Panarin, Rangers beat Bruins
Rangers 5, Bruins 2: Artemi Panarin scored the first of New York’s three third-period goals with 8:25 left and the Rangers beat the host Bruins on Friday afternoon, giving Gerard Gallant the best start in his first 20 games as coach in team history.
The Rangers have 31 points in Gallant’s first 20. Phil Esposito held the previous mark with 30 in 1986-87.
Ryan Strome, Dryden Hunt, Alexis Lafreniere and Jacob Trouba also scored for the Rangers, who won their third straight game and seventh of eight.
Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves and Julien Gauthier set up two goals. Trouba’s was an empty-netter.
Hurricanes 6, Flyers 3: Sebastian Aho scored twice, Jesperi Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist and Carolina beat host Philadelphia. Jesper Fast, Steven Lorentz and Andrei Svechnikov also scored for the Metropolitan Division-leading Hurricanes. They completed a six-game trip by winning four of six. Ivan Provorov, Joel Farabee and Rasmus Ristolainen scored for Philadelphia. The Flyers have lost five in a row.
Wild 7, Jets 1: Kirill Kaprizov scored and tied a career high with three assists to help host Minnesota roll. Mats Zuccarello scored twice before leaving with an apparent injury, Alex Goligoski, Ryan Hartman, Jon Merrill and Matt Dumba also scored in the start of a fivegame homestand. Minnesota is 6-2-0 on home ice, scoring at least four goals in each win.
Ducks 4, Senators 0: Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist, Anthony Stolarz made 34 saves and host Anaheim beat Ottawa. Troy Terry had a power-play goal and Isac Lundestrom and Derek Grant also scored to help the Ducks end a three-game losing streak. Stolarz got his fourth career shutout, and rookie center Trevor Zegras had two assists.
Blackhawks 3, Blues 2 (OT): Alex DeBrincat scored 1:27 into overtime and host Chicago overcame an early two-goal deficit. DeBrincat beat Jordan Binnington for his 12th goal with a one-timer from the left side of the crease after taking a cross-ice feed from Patrick Kane on a 2-on-1 break. Chicago snapped a five-game losing streak against St. Louis and improved to 6-2-0 under interim coach Derek King.
Capitals 4, Panthers 3: Alex Ovechkin scored two of his three goals over 56 seconds in the second period and host Washington beat Florida. Ovechkin has 18 goals, most through 21 games in a season by a player in at least his 17th season. He’s 19 goals from passing Jaromir Jagr for third on the career list following his 28th hat trick. Washington has won eight of 10 and ended Florida’s four-game winning streak.
Predators 4, Devils 2: Roman Josi and Alexandre Carrier each scored and had an assist to lead host Nashville over New Jersey. Philip Tomasino and Mikael Granlund also scored and Juuse Saros made 23 saves for Nashville, winners of two of three. Andreas Johnsson and Tomas Tatar scored, and Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for New Jersey, losers of two straight.
Sabres 4, Canadiens 1: Tage Thompson scored twice, Cody Eakin had a goal and an assist, and host Buffalo beat Montreal to snap a four-game skid. Buffalo also got a short-handed goal from Kyle Okposo and won for the third time in 13 games. Victor Olofsson and Jeff Skinner each had two assists. Dustin Tokarski made 25 saves.
Blue Jackets 4, Canucks 2: Elvis Merzlikins stopped 39 shots, Gustav Nyquist scored short-handed and had an assist, and host Columbus beat Vancouver. Jack Roslovic scored the tiebreaking goal 6:06 into the third period for Columbus, and Adam Boqvist and Max Domi also scored. The Blue Jackets have won three straight and four of five. Vancouver has lost five in a row on the road.
Lightning 3, Kraken 0: Andrei Vasilevskiy made 17 saves in his 200th victory and host Tampa Bay beat Seattle for its sixth win in seven games. Steven Stamkos, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Ross Colton scored for Tampa Bay, which improved to 8-1-3 in November.
Philipp Grubauer made 23 saves for Seattle, which is 1-7-1 on the road in its first NHL season and 0-6-1 in its past seven games away from Climate Pledge Arena.