Blues end skid with 5-1 victory over the Bruins
Kasperi Kapanen and Robert Thomas each scored in the first period, Joel Hofer stopped 35 shots and the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 5-1 on Monday night.
Entering the night eight points out of a wild-card spot and tied for 10th in the Western Conference with two other teams, the Blues snapped a three-game losing streak and completed a five-game road trip (2-3) with a solid win.
Kevin Hayes, Brandon Saad and Alexey Toropchenko also scored for St. Louis, which had just three goals during its losing streak.
Mika Zibanejad and Erik Gustafsson scored in the second period as New York beat visiting New Jersey.
Vincent Trocheck also scored and Jonathan Quick made 20 saves as the first-place Rangers won their second straight after losing three of four. New York is 14-3-2 in its last 19 games and beat New Jersey for the third straight time this season after the Devils won their first-round series in seven games last spring.
Connor Hellebuyck stopped 23 shots for his fourth shutout of the season as Winnipeg beat visiting Washington. Hellebuyck improved to 30-14-3, becoming the fourth goalie this season to reach the 30-win mark. He accomplished the feat for the fifth time in his career. It was Hellebuyck's 36th career shutout.
RANGERS 3, DEVILS 1 >>
JETS 3, CAPITALS 0 >>
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Edmonton Kings Vegas Seattle Calgary Ducks
San Jose
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Florida Boston Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Buffalo Montreal Ottawa
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia N.Y. Islanders Washington New Jersey Pittsburgh Columbus
GP W
66 63 64 64 63 64 64 63
CENTRAL DIVISION
Dallas Winnipeg Colorado Nashville St. Louis Minnesota Arizona Chicago
GP W
65 67 64 65 64 65 64 62 64 64 65 64 63 65 63 64
Monday's results
Today's games
42 39 32 34 28 31 23 16
GP W
66 64 65 66 65 65 65 65 40 41 40 37 33 31 26 17 44 38 37 34 33 30 24 25
GP W
42 39 33 29 30 31 28 22
L OT Pts GF GA
17 21 20 23 24 28 38 40
L OT Pts GF GA
17 18 20 25 29 27 34 43
L OT Pts GF GA
17 14 19 25 25 30 30 33
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
18 19 24 20 24 30 27 32 7 3 11 7 11 5 3 7 9 5 5 4 3 7 5 5
4 15 8 6 6 5 10 4 4 6 8 14 9 4 8 10
Kings 3, N.Y. Islanders 0
N.Y. Rangers 3, New Jersey 1 St. Louis 5, Boston 1 Winnipeg 3, Washington 0 91 234 178 81 222 180 77 197 171 75 207 191 67 174 179 67 200 206 49 167 229 39 139 250 89 242 199 87 196 153 85 241 197 78 211 201 69 184 200 69 204 215 57 192 218 39 138 233 92 217 153 91 223 184 82 231 201 74 224 219 72 221 211 65 189 195 58 180 229 54 200 220
L OT Pts GF GA
88 213 173 84 216 177 74 192 194 72 197 209 69 170 197 66 212 227 64 180 184 54 192 232
Columbus at Montreal, 4 p.m. Detroit at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 4 p.m. San Jose at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Arizona at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Florida at Dallas, 5 p.m.
Ducks at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Calgary, 6 p.m. Vegas at Seattle, 7 p.m.