Canucks make it five in row, Hawks lose in Colliton’s debut
>> BOSTON: Bo Horvat had two goals and two assists and the Vancouver Canucks extended their winning streak to five games with an 8-5 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
Loui Eriksson added two goals and an assist and spurred a five-goal outburst in the second period. Ben Hutton and Erik Gudbranson each had a goal and an assist, and Antoine Roussel and Jake Virtanen added goals for the Canucks. They have scored 26 goals in the last five games.
Jake DeBrusk scored twice, and Patrice Bergeron, Matt Grzelcyk and Danton Heinen added goals for Boston. Jaroslav Halak was pulled after allowing five goals on 19 shots.
Andrei Vasilveksiy made 35 saves, Tyler Johnson broke a tie with 1:26 minutes left in Tampa Bay’s 4-2 victory over New York in Florida.
Vasilevskiy has allowed two or fewer goals in nine of 12 games.
Johnson scored from just outside the crease off a pass from Nikita Kucherov. Steven Stamkos added an empty-netter. Mathieu Joseph and JT Miller also scored to help Tampa Bay improve to an NHL-best 12-3-1.
Josh Bailey scored twice and Robin Lehner stopped 23 shots for the Islanders.
Shayne Gostisbehere scored on a one-timer 1:01 minutes into overtime after Dale Weise tied it with 2:13 left in regulation as hosts Philadelphia beat Arizona 5-4.
Scott Laughton had two goals and Travis Konecny also scored. The Flyers began a five-game homestand after earning seven of a possible eight points on a four-game trip out West.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Michael Grabner each had a goal and an assist, and Brad Richardson and Derek Stepan also scored for the Coyotes.
In Chicago, Andrei Svechnikov, Jaccob Slavin, Phillip Di Giuseppe and Calvin de Haan gave Carolina a fourgoal lead early in the second period and the Hurricanes held off Chicago 4-3 in Jeremy Colliton’s NHL coaching debut.
Colliton became the 38th coach of the Blackhawks on Tuesday after Joel Quenneville was fired after 10 seasons.
Patrick Kane, David Kampf and Nick Schmaltz scored for the Blackhawks.