JETS 4, DUCKS 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Nikolaj Ehlers scored two goals in the game’s first five minutes, and streaking Winnipeg went on to beat Anaheim. The Jets have won six of their last seven.
Bryan Little also had a goal and two assists for Winnipeg. Ehler added an assist to his two goals. Kyle Connor scored an empty-net goal from the red line, his sixth of the season. Conner Hellebuyck stopped 30 shots for the Jets.
Anaheim’s lone goal came from Francois Beauchemin. John Gibson stopped 34 of 36 shots for the Ducks.
Winnipeg scored on two of its three power plays, while Anaheim was unable to score during its two man-advantage situations.
The Jets went up 3-1 on a power play midway through the second period, with Little slipping one past Gibson. Little assisted on Winnepeg’s first two goals.
BLUE JACKETS 5, SENATORS 2
COLUMBUS — Cam Atkinson scored twice to lift Columbus over Ottawa, extending the Blue Jackets’ league-high winning streak to six games. Sergei Bobrovsky turned back 24 shots for his 14th win in 19 starts. Columbus improved to 15-7-1 and leads the Metropolitan Division with 31 points.
Ottawa’s Craig Anderson stopped 27 shots as the Senators (8-7-6) lost their fifth straight.
Tom Pyatt got the scoring started off the Senators’ second shot in the first period, taking a cross-crease pass from a driving Derick Brassard and going top shelf over Bobrovsky’s left shoulder. It was Pyatt’s fourth goal of the season, also assisted by Mark Stone.
Atkinson tied the score less than 30 seconds later, stealing the puck from Alex Burrows just inside the Jackets’ blue line and creating his own breakaway. He slipped the puck under Anderson’s left skate for his fifth of the season. It was Atkinson’s first goal in eight games.
MAPLE LEAFS 5, HURRICANES 4
RALEIGH, N.C. — James Van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist to help Toronto beat Carolina. Van Riemsdyk was one of four goal-scorers in the second period for the Maple Leafs (15-8-1), who won for the seventh time in nine games.
The Hurricanes (9-8-4) lost their second straight at home. It wasn’t for a lack of effort early or late.
Coming off of a lacklustre 6-1 home loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday night, Carolina scored three goals in the third period and had a 47-25 advantage in overall shots. Noah Hanifin’s goal with 4:11 to go cut Toronto’s lead to one, but Frederik Andersen, who made 43 saves, held off a late Carolina flurry.
The Hurricanes opened the game in control with 14 shots to four for Toronto in the first period. Andersen was solid, and then the Maple Leafs’ offence picked up in the second period.
STARS 6, FLAMES 4
DALLAS — Tyler Seguin scored two of his three goals in the third period and the Dallas Stars rallied to beat the Calgary Flames 6-4 on Friday night. Seguin broke a tie with an unassisted goal, the 200th goal of his career, with 5:57 to play and added an empty-net goal with a minute to go.
After a turnover by Calgary’s Michael Stone, Seguin took the puck down the slot and sent a wrist shot past goalie Mike Smith into the upper right corner of the net for the winner.
Sean Monahan’s second goal of the game gave Calgary a 4-3 lead six minutes into the third period. Dallas’ Gemel Smith tied it at 4-4 at 12:12. Antoine Roussel and Alexander Radulov also scored for Dallas, and Ben Bishop made 34 saves.
Michael Ferland and Johnny Gaudreau also scored for Calgary, with Smith stopping 36 shots.
The Flames complete a six-game trip tonight at Colorado.
PREDATORS 2, BLUES 0
ST. LOUIS — Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist, and Pekka Rinne earned his second shutout of the season as Nashville blanked St. Louis in a battle of top teams in the Central Division.
Johansen’s scored his third goal of the season early in the first, and Rinne made it hold up, stopping 34 shots as he shut out St. Louis for the third time in his career.