Rising Stars cruise past Oilers
Linemates Alexander Radulov, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin scored firstperiod goals in a 6½-minute span Saturday, leading the surging Dallas Stars by the visiting Edmonton Oilers 5-1.
John Klingberg had a goal and two assists, and Mattias Janmark had a goal and an assist for Dallas.
The Stars have won six of their past eight games to move into seventh place in the Western Conference.
Edmonton has lost three of its past four and has been outscored 16-2 in that period.
Radulov assisted on the other first-period goals, giving him two goals and four assists in the past two games.
Predators 4, Kings 3:
Austin Watson scored two goals and P.K. Subban added two assists as visiting Nashville sent Los Angeles to its first regulation loss at home since mid-November. Roman Josi and Scott Hartnell scored early goals and Pekka Rinne made 26 saves for the Predators, who wrapped up a three-game West Coast road trip with their first win. Adrian Kempe, Trevor Lewis and Tyler Toffoli scored for the Kings, who lost their second straight. Los Angeles is 5-5-2 over the past month, falling out of first place in the Pacific Division.
Flames 3, Ducks 2:
Dougie Hamilton scored with 16 seconds left to lift host Calgary. Hamilton took a pass from Micheal Ferland and tucked a shot past John Gibson to give the Flames their third straight win. Ferland and Mark Giordano also scored and Mike Smith made 27 saves for his 17th win for Calgary. Jakob Silfverberg and Ryan Getzlaf scored in the third for the Ducks, who trailed 2-0 after 40 minutes. Gibson made 28 saves.
Flyers 6, Blues 3:
Sean Couturier scored two goals and Claude Giroux had a goal and two assists for host Philadelphia. Scott Laughton, Jordan Weal and Wayne Simmonds also scored, Jakub Voracek earned his NHL-high 41st assist and Brian Elliott made 28 saves against his former team. Ivan Barbashev, Paul Stastny and Colton Parayko scored and Jake Allen made 33 saves in a sluggish performance by the Blues, whose three-game winning streak ended.
Bruins 7, Hurricanes 1:
Patrice Bergeron had four goals and an assist, surpassing 700 points for his career, to lead Boston past visiting Carolina. Brad Marchand assisted on all of Bergeron’s goals and David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists for the Bruins, who scored on their first two shots and led 5-1 after the first period. Boston also got goals from Riley Nash and Jake DeBrusk while improving to 8-0-2 in its past 10 games.
Senators 6, Lightning 3:
Ryan Dzingel scored twice and Mark Stone had a goal and two assists to help host Ottawa beat leagueleading Tampa Bay. Matt Duchene, Zack Smith and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored for the Senators. Craig Anderson stopped 45 shots. Victor Hedman, Slater Koekkoek and Yanni Gourde scored for the Lightning, who allowed six goals for the first time this season.
Maple Leafs 3, Canucks 2:
Auston Matthews and Tyler Bozak scored in the third period and again in the shootout for host Toronto. It’s the second straight shootout win for the Maple Leafs. Frederik Andersen stopped two of three shootout shots after making 34 saves. Brock Boeser scored in the second period and Sam Gagner in the third to put Vancouver ahead 2-0.
Rangers 2, Coyotes 1:
Henrik Lundqvist stopped 37 shots through overtime and all three he faced in the tiebreaker, and Mika Zibanejad scored in the shootout as New York won in Arizona. Lundqvist’s save on Stepan, a teammate for seven seasons until he was traded to Arizona last June, sealed New York’s third win in five games, and seventh point in the past four.
Avalanche 7, Wild 2:
Carl Soderberg had two power-play goals and Nathan MacKinnon also scored with the man-advantage and added two assists for host Colorado. Mikko Rantanen also had a goal and two assists for the Avalanche, who pushed their season-best winning streak to five games.