Blues bag Winter Classic win
MINNEAPOLIS: Jordan Kyrou collected two goals and two assists in the second period alone to lead the visiting St Louis Blues to a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday at the Winter Classic before 38,619 at Target Field in frigid Minneapolis.
Kyrou is the first player in league history to record four points in an outdoor game. Ivan Barbashev collected one goal and one assist, while David Perron, Vladimir Tarasenko and Torey Krug also scored for the Blues, who are on a 7-1-1 roll.
Jordan Binnington made 29 saves in the chilly outdoor game.
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists while Rem Pitlick, Ryan Hartman and Kevin Fiala also scored for the struggling Wild, who have lost five straight games. Goalie Cam Talbot stopped 22 shots through two periods before being replaced by Kaapo Kahkonen for the third period. He stopped all four shots he faced.
Ilya Mikheyev and William Nylander each scored two goals, and Jack Campbell earned his fourth shut-out of the season as Toronto defeated visiting Ottawa 6-0.
TJ Brodie had a goal and two assists and Justin Holl added a goal for the Maple Leafs, who had not played since Dec 14 because of Covid-19 postponements. Alexander Kerfoot had three assists as Toronto won for the third straight game.
Campbell made 23 saves in picking up his eighth career shut-out. Matt Murray made 34 saves for the Senators, who were playing their first game since Dec 18. They have lost three straight. The game was played in an empty arena because of provincial Covid19 restrictions.
Brady Skjei scored twice in a comeback from a four-goal deficit as Carolina rallied past hosts Columbus 7-4.
Steven Lorentz also scored twice, posting the first and sixth goals for the Hurricanes. They scored five goals in the third period. Nino Niederreiter, Ethan Bear and Andrei Svechnikov had the other goals, with Bear putting Carolina ahead with 9:50 minutes remaining. Lorentz followed with his second goal just 69 seconds later.