kevin Rooney scored
a short-handed goal for the Devils. Mackenzie
Blackwood, who spent the last three weeks in the minor leagues, was
outstanding in making 33 saves in his return to the NHL.
The game was delayed about 10 minutes early in the third
period after Devils defenseman Mirco Mueller crashed
into the end boards on a rush and had to be taken on the ice on a stretcher. He
moved his legs and gave a thumbs-up to fans.
MAPLE LEAFS 6, OILERS 2
TORONTO -- Andreas
Johnsson scored twice during Toronto's four-goal outburst in a
seven-minute stretch to open the second period and the Maple Leafs cruised past
Edmonton.
Mitch Marner added
a goal and two assists, while John Tavares, William
Nylander and Patrick
Marleau all had a goal and an assist for Toronto. Frederik
Andersen made 34 saves for the Maple Leafs, who turn their
attention to Thursday night when they visit the Islanders in Tavares' return to
New York.
Leon
Draisaitl and Ryan
Nugent-Hopkins scored for Edmonton. Mikko
Koskinen allowed four goals on 16 shots before being replaced
by Anthony
Stolarz, who finished with 18 saves.
Oilers star Connor
McDavid returned to the lineup after serving his two-game
suspension for a hit to the head on Islanders defenseman Nick Leddy last
week.
AVALANCHE 3, CANUCKS 2, SO
DENVER -- Carl
Soderberg scored in the sixth round of the shootout, Semyon
Varlamov came up with big saves all night long and Colorado
beat Vancouver.
Soderberg knocked in the winner off the glove of Jacob
Markstrom as the Avalanche improved to 2-12 in games beyond
regulation. Varlamov made 30 saves through overtime and five more in the
shootout.
Mikko
Rantanen had a goal and Nathan
MacKinnon added his 33rd goal of the season to tie
Captain Gabriel
Landeskog for the team lead. The Avalanche have gone 5-0-1 over
their last six games to climb back into the playoff chase.
Josh Leivo tied
the game at 2 with 3:02 remaining in regulation on a wrist shot. Antoine
Roussel also scored for the Canucks.
BLACKHAWKS 4, DUCKS 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Patrick Kane scored
with 16.1 seconds remaining on an odd-man rush and the Chicago
Blackhawks rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on
Wednesday night.
Alex
DeBrincat scored two goals, Artem
Anisimov had a short-handed goal and Corey
Crawford made 29 saves as the Blackhawks snapped a two-game losing
streak.
Devin Shore, Carter Rowney and Troy Terry scored
for Anaheim, which has dropped its last four. Miller stopped 31 shots.
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