Albuquerque Journal

Devils tally 8 goals in win over Chicago

Blues top Capitals to extend win streak to 3

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NEWARK, N.J. — Kyle Palmieri and Blake Coleman each scored twice, and the New Jersey Devils had their biggest offensive game of the season, an 8-5 victory over the struggling Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night.

Travis Zajac, Sami Vatanen, Kevin Rooney and Brett Seney also scored as the Devils won consecutiv­e games for only the third time since opening the season with four straight wins. Rookie goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood won for the fifth time in seven decisions.

Patrick Kane scored twice and set up two others for the Blackhawks. Brent Seabrook, Dominik Kahun and Brandon Saad also scored for Chicago, which left goaltender­s Cam Ward and Collin Delia defenseles­s most of the game in giving up at least seven goals for the fifth time this season. The eight goals against tied the most given up by the Blackhawks this season.

BLUES 4, CAPITALS 1: In Washington, Vince Dunn scored his first goal since October, David Perron extended his point streak and St. Louis turned the tables with three goals in five minutes to beat Washington for its first three-game winning streak of the season.

Dunn banked the puck in on a double deflection for his first goal in 33 games and assisted on Perron’s goal with a nolook backhanded pass. Goals by Ivan Barbashev, Dunn and Perron came in a span of 4:42 in the second period, and Vladimir Tarasenko scored on the power play in the third. FLYERS 7, WILD 4: In Philadelph­ia, James van Riemsdyk recorded a hat trick, and Nolan Patrick had two goals and two assists to lead Philadelph­ia to a victory over Minnesota.

Wayne Simmonds also had two goals for the Flyers. Carter Hart had 34 saves.

It was just the second win in the last 11 games for Philadelph­ia, which began Monday with the fewest points in the league. OILERS 7, SABRES 2: In Edmonton, Alberta, Milan Lucic and Zack Kassian each scored a pair of goals as Edmonton defeated Buffalo.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl also scored for the Oilers, who have won two of their last three.

Casey Mittelstad­t and Evan Rodrigues replied for the struggling Sabres, who have lost three straight.

AVALANCHE 6, MAPLE LEAFS 3: In Toronto, Carl Soderberg had his first career hat trick and Colorado topped Toronto.

Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and Matt Calvert also scored for Colorado, which had lost nine of its last 10 games overall (1-7-2), and seven straight in regulation on the road. Semyon Varlamov stopped 17 shots.

Igor Ozhiganov, Kasperi Kapanen and Mitch Marner scored for Toronto. Frederik Andersen made 32 saves in his return to the starting lineup after missing eight games with a groin injury. Auston Matthews added two assists.

CANADIENS 3, BRUINS 2, OT: In Boston, Jeff Petry scored 15 seconds into overtime, batting the puck out of the air and past Tuukka Rask to lead Montreal to a win over Boston.

Carey Price stopped 41 shots for the Canadiens. Paul Byron scored a shorthande­d goal, and Brendan Gallagher also scored to help Montreal earn its third victory in four tries.

Rask made 19 saves but lost for the first time in his last six starts. David Krejci scored a power-play goal — with Rask pulled for a 6-on-4 — with just 38 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime.

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