Couturier lift Flyers over Hurricanes
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist, Travis Konecny scored the tiebreaker early in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Tuesday night.
Claude Giroux and Joel Farabee also scored, and Matt Niskanen had two assists for Philadelphia. Carter Hart made 33 saves.
Lucas Wallmark scored for Carolina, which has lost six of 10 after a 5-0 start.
Konecny put Philadelphia in front 2-1. Niskanen’s initial shot from the point was stopped but bounced right to Konecny at the side of the net, and the center finished his seventh goal of the season with a forehand finish just 1:12 into the final period.
Farabee, a 19-year-old rookie, made it a two-goal advantage with his second of the season with 7:01 remaining. After goalie Petr Mrazek denied Farabee’s backhand try from close range, Farabee stayed with the puck and beat Mrazek with a forehand off the rebound. Mrazek made 24 saves. Couturier opened the scoring with a power-play goal 3:30 into the contest when he deflected Niskanen’s shot.
Carolina tied it 6:17 into the second period when Wallmark scored from close range after a pass from Trevor van Riemsdyk. Hart came out to challenge van Riemsdyk, leaving the net wide open when the defenseman fed a pass to Wallmark for the easy forehand tap-in.
Both van Riemsdyk brothers had an assist, as Philadelphia’s James van Riemsdyk had the secondary assist on Farabee’s goal. It was the 10th NHL contest between the brothers, with Trevor owning a 6-4 record against his older sibling.
Giroux capped the scoring with his fourth of the season on a breakaway, beating Mrazek through the legs with 2:22 left in the contest.
Gusev, Boqvist help Devils top Jets in shootout
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Nikita Gusev and Jesper Boqvist scored in the shootout to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night.
Nico Hischier scored in regulation for the Devils, who are 4-1-2 in their past seven games.
Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 32 shots for New Jersey, which was playing the second game of a fivegame trip.
Andrew Copp scored in regulation for the Jets, who started a four-game homestand and lost in extra time for the first time this season.
Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves for Winnipeg, which went 1-4 in its last homestand.
Winnipeg had won its previous seven games against the Devils.
New Jersey led 1-0 after the first period and the game was tied after two.
Hischier scored his second goal of the season at 4:44 of the first off a rebound, extending his point streak to four games with two goals and three assists in that span. Taylor Hall assisted, giving him eight points in a six-game point streak, including seven assists.
Copp tied it at 8:38 of the second when he deflected in Josh Morrissey’s shot from the point.
Jack Hughes went in alone on Hellebuyck late in the second, but the netminder stopped the first overall pick in this year’s draft.
New Jersey had a 12-8 lead in shots on goal after the first period. At the end of regulation, the Devils had 31 shots to the Jets’ 29.