Meier earns first hat trick as Sharks rally past Flyers

Pettersson scores another winner, Canucks edge Kings 3-2

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere (53) defends against San Jose Sharks left wing Marcus Sorensen (20) during the first period of an

NHL hockey game in San Jose, California, on Dec 28. (AP) SAN JOSE, California, Dec 29, (AP): Timo Meier had his first career hat trick, Martin Jones stopped 26 shots, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-1.

Rookies Mario Ferraro and Joel Kellman each got his first NHL goal, and Patrick Marleau also scored to help the Sharks snap a four-game skid and win for the second time in 12 games.

Ivan Provorov scored for the Flyers, who snapped a four-game win streak. Carter Hart finished with 23 saves. Meier snapped a four-game pointless streak with his 12th, 13th and 14th goals in his second multigoal game of the season.

Meier scored 9:21 into the second when he tipped in Brent Burns’ shot from the blue line that gave San Jose a 3-0 lead. Meier got his second of the night at 1:36 of the third - just45 seconds after Provorov got the Flyers on the scoreboard - as he finished a 2-on-1 with a backhander off a pass from Evander Kane. He completed the hat trick with 7:08 left as he tapped in a shot from just outside the crease off another pass from Kane.

Canucks 3, Kings 2 In Vancouver, British Columbia, Elias Pettersson scored his fourth game-winning goal of the season

Detroit Red Wings’ Luke Glendening (right), moves the puck as Florida Panthers’ Josh Brown (2) and goalkeeper Chris Driedger defend during the

first period of an NHL hockey game on Dec 28, in Sunrise, Florida. (AP)

empty-netter, and added two assists as Pittsburgh won for the ninth time in 11 games. Alex Galchenyuk and Kris Letang scored power-play goals, while Dominik Kahun also scored for Pittsburgh, which has points in 13 of its last 16 against Nashville dating back to Oct 21, 2010.

Evgeni Malkin had three assists to stretch his point streak to five games, and Matt Murray stopped 44 shots to win for the second time in nine starts.

Mikael Granlund’s 100th career goal - and second of the game - at 8:56 of the third tied the score at 4-4 as Nashville rallied from a pair of three-goal deficits. Viktor Arvidsson got his third goal in three games, while Craig Smith also scored for the Predators, who lost their second straight after earning points in their previous five games.

Lightning 5, Canadiens 4 In Tampa, Florida, Alex Killorn scored twice, Victor Hedman had four assists and Tampa Bay rallied past Montreal.

Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist to reach 800 career points, and Mitchell Stephens scored for the first time in his career to hel the Lightning leapfrogged the Canadiens for fourth place in the Atlantic Division. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 39 saves.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Ben Chiarot, Jordan Weal and Max Domi scored for Montreal, which had won five of its past six road games. Carey Price stopped 25 shots.

Stars 3, Avalanche 2, SO In Dallas, Joe Pavelski and Alexander Radulov scored in a shootout, and Ben Bishop stopped 41 shots to lead Dallas.

Pavelski opened the shootout by scoring on Philipp Grubauer, and Bishop followed with two saves. Radulov bested Grubauer with a low shot to end it.

Grubauer stopped 38 shots, including six in overtime. The Avalanche killed a power play in the extra period.

Tyler Seguin and Denis Gurianov scored for the Stars. Dallas broke a two-game skid and moved ahead of Winnipeg into third in the Pacific Division.

J.T. Compher and Ian Cole scored for the Avalanche. Colorado lost for the fourth time in five games (1-31) but held onto second place in the Pacific.

Golden Knights 4, Coyotes 1 In Las Vegas, Mark Stone scored twice and Vegas took over sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division for the first time since Oct 4.

Chandler Stephenson and Paul Stastny also scored for the Golden Knights, who improved to 10-4-2 in their last 16 games. Marc-Andre Fleury, who came in having lost five of his last eight starts while allowing 21 goals in his previous five games, made 27 saves for his 454th career win to move into a tie with Curtis Joseph for sixth all-time.

Michael Grabner scored the lone goal for the Coyotes, who are 13-3-1 when scoring a power-play goal this season, but were 0 for 5 with a man advantage. figured in the first playing eleven for Kerala this season.

Eelco Schattorie started with the 22-year-old ahead of in-form Messi Bouli. The decision spectacularly backfired as the midfielder looked out of depth with his poor work rate and failed to make any impact in the closing stages. He often gave the ball away cheaply and looked disinterested to track back. Kerala was lucky after Redeem Tlang was unable to connect a pass which originated from a Sahal giveaway.

Schattorie was forced to bring on Messi Bouli in the 38th minute who showed immediate impact by winning the ball which led to Kerala’s penalty in the 43rd minute. The