BLUE JACKETS 3,
HURRICANES 0
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Sergei
Bobrovsky stopped 46 shots -- including 22 in the second period
-- to get his sixth shutout of the season, and the Columbus Blue
Jackets beat the Carolina
Hurricanes 3-0 on Friday night.
Adam McQuaid, David Savard and Josh Anderson scored
for the Blue Jackets, who pulled even with the Hurricanes for the two wild
cards in the Eastern Conference. Both teams are four points behind third-place
Pittsburgh in the Metropolitan Division.
Bobrovsky set a franchise record for saves in a shutout.
Petr Mrazek,
who had won his last six starts, didn't have a whole lot to do after the Blue
Jackets tallied twice in the first period, especially in the second when
Carolina kept the puck mostly in its offensive zone. He finished with 17 saves.
MAPLE LEAFS 7, FLYERS 6
TORONTO -- Auston
Matthews scored twice in the third period as Toronto held on
after rallying from a three-goal deficit.
Jake Muzzin had
two goals and an assist, and Patrick
Marleau, Zach Hyman and Martin
Marincinalso scored to for the Maple Leafs, who had five consecutive
goals to take the lead after trailing 5-2. Toronto snapped a two-game skid and
pulled two points behind Boston for second place in the Atlantic Division.
Frederik Anderson finished with 23 saves.
James van
Riemsdyk scored three goals, Shayne
Gostisbehere and Radko Gudas each
had a goal and an assist, and Jakub Voracek also
scored for the Flyers. Claude Giroux had
three assists, and Nolan Patrick and Sean
Couturier each had two, and Brian Elliott had
44 saves.
Matthews got the tiebreaking goal with 5 minutes left,
taking a one-handed pass from Nylander in front and burying it past Elliott. He
then added his 34th of the season with 2:39 remaining off a rebound on a rush
to put the Maple Leafs up 7-5.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2, STARS 1
DALLAS -- Ryan Reaves scored
the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and Vegas beat Dallas.
Max
Pacioretty scored in the opening minute of the game for Vegas,
and Marc-Andre
Fleurystopped 40 shots -- including 16 in the third period -- for
his 35th win. The Golden Knights have won seven of eight to remain third in the
Pacific Division.
Roope Hintz scored
for Dallas and Anton
Khudobin finished with 35 saves and also stopped a penalty shot
by William
Karlsson in the second period. The Stars lost for just the
second time in eight games but fell from third in the Central Division behind
St. Louis. Each team has 79 points, but the Blues have a game in hand.
DUCKS 5, AVALANCHE 3
DENVER -- Corey Perry scored
twice, including the go-ahead goal with 56.9 seconds remaining, to lead Anaheim.
Perry knocked in the winner shortly after Mikko
Rantanen was whistled for a high-sticking penalty. Hampus
Lindholm added an empty-netter to seal the victory.
Perry, Ryan Getzlaf and Daniel Sprong all
scored in the second period as the Ducks erased a 2-0 deficit. Colorado's Sven
Andrighetto tied the game at 3 with 11:18 remaining, setting
the stage for Perry.
The Ducks were coming off a 6-1 loss in Arizona the night
before, but were the more energetic team most of the night.
Gibson had 14 of his 41 saves in the third period. He's now
7-2 in his career against Colorado.
A three-day break energized the Avalanche early as they got
goals from Nathan
MacKinnon and Rantanen in the first period. Semyon
Varlamov made 32 saves.
FLAMES 5, RANGERS 1
CALGARY, Alberta -- Matthew
Tkachuk scored two goals and had a career-high five points to
lead Calgary.
Johnny
Gaudreau, Garnet
Hathaway and Michael
Frolik also scored for Calgary, which moved one point ahead of
San Jose for the Pacific Division lead with 11 games to go. David Rittich had
24 saves.
Tkachuk had 10 points (six goals, four assists) on the
Flames' 3-0-0 homestand. The hot streak comes after an extended cold stretch
during which he had just six points in the previous 18 games.
Neal Pionk scored
for the New York, which is winless in its last six on the road. Alexandar
Georgiev made 27 saves to fall to 10-12-3.
DEVILS 3, CANUCKS 2, SO
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Damon
Severson scored in the seventh round of the shootout to give
New Jersey a win after rallying from two goals down.
Kevin Rooney and Stefan Noesen scored
7:53 apart in the third period to tie the score. MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 25
shots as New Jersey won its second straight after a seven-game skid (0-6-1).
Elias
Pettersson and Tanner
Pearson scored for Vancouver, and Bo Horvat had
two assists. Jacob
Markstrom finished with 31 saves.
Petterson also scored on the opening attempt of the
shootout, and Drew Stafford tied
it for New Jersey in the second round.
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