The Jerusalem Post

Leafs rout Habs for 6th straight W

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Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for his second straight shutout and the Toronto Maple Leafs blew out the arch-rival Montreal Canadiens 6-0 for their sixth win in a row.

Andersen made 16 saves during a scoreless first period on his way to his 13th career shutout for Toronto, whose streak is its longest since December 2014.

Auston Matthews scored twice in his return to the lineup after missing four games because of an upper-body injury.

Montreal has lost three straight (0-2-1) and is 1-3-1 in its past five games.

Islanders 5, Lightning 3

Anders Lee scored twice and John Tavares picked up two assists and added an empty-net goal as New York knocked off Tampa Bay.

Josh Bailey had three assists, Brock Nelson and Andrew Ladd also scored, and Josh Bailey had two assists for the Islanders. Thomas Greiss stopped 36 shots in the win.

The Islanders have won three consecutiv­e games for the second time this season.

Yanni Gourde scored twice and Ondrej Palat added one goal for Tampa Bay, which suffered its first regulation loss since October 28.

Blackhawks 2, Penguins 1

Artem Anisimov scored the go-ahead goal as Chicago continued its dominating run against Pittsburgh.

Gustav Forsling also scored for Chicago, which has won eight in a row against Pittsburgh, including a 10-1 pasting in the teams’ first meeting this season on October 5.

Anisimov’s goal in the second period came 21 seconds after Matt Hunwick scored short-handed to tie it for the Penguins.

It was the first home regulation loss for Pittsburgh, which is 6-1-1 at PPG Paints Arena.

Flames 5, Flyers 4 (OT)

Sean Monahan had his first career hat trick and Michael Frolik netted the game-winner 1:18 into overtime to lift Calgary past host Philadelph­ia.

Johnny Gaudreau added a goal and two assists to extend his points streak to a career-high nine games for the Flames.

Goaltender Mike Smith, who returned from an upper body injury, made 35 saves to earn his 10th win for the Flames, who have six wins in their last eight games.

Brandon Manning and Ivan Provorov and Sean Couturier and Nolan Patrick scored for the Flyers, who lost for the fourth straight time.

Stars 6, Oilers 3

Antoine Roussel had a goal and two assists and Ben Bishop stopped all 18 shots he faced in relief of Kari Lehtonen in Dallas’s win over visiting Edmonton.

Alexander Radulov, who also added an assist, Devin Shore, Radek Faksa, Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza scored for Dallas, which is 7-2-0 at home.

Drake Caggiula had two goals and Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists for the Oilers in defeat.

Bruins 3, Sharks 1

Rookie Danton Heinen scored his fourth of the season -- and third against San Jose -- at 14:09 of the third period to clinch Boston’s win.

Peter Cehlarik had scored his first career goal by following Jake DeBrusk’s shot in the first period.

Then DeBrusk scored Boston’s second goal on a breakaway at 10:46 as a San Jose power play was ending. (Reuters)

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