Boeser’s hat trick leads Canucks over Blues 6-1
ST. LOUIS — Brock Boeser scored his second career hat trick, Elias Pettersson had a goal and four assists, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the St. Louis Blues 6-1 on Sunday night.
Bo Horvat and Nikolay Goldobin also scored for the Canucks, who won consecutive games for the first time since winning three straight from Oct. 29 through Nov. 2. Vancouver was 2-10-2 in its previous 14 games.
Jacob Markstrom made 22 saves to improve to 10-9-3 on the season and 2-4-0 lifetime against St. Louis.
Jake Allen stopped three of six shots in 14:06 before being pulled in favour of Chad Johnson, who made 12 saves. Allen recorded his first shutout of the season Friday at Winnipeg.
Boeser fired a shot from just inside the blue line that appeared to deflect off Blues defenceman Joel Edmundson 8:45 into the third period to match his career high of three goals.
His previous hat trick was Nov. 4, 2017 against Pittsburgh.
Boeser scored his first goal on a shot that deflected off the end boards and hit the back of Allen’s leg pads before trickling into the net.
Jets 7 Flyers 1 WINNIPEG (CP) — Defenceman Josh Morrissey scored the early winner and added an assist as the Winnipeg Jets routed the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 7-1 on Sunday.
Winnipeg’s power play struck three times, and seven different players found the net, as the Jets improved to 10-4-2 on home ice.
Kyle Connor, Brandon Tanev, Dustin Byfuglien, Blake Wheeler, Bryan Little, and Tyler Myers also scored for Winnipeg (18-9-2).
Mark Scheifele had an assist on all three of Winnipeg’s secondperiod goals, while Nikolaj Ehlers and Patrik Laine each recorded a pair of assists.
Jakub Voracek scored his eighth goal of the season for the Flyers (12-13-3).
The Jets’ power play was 3-for-6 on the afternoon, while the Flyers went 0 for 2 on the man advantage. Connor Hellebuyck made 34 saves to capture his 13th win of the season.
Hyman suspended Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman was suspended two games by the NHL on Sunday for interference following his hit on Boston Bruins defenceman Charlie McAvoy a night earlier.
Hyman had a hearing with the NHL department of player safety earlier Sunday and they announced the suspension on their Twitter account that night.
Hyman was given an interference major on the play in Toronto’s 6-3 loss in Boston on Saturday night.
McAvoy had cleared the puck out from behind his own goal-line and was watching the play unfold when Hyman hit him, knocking the Bruins defenceman to the ice.
Raanta out indefinitely GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Coyotes goalie Antti Raanta is out indefinitely with a lowerbody injury.
Raanta was placed on injured reserve this weekend and the Coyotes announced Sunday he will be out indefinitely.
Raanta has been limited to 12 games due to injury this season and hasn’t played since leaving with a lower-body injury against Minnesota on Nov. 27.
The Coyotes acquired Raanta in a trade from the New York Rangers prior to the 2017-18 after dealing away No 1 goalie Mike Smith.
Arizona hoped Raanta would fill the No. 1 role after being a backup, but has struggled with injuries during two seasons in the desert.