Blue Jackets roll over Rangers at MSG • 'Hawks stay hot
The Columbus Blue Jackets, who returned to action from their bye week with a home win on Saturday, followed that up with an impressive 5-2 road victory over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
Cam Atkinson and Alexander Wennberg both scored a pair of goals for the Blue Jackets, and Josh Anderson scored once. Sergei Bobrovsky sparkled with 28 saves, while earning his 32nd victory of the season, tying his career high set in 2013-14.
Rick Nash and Jesper Fast scored the Rangers in defeat.
Blackhawks 4, Blues 2
Artem Anisimov snapped a third-period tie with a goal and Scott Darling made 30 saves as Chicago won for the ninth time in 10 games, beating St. Louis.
Anisimov took a pinpoint pass from Artemi Panarin late in the third period before Darling helped hold off a late Blues’ rally to preserve the win for the Blackhawks.
Predators 5, Oilers 4
Viktor Arvidsson scored Nashville’s third power-play goal of the game at 1:19 of the third period, lifting his team over Edmonton.
Filip Forsberg scored his eighth goal in four games for the Predators and James Neal collected three assists. Defensemen P.K. Subban and Roman Josi each added two assists. Ryan Ellis, Vernon Fiddler and Colin Wilson also scored for the Predators.
NHL scoring leader Connor McDavid tallied a goal and an assist for the Oilers, who stayed five points behind idle San Jose in the Pacific Division.
Flames 3, Hurricanes 1
Johnny Gaudreau scored two goals as Calgary completed a splendid road trip by defeating Carolina.
Michael Ferland also scored for the Flames, who went 4-0-1 in five road games to gain more traction in a bid for a Western Conference playoff spot.
Victor Rask scored for the Hurricanes, who won only once during a five-game homestand (1-3-1).
Bruins 6, Stars 3
Boston finished a four-game road trip with another victory thanks to three-point performances from both Patrice Bergeron, who had two goals and an assist, and Brad Marchand (goal, two assists) against Dallas.
David Krejci, Frank Vatrano and Ryan Spooner also scored for the Bruins, who received three assists from Torey Krug and two from David Pastrnak.
Senators 2, Panthers 1
Erik Karlsson produced two assists, and Kyle Turris scored the go-ahead goal as Ottawa defeated Florida.
The Senators also got good goaltending from Craig Anderson, who made 37 saves.
The Panthers, who lost their fourth consecutive home game, got a power-play goal from Jonathan Marchessault.
Coyotes 3, Sabres 2
Radim Vrbata ripped a slap shot through a screen with 18.9 seconds left in regulation as Arizona rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat Buffalo.
The goal gave Vrbata 600 career points and extended his point streak to nine games.
Jack Eichel and Evan Rodrigues scored for Buffalo, which fell seven points off the Eastern Conference playoff pace after a pair of losses this weekend on the road.