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National Hockey League results | Tuesday

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Maple Leafs 7, Rangers 3

NEW YORK — Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner each scored twice, and veteran Martin Jones made 28 saves in his first start for Toronto as the surging Maple Leafs beat the New York Rangers.

Matthews added two assists and the Maple Leafs also got goals from Conor Timmins, Calle Jarnkrok and David Kampf in improving to 5-0-2 in their last seven games.

Toronto led 4-1 after 20 minutes but New York scored twice late in the second period to narrow the deficit to one. Marner got his second of the night on a power play early in the third, and the Maple Leafs put it away with two late goals.

Blake Wheeler scored twice and Mika Zibanejad had a power-play goal for the Rangers, who lost for the third time in four games.

Penguins 4, Coyotes 2

PITTSBURGH — Jeff Carter and Jake Guentzel both scored twice and Pittsburgh’s beleaguere­d power play finally broke through against Arizona.

The Penguins scored twice with the man advantage while ending an 0-for-37 drought that stretched over a month.

Guentzel scored the team’s first power-play goal in 31 days when he beat Carter Ingram just over a minute into the game. Guentzel added an empty-netter from his belly to seal it.

Carter deflected Kris Letang’s point shot past Ingram 4:32 into the third to give Pittsburgh the lead for good as the Penguins ended a four-game losing streak. Carter, relegated to the fourth line in his 19th season, scored the 20th short-handed goal of his career in the first period.

Tristan Jarry made 19 saves as the Penguins pulled away from the Coyotes, playing for the third time in four nights on the road.

Lawson Crouse scored his 13th of the season for Arizona and added an assist on Matias Maccelli’s power-play goal. Ingram stopped 40 shots but the Coyotes lost their 11th consecutiv­e game to Pittsburgh.

Red Wings 6, Blues 4

ST. LOUIS — Lucas Raymond and Robby Fabbri scored in the third period to lift Detroit over scuffling St. Louis.

Moritz Seider, Jake Walman, Jonatan Berggren and Michael Rasmussen also had goals for the Red Wings, who were 0-2-1 in their previous three games.

Kevin Hayes scored twice for the Blues, who also got goals from Marco Scandella and Brandon Saad. St. Louis has lost a season-high four straight and five of six.

Raymond tied it 4-all with a powerplay goal 48 seconds into the third. Fabbri put the Red Wings up 5-4 at 6:38 when he scored against his former team. Rasmussen added an empty-net goal at 18:21.

Ville Husso (9-4-2) stopped 33 shots in his first game against the Blues since they traded him to Detroit for a third-round draft pick in July 2022.

Jordan Binnington made 26 saves and fell to 8-9-1.

Hurricanes 4, Senators 1

OTTAWA, Ontario — Sebastian Aho had two goals and an assist to lead Carolina over Ottawa.

Matin Necas and Seth Jarvis also scored for Carolina. Pyotr Kochetkov made 31 saves as the Hurricanes snapped a four-game skid.

Josh Norris scored for the Senators, who had won three in a row. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 24 shots.

Predators 3, Flyers 2, OT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Filip Forsberg scored 18 seconds into overtime and Juuse Saros made 38 saves in his fifth consecutiv­e victory as Nashville defeated Philadelph­ia.

Gustav Nyquist and Michael McCarron also scored for the Predators, who have won five of six.

Sean Couturier and Travis Sanheim scored for the Flyers, who had won four straight. Samuel Ersson made 18 saves as Philadelph­ia fell to 4-0-2 in its last six games.

Golden Knights 5, Flames 4, OT

LAS VEGAS — Mark Stone scored two goals, including the winner in overtime, and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Calgary Flames.

Chandler Stephenson, Ivan Barbashev and William Karlsson also scored for the Golden Knights while Logan Thompson made 27 saves. Stone also had two assists for a fourpoint game.

Yegor Sharangovi­ch scored twice and Mackenzie Weegar and Nazem Kadri scored goals for the Flames, while Dustin Wolf stopped 34 shots.

The Golden Knights, who have won four in a row and lead the NHL with 45 points, improved to 9-1 all-time when hosting Calgary.

Vegas extended its point streak to nine games, now 6-0-3 since Nov. 27. It was the seventh time in 13 games the Golden Knights went to extra time.

Weegar ignited things for the Flames when he one-timed a long rebound from Thompson’s pad save from the top of the right circle. Weegar now has a point in seven of his last eight games and has scored in three straight meetings against Vegas, including the overtime winner last month in Calgary.

Stephenson put Vegas on the board later in the first when he was positioned perfectly in the middle of a goal-mouth scramble during a power play. Dennis Gilbert’s block bounced around in front of the net and Stephenson punched home the rebound.

Oilers 4, Blackhawks 1

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid had two assists and the streaking Edmonton Oilers overcame an early goal by rookie Connor Bedard to beat the Chicago Blackhawks in the first NHL matchup between the young stars.

Sam Gagner had a goal and an assist in the highly anticipate­d Clash of the Connors, helping the Oilers (13-12-1) win their eighth game in a row. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl and Zach Hyman also scored for Edmonton, and Evan Bouchard added a pair of assists.

Bedard gave the Blackhawks (9-181) a 1-0 lead with his 12th goal 3:21 into the first period, but Chicago lost its seventh consecutiv­e road game.

Kraken 4, Panthers 0

SEATTLE — Joey Daccord made 24 saves for his first career shutout, Kailer Yamamoto scored the first of two goals from Seattle’s fourth line and the Kraken snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 4-0 win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.

Yamamoto scored his fourth goal of the season early in the second period and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare got his third with 14:01 remaining in the third period off a terrific pass from rookie defenseman Ryker Evans. It was the first career point for Evans, a second-round draft pick in 2021 who was called up last week.

Alex Wennberg added his fourth goal at 9:13 of the third and Eeli Tolvanen sealed it on an empty-net goal with 3:51 left.

Yamamoto and Bellemare both finished with a goal and an assist. Will Borgen had two assists and Seattle celebrated its first victory since beating San Jose the day before Thanksgivi­ng.

Canucks 4, Lightning 1

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Brock Boeser scored a hat trick, Quinn Hughes had three assists and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Andrei Kuzmenko also scored for Vancouver, winners of three straight, while J.T. Miller chipped in with two assists.

Brayden Point had the Lightning’s goal.

Boeser scored his 19th goal of the season at 9:28 of the second period after Miller’s initial shot was blocked by Andrei Vasilevski­y, allowing the winger to bat the puck in mid-air.

He added a second goal eight minutes later, firing his shot past Vasilevski­y on the blocker side after Hughes cycled around the net and found the winger open at the point.

Boeser’s final goal was an emptynette­r with just over a minute to play in the third. With his second hat trick of the season, Boeser is tied with Toronto’s Auston Matthews for the NHL lead with 21 goals.

Sharks 2, Jets 1

SAN JOSE — William Eklund scored a tiebreakin­g power-play goal with 4:51 remaining in the third period and the San Jose Sharks beat the Winnipeg Jets.

Justin Bailey added a goal for San Jose, his first since March 10, 2018, as a member of the Buffalo Sabres. Mikael Granlund had an assist to extend his point streak to six games.

Brenden Dillon scored for Winnipeg, which had its four-game winning streak snapped. Dillon spent six seasons with San Jose from 2014-20.

Bailey gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead midway through the first period, beating Jets goalie Laurent Brossoit from the top of the circles. Dillon tied it later in the first.

Brossoit made 30 saves. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 36 shots for his fourth win of the season.

The Sharks extended their point streak to four games (3-0-1) and improved to 6-2-1 in their last nine after starting 3-15-2.

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