Jackets all over Devils
Artemi Panarin and Oliver Bjorkstrand each had a goal and an assist, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 35 shots as the Blue Jackets beat the New Jersey Devils, 6-1, last night in Columbus, Ohio, to snap a five-game losing streak.
Pierre-Luc Dubois, Josh Anderson, Nick Foligno and Matt Calvert also scored for the Blue Jackets, who badly needed a win after dropping both ends of a home-and-home series this week to Metropolitan Division-leading Washington and falling deeper behind the Capitals in the tightly bunched division. It was their first win in regulation in their last 14 games.
Keith Kinkaid, playing in place of an injured Cory Schneider, stopped 44 shots for the Devils, who have lost three straight and seven of their last 10. Will Butcher scored with 3:30 minutes left to spoil Bobrovsky’s shutout bid.
The Devils host the Bruins tonight in Newark, N.J.
Predators 3, Canadiens 2— Ryan Ellis scored the only goal in the shootout
to lift visiting Nashville to a victory over Montreal.
Scott Hartnell and Kevin Fiala scored in regulation for Nashville, and Pekka Rinne finished with 47 saves — including 10 in the 5-minute, 3-on-3 overtime.
Brendan Gallagher and Jonathan Drouin scored for the Canadiens, and Carey Price stopped 30 shots.
Maple Leafs 6, Senators 3 — Mitch Marner had two goals and three assists, helping host Toronto beat Ottawa.
Patrick Marleau added a goal and two assists as the Maple Leafs won for the seventh time in eight games. Auston Matthews, James van Riemsdyk and Nazem Kadri also scored, and Frederik Andersen made 22 saves.
Flyers 4, Coyotes 3 — Nolan Patrick scored in the seventh round of the shootout to give Philadelphia a win over Arizona in Glendale, Ariz.
Michal Neuvirth came off the bench to stop five shootout attempts for the Flyers after Brian Elliott left the game following Arizona’s second attempt when Clayton Keller inadvertently hit him in the throat with his stick on the follow-through.
Jakub Voracek also scored in the tiebreaker for Philadelphia, which won its third straight.
Hurricanes 3, Avalanche 1— Brock McGinn scored twice to lead Carolina to a win over Colorado in Raleigh, N.C.
Jeff Skinner also scored, Elias Lindholm had two assists and Cam Ward stopped 29 shots to help the Hurricanes remain one point ahead of Columbus for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference.
Wild 3, Blackhawks 0 — Devan Dubnyk made a season-high 44 saves, Charlie Coyle scored twice and Minnesota blanked Chicago in St. Paul, Minn.
Mikko Koivu also scored in the first period for Minnesota, which is 9-0-3 in its last 12 home games. It was Dubnyk’s fourth shutout of the season and No. 28 for his career.
Lightning 4, Kings 3 — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 44 saves, Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist, and NHL-leading Tampa Bay beat visiting Los Angeles.
Tampa Bay also got goals from Alex Killorn, Cedric Paquette and Nikita Kucherov.
Sharks 6, Oilers 4 — Joe Pavelski had two goals plus a pair of assists for host San Jose during a win over Edmonton.
Joakim Ryan also scored twice for the Sharks as Aaron Dell made 27 saves.