Canucks strike early, hold on to beat Rangers
Parise scores key goal as Minnesota beats Montreal
NEW YORK — Vancouver captain Bo Horvat wanted to set the tone early after a tough loss the previous day. He got the Canucks started with a needed power-play goal and they bounced back with a big road win.
Brock Boeser and Jay Beagle scored late in Vancouver’s three-goal first period and the Canucks held on to beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Sunday.
Elias Pettersson added two assists for Vancouver, which bounced back from a 1-0 loss at New Jersey on Saturday to win for the fifth time in six games.
“I took that onus on myself to be the guy to get the boys going,” Horvat said. “I was really upset about the last game, we should have scored more power-play goals and we should have at least gotten a point out of that. … When we do lose games we’re not ones to want to lose three straight, four straight and get on these losing skids. We want to bounce back and have a great game and continue winning.”
Jacob Markstrom, playing for the first time since Oct. 12, stopped 38 shots to win his third straight start after losing his first two.
“A little bit of redemption, but our team played amazing, we really did,” Beagle said. “Marky stood on his head. It was just a good overall win.”
WILD 4, CANADIENS 3: In St. Paul, Minn., Zach Parise scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Minnesota won its second game of the season, beating Montreal.
Jason Zucker, Marcus Foligno and Brad Hunt also scored for Minnesota, which matched its highest goal total through eight games this season. The Wild also scored four goals in a 7-4 home loss to Pittsburgh.
Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves and earned his first win of the season.
Phillip Danault scored twice and Tomas Tatar added a goal for the Canadiens.
CAPITALS 5, BLACKHAWKS 3: In Chicago, Tom Wilson broke a tie with 8:13 left and Washington rebounded after blowing a two-goal lead to beat the Blackhawks for its third straight win.
Wilson beat Corey Crawford from the right edge of the crease with his third goal after he was left open and took a cross-ice pass from Carl Hagelin to put Washington ahead 4-3. Lars Eller added an empty-netter from his own zone with 49.3 seconds remaining.
T.J. Oshie, Nic Dowd and Alex Ovechkin also scored for the Capitals, who got 41 saves from Braden Holtby. JETS 1, OILERS 0, SO: In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Kyle Connor and Patrik Laine scored in the shootout and Winnipeg beat Edmonton, snapping a three-game losing skid.
Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves and recorded his first shutout of the season.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid were stopped in the shootout. Mike Smith made 23 saves for the Oilers, who had their two-game winning streak snapped. FLAMES 2, DUCKS 1: In Anaheim, Calif., Mikael Backlund scored with 11:03 left, Cam Talbot made 29 saves and Calgary rallied to beat Anaheim.
Backlund got a pass from Matthew Tkachuk on a 2-on-1 rush after a neutral zone turnover and beat goaltender John Gibson with a snap shot from the right faceoff circle.