McCann, Luongo lead the Panthers to win over Devils
NEWARK, N.J. » Jared McCann scored the goahead goal and Roberto Luongo made 23 saves to become the second goalie to win 200 games with two different teams as the Panthers beat the Devils.
Luongo’s 200th win with Florida was a seesaw affair in the third period. He also won 252 with Vancouver to join an exclusive club.
The other netminder to accomplish the feat was Hall of Famer Patrick Roy with 289 wins for Montreal and 262 for Colorado.
Aleksander Barkov and Vincent Trocheck also scored as the struggling Panthers cooled off the streaking Devils who were on a 5-1-2 run coming in. The win was the second in the last five games for Florida.
Rookies Nico Hischier and Jesper Bratt scored for New Jersey and Corey Schneider made 35 saves. CANADIENS 3, BLUE JACKETS1» Carey Price made 37 saves, Brendan Gallagher got his 10th goal and the Canadiens ended the Blue Jackets’ six-game winning streak with a victory.
Jonathan Drouin scored in the first period and Andrew Shaw had an empty-net goal for Montreal in Price’s second straight victory since returning from injury.
Rookie Pierre-Luc Dubois scored for the Blue Jackets, who lost for the first time since Nov. 10. Sergei Bobrovsky had allowed just six goals on Columbus’ winning streak but gave up two on 27 shots.
It was the second regulation loss for the Blue Jackets in 10 games against Atlantic Division opponents this season. BLACKHAWKS 7, DUCKS 3» Alex DeBrincat had three goals and an assist, Patrick Sharp stopped a 16-game scoring drought and the surging Blackhawks beat the Ducks.
Nick Schmaltz had a goal and two assists and Artem Anisimov scored his team-high 11th goal as Chicago won for the fourth time in five games. Brandon Saad also scored and Patrick Kane collected three assists, extending his season-high point seven games.
DeBrincat, who turns 20 on Dec. 18, became the second-youngest player in franchise history to record a hat trick, trailing Jeremy Roenick by four days. The rookie has nine goals and three assists in 11 November games.
The banged-up Ducks dropped their fourth consecutive game. JETS 7, WILD 2 » Linemates Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each had a goal and two assists, and the Jets scored seven streak to straight goals the Wild.
Joel Armia, Jacob Trouba, Mathieu Perreault and Bryan Little also scored for the Jets. Armia added an assist.
Connor Hellebuyck made 17 saves for the Winnipeg, which has won four straight and seven of eight at home.
Jason Zucker and Chris Stewart scored for Minnesota. The Wild left Alex Stalock in the entire game, and he stopped 21 shots.
The Jets have won 15 of 24 games this season, the quickest to 15 wins in franchise history. to beat