Seventh straight victory for Devils
Nico Hischier scored off a rush with 8:10 to play and the host New Jersey Devils beat the slumping Calgary Flames 3-2 Tuesday night for their seventh straight win.
Dougie Hamilton and Ryan Graves also scored as the Devils matched their longest win streak since February 2011. Vitek Vanecek made 33 saves.
Nazem Kadri and Tyler Toffoli scored power-play goals for the Flames, who have lost six straight (04-2). Jacob Markstrom made 17 saves.
Hischier’s sixth goal came against the flow of play. The Flames kept the puck in the Devils’ end for about two-plus minutes. Tomas Tatar got the puck out of the zone to Hamilton, who found Hischier coming down the middle. His shot beat Markstrom between the pads.
Oilers 3, Lightning 2: Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl scored secondperiod goals for visiting Edmonton. Oilers forward Evander Kane was taken to a hospital after being cut by a skate blade on his left wrist early in the second period. Brandon Hagel and Alex Killorn scored for Tampa Bay. Islanders 4, Rangers 3:
Adam Pelech, Brock Nelson and Anders Lee scored third-period goals as the Islanders rallied to win at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers led 3-1 heading into the third before Pelech scored his first of the season 14 seconds into the period. Nelson tied it with his fifth at 12:46 on the power play before Lee put the Islanders ahead at 14:30.
Flyers 5, Blues 1: Noah Cates, Owen Tippett and Travis Konecny each had a goal and an assist, Felix Sandstrom made 28 saves and surprising Philadelphia dealt visiting St. Louis its eighth straight regulation loss. Wade Allison and Lukáš Sedlák also scored for rebuilding Philadelphia, which has won seven of 12 and has 16 points under first-year head coach John Tortorella. Ryan O’Reilly scored for the Blues.
Canucks 6, Senators 4:
Bo Horvat scored twice and visiting Vancouver rallied to beat Ottawa. Jack Studnicka, Brock Boeser, Ilya Mikheyev and Elias Pettersson also scored for Vancouver, and Connor Garland had two assists. Tim Stutzle, Claude Giroux, Drake Batherson and Travis Hamonic scored for Ottawa, which has lost six straight. Knights 4, Maple Leafs 3:
Reilly Smith scored his second goal of the game 23 seconds into overtime and visiting Vegas won its eighth straight game. Jack Eichel and Nicolas Roy also scored for Vegas, which has won 12 of 14 this season. Timothy Liljegren scored twice and Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist for Toronto. Coyotes 4, Sabres 1: Karel Vejmelka made 32 saves to lead Arizona in Buffalo. Lawson Crouse, Matias Maccelli, Clayton Keller and Liam O’Brien scored for Arizona. Tage Thompson scored for Buffalo. Eric Comrie made 20 saves. Canadiens 3, Red Wings 2: Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki scored in the shootout and Montreal won in Detroit. David Perron was the only Detroit player to score during the shootout. Detroit captain Dylan Larkin shot wide on the third attempt to give the Canadiens the victory.