Hurricanes beat Jets, lose star Svechnikov
Jesperi Kotkaniemi had two goals and an assist, Jack Drury scored his first goal of the season and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Jaccob Slavin and Brady Skjei, also scored for the Hurricanes, who've endured sudden offensive woes and the loss of a star player during the past week. Kotkaniemi's second goal of the game was an empty-netter with four seconds left.
Frederik Andersen made 21 saves just hours after the Hurricanes announced that All-Star forward Andrei Svechnikov will have surgery for a torn knee ligament and miss the rest of the season.
Dylan DeMelo, Nikolaj Ehlers and Nino Niederreiter scored for the Jets, whose two-game winning streak ended.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 5, FLYERS 3 >> Ivan Barbashev scored two goals, Pavel Dorofeyev, Teddy Blueger and Jonathan Marchessault also scored to lead Vegas past Philadelphia, playing its first game at Wells Fargo Center since GM Chuck Fletcher on Friday was fired and Danny Briere promoted.
LIGHTNING 4, DEVILS 1 >> Brandon Hagel had a goal and two assists, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves and Tampa Bay beat New Jersey in the first of three meeting this week.
The teams will meet again in New Jersey on Thursday, and face off Sunday in Florida. RANGERS 5, CAPITALS 3 >> Mika Zibanejad scored twice in the first period and New York beat shorthanded Washington.
Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist, Jacob Trouba and Jimmy Vesey also scored for the Rangers, who are 3-0-1 in their last four games.
Matt Irwin had a goal and an assist to pace the Capitals, who were without star left wing Alex Ovechkin (lower-body injury).
CANADIENS 6, PENGUINS 4 >> Anthony Richard scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and Montreal held on to defeat Pittsburgh and snap a sevengame losing streak.
Tristan Jarry started in goal for the Penguins, but allowed four goals on seven shots and was replaced by Casey DeSmith. PREDATORS 2 , RED WINGS 1>> Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots as Nashville stalled Detroit's late comeback.