Barzal has 5 assists, Islanders beat Avalanche
NEW YORK » Mathew Barzal had a franchise-rookie record five assists and Nick Leddy and Jordan Eberle each scored twice to help the New York Islanders beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 on Sunday night.
Johnny Boychuk and Scott Mayfield also scored for the Islanders and Thomas Greiss made 31 saves.
Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog, Alexander Kerfoot scored for Colorado.
New York won for the sixth time in eight games and ended Colorado’s winning streak at three games.
The wild night on the ice was nearly overshadowed off of it when Matt Duchene was traded from Colorado to Ottawa in deal that involved the Nashville Predators.
Duchene stealthy left the ice when team trainers were helping injured Avs forward Blake Comeau off the ice in the middle of the first period. Duchene left the arena in the middle of the second period, briefly speaking with reporters, before jumping into a black SUV waiting outside the Barclays Center. RED WINGS 4, OILERS 0 » Petr Mrazek made 36 saves and Martin Frk and Anthony Mantha each had a goal and an assist in Detroit’s victory over Edmonton. Frans Nielsen and Gustav Nyquist also scored. The Red Wings have won three of four to reach 7-7-1.
The Oilers dropped to 4-8-1. They have yet to win two games in a row this season. CANADIES 2, BLACKHAWKS 0 » Charlie Lindgren made 38 saves in his first career shutout, helping the Montreal Canadiens beat Corey Crawford and the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Sunday night.
Lindgren and Crawford were locked up in a scoreless duel before Jonathan Drouin skated through the slot and shot the puck into the left side of the net at 1:54 of the third. Drouin’s third goal of the season stopped Crawford’s scoreless streak at 173 minutes, 9 seconds.
Defenseman Joe Morrow added his third career goal at 7:45, helping Montreal to its fourth win in five games. Morrow blasted a slap shot by a screened Crawford for his first goal since Oct. 27, 2015, for Boston against Arizona.
Coming off consecutive shutouts against Philadelphia and Minnesota, Crawford finished with 33 stops in his first career regulation loss against his hometown team. He was 8-0-2 with a 1.49 goals-against average in 10 career games against