Laine hat-trick sinks Canucks
VANCOUVER — Patrik Laine’s hat trick lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday.
The Finnish right winger put the puck into an empty net with less than two minutes to go seal the game.
Brian Little, Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor also scored for Winnipeg (12-5-2).
Elias Pettersson, Tyler Motte and Nikolay Goldobin put up goals for Vancouver (10-112). Connor Hellebuyck stopped 22-of-25 shots for the Jets and Jacob Markstrom made 43 saves for the Canucks.
The Jets’ 49 shots on goal were the most Vancouver has allowed in a single game all season and extends the Canucks’ losing streak to six games.
Winnipeg opened the scoring just over a minute in after Markstrom tried to clear the puck along the boards. Little collected the puck at the point and hammered it in as the Vancouver goalie slid back into his net.
The Canucks responded with a power-play goal after Dustin Byfuglien was called for slashing.
Goldobin got a behind-the-back pass off to defenceman Ben Hutton, who sliced the puck to Pettersson. The Canucks rookie fired a rocket past Hellebuyck, tying the game.
Petterson now has 19 goals in his first 17 NHL games.
Blues fire head coach Yeo
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues have fired coach Mike Yeo and named Craig Berube as his interim replacement.
General manager Doug Armstrong announced the move late Monday. The Blues lost to the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 on Monday night to fall to 7-9-3. St. Louis is in last place in the Central Division.