Blue Jackets top Jets, stretch win streak to 14
WINNIPEG — Alexander Wennberg had two goals and Brandon Saad also scored, helping the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 on Thursday night to extend their franchise-record winning streak to 14 games.
Columbus has tied for the fourth longest winning streak ever in the NHL and is closing in on the record 17 set by Pittsburgh in 1992-93. The Jackets next play at Minnesota on Saturday night, and the Wild have won 12 straight, setting up the first meeting between clubs with such long streaks.
Nick Foligno and Lukas Sedlak also scored for Columbus, and Foligno and Zach Werenski each had two assists.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves for his 23rd win of the season.
Shawn Matthias, Bryan Little and Mathieu Perreault scored for Winnipeg, and Michael Hutchinson turned aside 30 shots.
OILERS 3, KINGS 1
EDMONTON — Eric Gryba broke a tie at 6:58 of the third period and Jordan Eberle had two assists in Edmonton’s victory over Los Angeles. Patrick Maroon and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for the Oilers. They are 4-0-1 in their last five and 19-12-6 overall.
Cam Talbot made 28 saves, allowing only Nick Shore’s goal. The Kings have dropped three straight to fall to 17-15-4. It was the second of five meetings between the teams this season, with the Kings winning the first one 4-2 in Los Angeles.
The Kings swept the five-game set last season and came into the game with a 17-1-2 record against Edmonton in their last 20 meetings.
DUCKS 3, FLAMES 1
CALGARY — Jakob Silfverberg scored the go-ahead goal 5:37 into the third period to lead Anaheim over Calgary.
On a 2-on-1 with Andrew Cogliano, Silfverberg hung onto the puck and whipped a 40-foot wrist shot over Chad Johnson’s shoulder. Silfverberg has scored in three straight games.
Antoine Vermette and Rickard Rakell also scored to help Anaheim snap a three-game skid. Ryan Kesler had two assists.
John Gibson made 31 stops for Anaheim, allowing only Mikael Backlund’s goal.
MAPLE LEAFS 3, LIGHTNING 2 (OT)
TAMPA, Fla. — Nazem Kadri scored on a power play 3:37 into overtime to give Toronto a victory over Tampa Bay.
With Valtteri Filppula serving a penalty for goalie interference, Kadri beat Andrei Vasilevskiy from in-close.
Auston Matthews and Tyler Bozak also scored, and Antoine Bibeau stopped 25 shots in his second career NHL game and first victory.
Brian Boyle and Ondrej Palat scored, and Vasilevskiy made 32 saves for the Lightning. They rallied from a two-goal, third-period deficit to beat Montreal 4-3 in overtime Wednesday night.
RED WINGS 3, SENATORS 2 (OT)
OTTAWA — Anthony Mantha scored at 1:07 of overtime after Bobby Ryan’s turnover to give Detroit a victory over Ottawa.
The Senators retired Daniel Alfredsson’s No. 11 before the game. The 20,011 fans, making it the first sellout of the season, kept the celebration going as they cheered their former captain — and also a former Red Wing — at the 11:11 mark of every period.
Thomas Vanek and Tomas Tatar scored for the Red Wings in regulation. Jared Coreau, who was born just outside Ottawa and grew up cheering for the Senators, made 26 saves.
Derrick Brassard and Mark Stone scored for the Senators. Mike Condon made 26 saves.