Flames fall in shootout for third straight loss
Frederik Andersen stopped 47 shots through regulation and overtime, and three more in the shootout as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Calgary 2-1 on Wednesday for their second win over the Flames in eight days.
William Nylander scored the winner in the fourth round of the shootout, deking to the backhand to beat Mike Smith.
Morgan Rielly scored for the Maple Leafs (18-10-1), who also downed Calgary 4- 1 on Nov. 28.
Mark Giordano scored for the Flames (14-12-2), who have dropped three in a row.
Smith stopped 28 shots in a losing cause.
Toronto centre Tyler Bozak was back in the lineup after missing two games and was placed on a line between James van Riemsdyk and Mitch Marner to start the game.
FLYERS 4, OILERS 2
EDMONTON — Wayne Simmonds had a goal and an assist and Claude Giroux added a pair of helpers as the Philadelphia Flyers won their second game in a row, defeating the Edmonton Oilers.
Jordan Weal, Dale Weise and Michael Raffl also scored for the Flyers (10-11-7), who have won consecutive games on the heels of a 10game losing skid.
Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for the Oilers (11-15-2), who have lost two of their last three.
Philadelphia outshot the Oilers 13-7 in the scoreless opening period.
Edmonton finally broke the deadlock four minutes into the second period as they broke out on a short-handed twoon-one with Connor McDavid getting a backhand pass through to Draisaitl, who beat Flyers goalie Brian Elliott for his eighth of the season.
CAPITALS 6, BLACKHAWKS 2
WASHINGTON — Tom Wilson had two goals and two assists and Alex Ovechkin had a goal and three assists in the Washington Capitals’ victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Nicklas Backstrom ended a 21-game stretch without a goal and added two assists, and Washington’s top-line trio each scored a goal in the first period when the Capitals opened a 30 lead. Backstrom hadn’t scored since Oct. 14 in Philadelphia.