Goalie Pavelec saves game for Winnipeg against St. Louis Blues
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Bryan Little scored twice on the power play, Ondrej Pavelec set a franchise record for saves in a period and the Winnipeg Jets handed the St. Louis Blues their third straight loss with a 5-3 victory on Saturday.
Pavelec, starting his second game this season after being called up from the minors Tuesday, broke his own Atlanta/Winnipeg franchise record for saves in a period with 25 in the second. He had a 24-save period on Oct. 31, 2009, against Ottawa.
The shots were also a dubious mark, tying the franchise record for most shots allowed in a period.
Pavelec made 34 saves for the game.
Blues goalie Pheonix Copley, a native of North Pole, Alaska, made his first NHL start and had 24 saves. He played in one game last season.
BLUE JACKETS 3, HURRICANES 2: In Columbus, Ohio, Scott Hartnell scored his second goal of the game midway through the third period to push the Blue Jackets over Carolina.
Hartnell scored in the first period and got the tiebreaker in the third, helping the Blue Jackets overcome a terrible second period to beat the Hurricanes for the second time this week. Carolina has lost three straight.
Markus Hannikainen also scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky had 35 saves for Columbus.
SABRES 3, CANADIENS 2: In Montreal, Zach Bogosian scored his first goal of the season in overtime and Buffalo Sabres beat the Canadiens in the second game of a back-to-back for both teams.
Sabres captain Brian Gionta and Cody Franson also scored. Robin Lehner stopped 36 shots.
Artturi Lehkonen and Phillip Danault scored for Montreal, and Carey Price made 35 saves.
DEVILS 4, FLYERS 1: In Philadelphia, Miles Wood scored twice, Keith Kinkaid stopped 35 shots and New Jersey beat the slumping Flyers.
Kyle Palmieri and Pavel Zacha also scored and Michael Cammalleri had two assists for the Devils, who have won four of five.
Travis Konecny had a goal for Philadelphia, which has lost 12 of 15 since ending a 10-game winning streak in December.
COYOTES 5, LIGHTNING 3: In Glendale, Ariz, 19-year-old Christian Fischer scored in his first NHL game and Arizona Coyotes dominated for the first two periods to beat Tampa Bay.
Radim Vrbata tied a career best with four points — a goal and three assists — for the Coyotes, who snapped a four-game losing streak and won for the third time in their last 16 games.
SENATORS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2: In Toronto, Mike Hoffman scored the tying goal with 1:11 left in regulation, Tom Pyatt had the shootout winner and Ottawa Senators beat the rival Maple Leafs.
The Senators rallied for their fifth win in six games.
ISLANDERS 4, KINGS 2: In New York, Anders Lee scored two power-play goals to lead the Isalanders over Los Angeles.
John Tavares had a goal and an assist, Jason Chimera also scored and Jean-Francois Berube stopped 34 shots to earn his first win in his third start of the season for the Islanders. New York, which won its third straight and fourth in the last five games, came in with back-to-back shutouts.
Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist, and Jeff Carter also scored for Los Angeles.
CAPITALS 4, STARS 3: Jay Beagle scored 19 seconds into overtime and Washington rallied to beat the Stars.
Evgeny Kuznetsov skated behind the net and put the puck in front to Beagle. His wrist shot beat goalie Kari Lehtonen, who got tangled with a defender and lost his footing.
WILD 5, DUCKS 3: In St. Paul, Minn., Ryan Suter, Erik Haula and Jason Zucker scored in a two-minute span late in the third period, and the Wild rallied to beat Anaheim.
It was the second goal of the game for both Haula and Zucker.
The Western Conference-leading Wild is 19-2-1 in their last 22 games.