Barkov nets pair as Cats crush Sens
Aleksander Barkov scored twice in Florida’s five-goal second period and the Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators, 5-1, last night in Sunrise, Fla., for their fourth straight win.
Frank Vatrano, Troy Brouwer and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored, and James Reimer made 33 saves. Reimer started in place of Roberto Luongo, who was given the night off after playing in Saturday’s 4-2 win against the New York Islanders.
Mike Hoffman had two assists and has points in 12 straight games, one short of Pavel Bure’s franchise record of 13.
Ryan Dzingel scored for the Senators, and Mike McKenna stopped 35 shots in his first start of the season. Regular starter Craig Anderson was given a rest after playing in Saturday’s 6-4 win at Tampa Bay.
Barkov sparked Florida’s big second period by making it 1-1 3:05 in, and Huberdeau put the Panthers ahead with a power-play goal about three minutes later.
The Panthers then scored three goals in a span of 3:14. Barkov’s second goal stretched the lead to 3-1 when he grabbed the puck on a breakaway and fired a shot in at 14:57. Brouwer took a pass from Colton Sceviour from behind the net in front and pushed the puck past McKenna at 16:03 to make the score 4-1. Vatrano’s goal at 18:11 made it 5-1.
Dzingel put the Senators ahead 1-0 with a power-play goal late in the first period. Dzingel’s wrist shot beat Reimer glove side.
Jets 5, Devils 2 — Mark Scheifele had two goals and an assist to lead host Winnipeg past New Jersey.
Nikolaj Ehlers added a goal and an assist, and Jack Roslovic and Mathieu Perreault also scored for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 34 shots. Blake Wheeler had two assists, extending his point streak to 10 games (two goals, 17 assists).
Coyotes 4, Capitals 1 — Richard Panik and Alex Galchenyuk each had a goal and an assist, and Arizona became the latest team to take advantage of host Washington’s penalty-killing struggles.
Galchenyuk and Vinnie Hinostroza each scored on the man-advantage for Arizona, which snapped a three-game skid in the third game of a four-game trip. Washington has allowed six power-play goals in four games.
Darcy Kuemper made 38 saves for the Coyotes, whose top-ranked penalty kill improved to 20 of its past 21 after two kills against a Capitals power play that entered Sunday ranked second in the NHL.
Wild 3, Blues 2 — Mikael Granlund scored his 10th goal of the season in the third period to lift Minnesota to a win in St. Louis.
Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves, and the Wild got their fifth win in six games and 10th in their past 12. They completed a franchiserecord seven-game road trip at 5-2.
Zach Parise and Joel Eriksson Ek also scored for Minnesota.