Matthews scores again as the Leafs win big in Vegas
Auston Matthews scored again to continue his sizzling surge, Max Domi had two goals, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Golden Knights 7-3 on Thursday night at Las Vegas for their sixth straight win.
Jake McCabe, David Kampf, John Tavares and Pontus Holmberg also scored for Toronto. Martin Jones had 23 saves.
Matthews stretched his goal streak to five games with 10 goals and 13 points over that stretch. On Wednesday at Arizona, Matthews became the fastest U.S.-born player to reach 50 goals in a season, reaching that mark in 54 games. He has an NHLbest 52 goals this season.
Mitchell Marner had two assists to extend his point streak to five games, giving him 13 over that stretch. William Nylander extended his point streak to six games. Domi's two goals brought him with a point of 400 for his career.
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and assist for the Golden Knights, and William Karlsson and Michael Amadio each scored a goal. Shea Theodore picked up two assists. Vegas has lost four of five games, with each defeat coming at home.
HURRICANES 1, PANTHERS 0 >>
Sebastian Aho scored with 18.9 seconds left, helping Pyotr Kochetkov and Carolina beat visiting Florida.
Kochetkov stopped 44 shots in his third shutout of the season. Carolina has won four straight and six of its past seven games.
Florida had won 11 straight road games, one short of tying the NHL record.
Aho lifted Carolina to the win in this one when he beat Sergei Bobrovsky after a shot attempt by Andrei Svechnikov was blocked before it could get to the net.
RED WINGS 2, AVALANCHE 1, OT >>
Patrick Kane scored at 3:42 of overtime to give Detroit the win over visiting Colorado. Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin dropped a pass to Kane, who whipped a quick shot from the top of the hash marks past Avalanche goalie Justus Annunen. The victory ended the Red Wings' 10-game losing streak against the Avalanche. Detroit had not beaten Colorado in nearly eight years. The Red Wings' last win over the Avalanche was 5-3 in Detroit on Feb. 27, 2016.
Pavel Buchnevich and Brandon Saad combined for three goals in a 32-second span in the second period, sending St. Louis to a victory over visiting New York. Buchnevich also scored midway through the third, finishing his fourth career hat trick.
Jordan Binnington made 38 saves to earn career win No. 137, moving him into a tie with Curtis Joseph for third on the franchise wins list. It was Binnington's third shutout of the season and No. 15 for his career.
BLUES 4, ISLANDERS 0 >> PENGUINS 4, CANADIENS 1 >>
Bryan Rust and Drew O'Conner scored 21 seconds apart in the second period
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Vegas Edmonton Kings Seattle Calgary Ducks
San Jose
Dallas Colorado Winnipeg St. Louis Nashville Minnesota Arizona Chicago
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston Florida Toronto Detroit Tampa Bay Buffalo Montreal Ottawa
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia Washington New Jersey N.Y. Islanders Pittsburgh Columbus
GP W
59 57 53 55 56 57 56 55
CENTRAL DIVISION
58 58 54 56 57 56 56 57
GP W
58 57 56 56 58 56 57 54 57 56 57 55 56 56 54 55
Thursday's results
Today's games
Saturday's games
37 32 33 28 24 27 20 15
GP W
34 35 34 30 30 26 23 15 34 37 32 30 30 25 22 24
GP W
38 34 30 26 28 23 25 18
L OT Pts GF GA
16 19 18 17 21 25 34 35
L OT Pts GF GA
16 18 15 24 25 24 29 39
L OT Pts GF GA
12 16 16 20 23 27 27 27
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
16 17 20 21 24 19 21 27 6 6 2 10 11 5 2 5 8 5 5 2 2 6 4 3 12 4 8 6 5 4 8 3 3 5 7 8 4 14 8 10
Nashville 4,Kings 1
Ottawa 4, Dallas 1 Pittsburgh 4, Montreal 1 Carolina 1, Florida 0
Detroit 2, Colorado 1, OT Washington 5, Tampa Bay 3 N.Y. Rangers 5, New Jersey 1 St. Louis 4, N.Y. Islanders 0 Calgary 3, Boston 2, OT Toronto 7, Vegas 3
Seattle 5, Vancouver 2 80 215 164 70 183 161 68 192 156 66 171 150 59 157 161 59 175 179 42 147 200 35 116 211 76 213 178 75 213 184 73 165 128 62 166 172 62 176 183 58 177 189 50 163 184 33 119 202 80 197 158 78 188 138 72 210 176 66 196 180 65 198 198 54 164 172 52 160 205 51 182 190
L OT Pts GF GA
79 193 158 73 188 158 67 170 166 60 142 172 60 186 196 60 165 191 58 159 145 46 165 206
Buffalo at Columbus, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
St. Louis at Detroit, 9 a.m.
Montreal at New Jersey, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 11 a.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, noon Washington at Florida, 3 p.m. Boston at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Colorado, 4 p.m.
Vegas at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Carolina, 5 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 7 p.m. Nashville at San Jose, 7 p.m.
Ducks at Kings, 7:30 p.m.
to break open a close game and Pittsburgh gave its flagging postseason hopes a boost with a win over visiting Montreal.
Alexis Lafreniere scored twice, Artemi Panarin had three assists and New York beat host New Jersey for its ninth straight win to tie the team's longest streak in eight seasons.
RANGERS 5, DEVILS 1 >>
CAPITALS 5, LIGHTNING 3 >>
Rasmus Sandin snapped a tie with 4:59 left in the third period, and Washington won at Tampa Bay for its third consecutive victory.
Josh Norris score two goals and Ottawa beat visiting Dallas for its second win in three games. Thomas Chabot and Shane Pinto also scored for Ottawa while Anton Forsberg stopped 14 shots. Joe Pavelski scored for Dallas, which has now lost four in a row.
SENATORS 4, STARS 1 >>
Nazem Kadri scored an unsassisted goal 3:56 into overtime to lead Calgary to a win over visiting Boston.
Kadri took the puck up ice on a 3-on-1 and fired a shot into the far corner past Linus Ullmark just seconds after Jakob Markstrom stopped David Pastrnak at the other end.