Flames shut out Canadiens behind four points from Gaudreau, 24 saves for Elliott

CALGARY Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and three assists and Brian Elliott had 24 saves for his first shutout of the season as the Calgary Flames shut out the Montreal Canadiens 5-0 on Thursday night.

After assisting on all three second period goals as the Flames blew open a 1-0 game, Gaudreau capped off his night with his 14th goal at 16:12 of the third period.

Gaudreau has 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) during the Flames’ eightgame win streak. Three times before Calgary has won eight straight games. It was most recently done in November 2005.

Mark Giordano, Sean Monahan, Michael Stone and Micheal Ferland also scored for Calgary (37-26-4). The Flames play next in Winnipeg on Saturday.

Montreal (38-22-8) had its sixgame winning streak snapped. The Canadiens were without goaltender Carey Price (flu), who was supposed to start for the 10th time in the last 11 games but instead served as the back-up to Al Montoya — although he didn’t appear on the bench.

Montoya had 33 stops.

DUCKS 1, BLACKHAWKS 0

CHICAGO — Jonathan Bernier made 43 saves for his 100th NHL win, and Anaheim Ducks cooled off the Chicago Blackhawks.

Corey Perry scored in the second as Anaheim ended Chicago’s seven-game winning streak despite being outshot 4326 on the night.

Corey Crawford stopped 25 shots for the Blackhawks. They lost for the second time in their last 14.

LIGHTNING 4, WILD 1

TAMPA, Fla. — Nikita Kucherov scored two goals, the first on a power play less than seven minutes into the game, and Tampa Bay beat Minnesota.

HURRICANES 4, RANGERS 3

RALEIGH, N.C. — Rookie Sebastian Aho scored the go-ahead power-play goal with 7:32 remaining in Carolina’s comeback victory over New York.

SENATORS 3, COYOTES 2, OT

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Erik Karlsson scored his second goal of the game 40 seconds into overtime to lift Ottawa past Arizona for its fifth straight victory.

Karlsson tied it at 2 midway through the third. Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored, and Mike Condon made 39 saves.

MAPLE LEAFS 4, FLYERS 2

TORONTO — Frederik Andersen made 36 saves, Tyler Bozak had a goal and an assist and Toronto beat Philadelphia.

AVALANCHE 3, DEVILS 2

DENVER — Francois Beauchemin scored with 1:14 left to lift Colorado past New Jersey and hand the Devils their fifth straight loss.