Fischer’s 1st hat trick sends Coyotes past Blue Jackets
COLUMBUS, OHIO >> Christian Fischer got his first career hat trick, Darcy Kuemper stopped 35 shots and the Arizona Coyotes rallied to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Tuesday night.
Fischer scored in all three periods to help the Coyotes beat Columbus for the first time in the last seven tries dating to 2015. Derek Stepan got the primary assist on all three.
Dylan Strome also scored for Arizona as backup Kuemper got his first win of the season in two starts.
Pierre Luc-Dubois scored and Sergei Bobrovsky had 22 saves in what was mostly a lackluster game for the Blue Jackets, even though they had 10 more shots on goal.
Columbus defenseman Seth Jones made his season debut after spraining a medial collateral ligament in his right knee on Sept. 25. He was expected to miss up to six weeks but made it back in less than a month. He logged four shots on goal.
RANGERS 5, PANTHERS 2 >> Mats Zuccarello and Mika Zibanejad each scored twice and New York snapped a twogame losing streak.
Kevin Hayes also scored, Neal Pionk added two assists and Alexandar Georgiev made 36 saves for New York, which collected its third win of the young season.
Vincent Trocheck and Mike Hoffman each scored their third goals of the season, and Jonathan Huberdeau had two assists for the Panthers, who fell to 1-3-3 despite holding the lead in each game.
Michael Hutchinson stopped 15 shots in his fourth game for Florida. CANADIENS 3, FLAMES 2 >> Jeff Petry and Jonathan Drouin each had a goal and an assist as Montreal won for the fourth time in five games.
Brendan Gallagher also scored for the Canadiens, who have lost once in eight games this season. Carey Price made 21 saves and tied Patrick Roy for second place in team history for most wins by a goaltender with 289.
Michael Frolik and Elias Lindholm scored for the Flames, and David Rittich made 37 saves.
BRUINS 4, SENATORS 1 >> David Pastrnak had two goals and two assists, Patrice Bergeron added a goal and two assists for Boston.
The Bruins (5-2-2) snapped a threegame skid and beat the Senators for the second time this season. David Krejci scored his second of the season, and Tuukka Rask made 38 saves.
Thomas Chabot scored the lone goal for the Senators (4-3-1), who saw their three-game winning streak end to wrap a season high five-game homestand with a 3-2-0 record as they depart for a three-game trip Thursday.
Craig Anderson stopped 28 shots.