Devils doomed by sluggish start
Allow 4 goals in 1st 13 minutes; Flames win fourth straight
Andrew Mangiapane had two of Calgary’s four goals in the first period, and the Flames extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.
Milan Lucic, Elias Lindholm and Matthew Tkachuk also scored for the Flames. Calgary backup goalie Dan Vladar made 27 saves.
Pavel Zacha had two goals and Dawson Mercer also scored for the Devils.
Nico Daws allowed three goals on seven shots
in his second career start before being lifted in favor of Scott Wedgewood, who finished with 20 saves.
Lightning 5, Penguins 1:
Ondrej Palat and Ryan Mcdonagh scored 10 seconds apart in the second period and Tampa Bay picked up its first regulation
victory of the season with a win over Pittsburgh. Brayden Point’s backhand 31 seconds into the second gave the Lightning their first lead in regulation this season as Tampa Bay bounced back from a lopsided loss in Buffalo on Monday. Mikhail Sergachev and Alex Killorn added third-period goals for Tampa Bay, and Andrei Vasilevskiy
stopped 28 shots for the Lightning, who won in Pittsburgh for just the fourth time in their last 17 visits.
Golden Knights 3, Avalanche 1: Reilly Smith scored a short-handed goal, Robin Lehner stopped 26 shots and injury-plagued Vegas snapped a four-game skid. Cale Makar had the only goal for Colorado.
Predators 3, Sharks 1: Juuse Saros made 28 saves and Matt Duchene, Filip Forsberg and Mikael Granlund scored to lead Nashville. Roman Josi added two assists. Timo Meier scored and James Reimer made 23 saves for San Jose.
Notes: The New York Islanders have signed tough guy forward Ross Johnston to a four-year contract extension. The team did not release contract terms in making the announcement on Tuesday . ... The Chicago Blackhawks put captain Jonathan Toews and Henrik Borgstrom in the NHL’S COVID-19 protocol on Tuesday, giving the winless team five players on the list.