Flames fight past Oilers in shoot-out
EDMONTON: Andrew Mangiapane scored twice in regulation, Sean Monahan netted the lone shoot-out goal, and goaltender David Rittich sparkled yet again in the tie-breaking showdown as the visiting Calgary Flames beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 Wednesday night.
Rittich made 31 saves through regulation and overtime and capped a perfect shoot-out with an old-school pokecheck. He has won all six games he’s played this season that have gone to shoot-outs, surrendering only two goals against 21 shooters.
Monahan scored with a five-hole shot on Oilers goalie Mike Smith, who made 25 saves over the 65 minutes.
The Rogers Centre buzzed in anticipation of the Battle of Alberta, which was highlighted by a pair of fights. Monahan dropped the gloves with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for his first NHL fight. Then came the expected bout between Calgary’s Matthew Tkachuk and Edmonton’s Zack Kassian to settle the score from their last meeting.
William Nylander scored a goal in his fifth consecutive contest as visiting Toronto skated to a 5-3 victory over Dallas.
Auston Matthews and Tyson Barrie each collected a goal and an assist, and Zach Hyman and Andreas Johnsson also tallied for the Maple Leafs, who set a franchise record by scoring at least four goals in eight straight road games.
Alexander Radulov scored two goals, Denis Gurianov also tallied, and Ben Bishop turned aside 29 shots for the Stars.
Yannick Weber scored his first goal of the season with 4:37 minutes to go, giving Nashville a 5-4 win at Washington.
The struggling Predators, who got two assists from Filip Forsberg, had to come back from a 4-3 deficit with two unanswered goals in the third period.
Steven Stamkos scored two goals, and Erik Cernak delivered the go-ahead score early in the third period as Tampa Bay rallied to earn a 4-2 victory at Los Angeles.