Atkinson keeps OT short in Flyers’ victory over Flames
PHILADELPHIA >> Cam Atkinson scored just 45 seconds into overtime and Carter Hart made 33 saves to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.
Kevin Hayes also scored for the Flyers.
Oliver Kylington scored for the Flames, who have lost six of eight. Jacob Markström had 41 saves in Calgary’s fourth game of a seven-game trip.
After Johnny Gaudreau turned the puck over in the 3-on-3 overtime, Sean Couturier took a shot on a 2-on-1 with Atkinson. Markström made the pad stop on Couturier, but the rebound bounced right to Atkinson on the far side and he deposited the puck for his team-leading seventh goal.
COYOTES 3, BLUES 2 >> Barrett Hayton scored twice, Scott Wedgewood made 33 saves and Arizona got a rare road win by beating St. Louis.
Kyle Capobianco scored his first goal of the season for Arizona, which snapped a three-game losing streak and won in regulation for only the second time in 16 games this season.
Torey Krug scored in his return from COVID-19 protocol for St. Louis, which lost its fourth straight game. Jordan Kyrou also scored and Ryan O’Reilly added two assists for the Blues, who beat Arizona 7-4 on Oct. 18 in Phoenix.
Jordan Binnington made 20 saves for St. Louis.
PANTHERS 6, ISLANDERS 1 >> Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots and Florida overcame the loss of center Aleksander Barkov to remain unbeaten at home by routing New York.
Jonathan Huberdeau, Carter Verhaeghe, Aaron Ekblad and Frank Vatrano all scored goals. Ryan Lomberg recorded his first goal of the season and Patric Hornqvist had a goal and an assist.
Ilya Sorokin allowed four goals on 17 shots in the first period for the Islanders and was replaced before the second by Semyon Varlamov, who finished with 17 saves. Kyle Palmieri scored the goal for the Islanders, who ended a 13game trip.
Barkov collided kneeon-knee with Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield with 18:13 left in the second period. Barkov remained on the ice for several minutes before leaving and not putting weight on his left knee. He did not return to the game with what was officially called a lower-body injury.
SABRES 2, PENGUINS 1 >> Dustin Tokarski stopped a career-high 45 shots as Buffalo beat Pittsburgh.
His previous high was 44 saves on April 1. He turned aside 19 shots in the third period alone, when outshot the Sabres 20-3. Tokarski has stopped 78 of the last 81 shots he’s faced.
Buffalo saw second-period goals from Kyle Okposo and Colin Miller for its second win in three games.
Jake Guentzel for Pittsburgh, which lost its third straight game and eight of its last 10. Tristan Jarry made 17 saves for the Penguins,
MAPLE LEAFS 3, PREDATORS 0>> Jack Campbell made 24 saves to register his third shutout of the season and Toronto defeated Nashville.
Auston Matthews, David Kampf and Mitch Marner scored for Toronto, which has won nine of its last 10 games. Matthews and Kampf both added assists.
Juuse Saros stopped 31 shots as Nashville lost in regulation for just the second time in its last 11 contests.
It was Campbell’s seventh career shutout and his 100th regular-season NHL game.
RANGERS 3, CANADIENS 2 >> Chris Kreider had another goal, Kaapo Kakko scored for the second straight game, and New York beat Montreal for their fourth straight win.
JETS 5, OILERS 2 >> Nikolaj Ehlers, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Mark Scheifele scored in the second period of Winnipeg’s win over Edmonton.
Adam Lowry and Kyle Connor also scored for the Jets, and Josh Morrissey had two assists. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 32 shots as Winnipeg finished 5-1-1 on a seven-game homestand.
STARS 4, RED WINGS 2 >> Jason Robertson scored twice and Jake Oettinger made 28 saves in his season debut as Dallas beat Detroit.