Pair of hat tricks lead to victory over Canucks

Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov each had hat tricks and three assists for the Minnesota Wild, who faced a threegoal deficit in the second period before storming back with six unanswered goals and hanging on for a recordfilled 10-7 victory over the NHL-leading Vancouver Canucks on Monday.

Minnesota’s six scores in a span of 5:45 was the fastest such flurry in the NHL in 25 years, since Washington had six goals in 4:47 in a game on Feb. 3, 1999.

Matt Boldy, Mats Zuccarello, Marco Rossi and Jonas Brodin also scored for the Wild, who set their franchise record for goals in a game. Filip Gustavsson made 11 saves in the first two periods before the Wild switched goalies and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped six.

FLAMES 6, JETS 3» Nazem Kadri had two goals and an assist as Calgary rallied from a two-goal deficit to snap Winnipeg’s three-game winning streak.

Jonathan Huberdeau and Andrew Mangiapane had a goal and an assist and Oliver Kylington and Blake Coleman also scored for Calgary, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Rasmus Andersson had a pair of assists. GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, SHARKS 0 » Mason Morelli had a goal and an assist in his NHL debut, Logan Thompson had his fourth career shutout and Vegas completed a season sweep against San Jose.

Keegan Kolesar, Michael Amadio and William Karlsson also scored to help the Golden Knights snap a twogame skid. Alec Martinez had three assists.

MAPLE LEAFS 4, BLUES 2» Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 49th goal of the season and added an assist, and Toronto won its fourth game in a row and swept the two-game series with St. Louis.

Matthews, the top pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, had recorded hat tricks in his two previous games. His goahead goal came on a power play in the beginning of the third period. He has scored 14 goals and nine assists on the power play this season. OILERS 6, COYOTES 3» Evander

Kane scored two of Edmonton’s four goals in the third period, Connor McDavid added two assists to extend his NHL lead and the Oilers stretched Arizona’s losing streak to 10 games.

Zach Hyman, Warren Foegele, Leon Draisaitl and Mattias Janmark also scored for Edmonton, and Stuart Skinner had 22 saves. McDavid had assists on the first and last goals, pushing his season total to 62.