Dubnyk’s third straight shutout boosts Wild
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Devan Dubnyk posted his third straight shutout with 30 saves and Nino Niederreiter scored 12 seconds into the game for the Minnesota Wild in a 3-0 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.
Dubnyk’s third shutout of the season stretched his scoreless streak to 195:05, breaking his mark of 183:16 set last season for the longest in team history. Dubnyk has stopped the last 103 shots he’s faced.
Eric Staal and Jason Zucker each scored an empty-net goal for Minnesota, which has won a season-best three straight.
Brian Elliott made 17 saves for Philadelphia, shut out for an Nhlhigh fifth time this season. The
Flyers have not scored in 156:09.
At Montreal, Zach Werenski scored 1:09 into overtime, lifting Columbus to its second straight win. Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves, allowing only a goal to Paul Byron early in the third period.
At Nashville, Tenn., Mattias Ekholm and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist to lead the streaking Nashville to its fifth straight victory. Pekka Rinne made 26 saves for the Predators.
At Sunrise, Fla., Jonathan Huberdeau had two power-play goals and Vincent Trocheck scored the winner in a shootout to and Florida handed Dallas its third loss in four games.
At Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby ended a long goal drought and assisted on Conor Sheary’s game-winner 16 seconds into overtime as Pittsburgh won its sixth game in a row at home.
At Los Angeles, Sven Baertschi scored a tiebreaking goal 4:07 into the third period and Vancouver erased a 2-0 first-period deficit to hand Los Angeles its third straight loss.
At Winnipeg, Manitoba, Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves and Winnipeg beat struggling Arizona for the second time in four days. Hellebuyck improved to 9-1-2.
Blue Jackets 2, Canadiens 1, OT— Predators 6, Capitals 3 — Panthers 4, Stars 3, SO — Penguins 5, Sabres 4, OT — Canucks 3, Kings 2 — Jets 4, Coyotes 1 —