With Ovechkin out, Hurricanes defeat Capitals 3-2

WASHINGTON >> Brent Burns scored his 11th goal of the season, Frederik Andersen made 34 saves and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the depleted Washington Capitals 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Burns had one of three Hurricanes goals scored thanks to a point shot from a defenseman. The 2017 Norris Trophy winner scored through traffic, Calvin de Haan’s shot went in off Paul Stastny, and Brady Skjei’s shot was redirected in by Stefan Noesen on the power play.

The Hurricanes have won 10 of their past 12 to pad their lead atop the Metropolitan Division.

DEVILS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2 >> Ryan Graves scored off a feed from Michael McLeod in front of the net with 1.4 seconds left, and New Jersey beat Columbus for its fourth win in five games.

Yegor Sharangovich and Jesper Bratt had the other goals for the Devils, and Graves also had an assist. Vitek Vanecek stopped 31 shots for New Jersey, which remains three points behind first-place Carolina and moved five ahead of the New York Rangers in the Metropolitan Division.

Adam Boqvist had a goal and an assist, and Johnny Gaudreau scored for Columbus, which has lost five of six, including three straight at home, and con- tinues to sit last in the NHL. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 29 shots.

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Tim Stutzle and Drake Batherson each scored in the shootout and Ottawa won its sixth game in seven outings.

BLUES 6, PANTHERS 2

Brayden Schenn scored twice and Jordan Binnington made 34 saves to lead St. Louis over Florida.

Ryan O’Reilly, Jordan Kyrou, Ivan Barbashev and Nick Leddy also scored for the Blues, who won their second in a row following a five-game losing streak.

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The Montreal Cana- diens scored three goals in the third period to win its third straight.

Joel Armia scored one goal and added an assist, while Jonathan Drouin collected three assists. Justin Barron, David Savard and Christian Dvorak also scored.