Blue Jackets put up seven in rolling over Islanders
COLUMBUS, OHIO >> Josh Anderson and Nick Foligno each scored twice, sending Columbus to a 7-0 romp over the New York islanders.
The high-energy Blue Jackets didn’t show any rust in their first game back following their five-day break, unlike many teams that have struggled coming out of the bye week this season. Columbus scored three times in the first period, chasing Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss.
David Savard had a goal and three assists, Boone Jenner and Jack Johnson also scored and backup goaltender Joonas Korpisalo stopped all 24 shots for the Blue Jackets, who ended New York’s three-game winning streak. Columbus has a comfortable hold on the top wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, while the Islanders are in a tight race for the final playoff berth. KINGS 4, DUCKS 1 >> Jonathan Quick made 32 saves in his return from a groin injury and Tyler Toffoli scored two of Los Angeles’ four third-period goals.
Quick missed 59 games after injuring the groin in the first period of the season opener Oct. 12 against San Jose, and he took advantage of a timely end to Los Angeles’ recent offensive power outage.
Dustin Brown added his 10th goal of the season, and Jeff Carter scored an emptynet goal, securing a muchneeded two points in the Kings’ chase for a wild card in the Western Conference after losing four of their previous five games. RANGERS 4, DEVILS 3 >> Mika Zibanejad scored 1:16 into overtime and New York rallied to beat New Jersey.
Chris Kreider, Oscar Lindberg and Adam Clendening also scored for the Rangers. Antti Raanta had 36 saves, including a stop on a breakaway by Kyle Palmieri just before Zibanejad scored for the first time in 16 games.
Zibanejad took a long pass from Brady Skjei, faked a shot and slid the puck between the goaltender’s legs. PREDATORS 5, CAPITALS 2 >> Filip Forsberg scored the winning goal and had two assists as Nashville scored three in the second period in beating Washington.
Forsberg missed becoming the first in NHL history with a hat trick in three consecutive games.
He still notched his seventh goal in three games as Nashville won its second straight and third in four games.
Roman Josi scored twice, and Mike Fisher and Viktor Arvidsson each had a goal. Ryan Johansen had three assists.
The Predators denied their former coach Barry Trotz his 700th career win. Tom Wilson and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored for the Capitals. CANADIENS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2 >> Andrew Shaw scored 1:06 into overtime and Montreal beat Toronto for the 14th consecutive time.
Max Pacioretty and Alex Galchenyuk had the other goals for the Canadiens, who increased their Atlantic Division lead to four points over Ottawa and five on Toronto. They are 3-7-1 in the last 11 games and 2-2-0 under new coach Claude Julien.