Lindholm scores twice as Canucks beat Hurricanes, 3-2
RALEIGH, N.C. >> Elias Lindholm scored two power-play goals in similar fashion in his first game with Vancouver and J.T. Miller provided the winning goal in the Canucks’ 3-2 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.
Lindholm, a veteran center who began his career with the Hurricanes, had one goal in each of the first two periods as the Canucks returned from the All-Star break and increased their points streak to 12 games.
Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser each had two assists. Thatcher Demko made 22 saves, including 12 in the third period.
DEVILS 5, AVALANCHE 3 >> John Marino scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period and Vitek Vanecek made 35 saves as New Jersey snapped a two-game skid.
Jesper Bratt, Dawson Mercer, Chris Tierney and Erik Haula also scored for New Jersey. Nico Hischier had two assists.
Trailing 3-1 just over eight minutes into the third, Colorado defensemen Cale Makar and Samuel Girard scored 29 seconds apart to tie the game. The Avalanche have 42 goals and 158 points from defensemen to lead the league.
Mikko Rantanen also scored and Jonathan Drouin had two assists for the Avalanche.
STARS 2, SABRES 1 >> Jake Oettinger stopped 47 shots and Sam Steel scored midway through the second period, helping Dallas beat Buffalo for its fourth straight victory.
Matt Duchene also scored as Dallas celebrated Joe Pavelski’s 1,300th NHL game by continuing the team’s strong play of late. The 39-year-old Pavelski, a Wisconsin native, became the seventh U.S.born player to reach that career milestone, and 69th overall.
Tage Thompson scored for Buffalo, which blew its fourth chance of the season to win three straight. FLYERS 2, PANTHERS 1>> Noah Cates scored the go-ahead goal 2:36 into the third period, and Philadelphia snapped its five-game losing streak.
Cates’ goal was his first since Oct. 24, snapping a 22-game drought for the 25-year-old forward.
Travis Konecny also scored for Philadelphia, and Samuel Ersson made 20 saves.
PENGUINS 3, JETS 0>> Tristan Jarry stopped 24 shots in his NHL-leading sixth shutout this season and Pittsburgh shut out Winnipeg.
Bryan Rust, Jeff Carter and Kris Letang scored. Jarry improved to 5-0 against Winnipeg, with two of his 19 career shutouts.
Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves for the Jets, who lost their fourth straight game after winning 10 of 11. CANADIENS 5, CAPITALS
2>> Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky each scored twice, and Montreal handed Washington a fifth consecutive loss, despite Alex Ovechkin recording his 10th goal of the season and 832nd of his NHL career.
By the time Ovechkin scored six minutes into the second period, the Capitals were already down three goals. They tilted the ice toward Montreal goaltender Samuel Montembeault for long stretches of time but couldn’t snap out of their skid in each team’s first game back from the All-Star break.