Stars hold off Sharks, Bishop scores first NHL goal as Hurricanes halt Ducks’ streak
>> DALLAS: Miro Heiskanen and Brett Ritchie found the net in a span of 1:48 minutes of the third period, and Ben Bishop turned away a season-high 41 shots as the Dallas Stars held off the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Friday to win a season-high fourth consecutive game.
Bishop, making his second start after returning from injured reserve, earned his third straight winning decision. He came through particularly at the end of the game when the Sharks forced the action. Mattias Janmark also scored for the Stars.
San Jose’s Evander Kane and Logan Couture scored, with Erik Karlsson assisting on both goals. Martin Jones made 27 saves for the Sharks, who fell to 2-4-1 in their past seven games.
Brett Pesce and Justin Williams scored third-period goals one minute apart as visiting Carolina ended Anaheim’s season-best five-game win streak with a 4-1 victory.
Sebastian Aho scored a late emptynet goal for the Hurricanes, who became the first team in six games to score a third-period goal against the Ducks. Anaheim had outscored opponents 9-0 in the closing period of their previous five games. Clark Bishop scored his first NHL goal for Carolina.
Jakob Silfverberg scored the lone goal for the Ducks, the 100th of his career.
Jake Allen made 26 saves for his first shut-out of the season, and Colton Parayko scored the only goal of the game as visiting St Louis blanked Winnipeg 1-0. Allen pushed his career shut-out total to 17.
The last time the two teams played, Winnipeg produced a season-high goal total in an 8-4 win at St Louis on Nov 24, a game that featured Patrik Laine scoring five goals on five shots. On Friday, Laine finished with just one shot on goal, but he also hit the goalpost on a power-play attempt in the second period.
Connor Hellebuyck recorded 26 saves for the Jets, who had a season-high, four-game winning streak snapped.
Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist, and Connor McDavid added a goal and three assists as hosts Edmonton continued their resurgence under coach Ken Hitchcock with a 7-2 victory over Minnesota.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zack Kassian, Alex Chiasson and Darnell Nurse also scored for the Oilers.