Struggling Kings suffer sixth loss in row at Minnesota
Eric Fehr and Jonas Brodin scored their first goals of the season, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Thursday night in St. Paul.
Devan Dubnyk stopped 23 shots and had an assist for the Wild, winners of four straight. Mikael Granlund and Mikko Koivu scored empty-net goals.
Kyle Clifford scored and Jack Campbell had 22 saves for Los Angeles, which has been outscored 29-8 in losing six straight.
The Kings have scored two or fewer goals in eight of 10 games, and at 2-7-1, have the second- fewest points in the league, ahead of only Detroit.
Minnesota defenseman Ryan Suter had an assist in his 1,000th career game. He is the 325th player and 109th defenseman in league history to reach the milestone.
Los Angeles, which entered the night scoring 1.89 goals per game, went without a shot for 12minutes in the second period. COYOTES 4, CANUCKS 1» Clayton Keller and Brad Richardson scored during Arizona’s three-goal third period, and the Coyotes beat first-place Vancouver. Arizona ended a twogame home skid and has won three of four overall.
PENGUINS9, FLAMES1 » Patric Hornqvist and Phil Kessel each scored twice as Pittsburgh pounded Calgary. The Penguins improved to 3- 0 on their four-game Canadian trip. Flames starter Mike Smith was pulled for David Rittich in the second period after allowing six goals on 21 shots. STARS 5, DUCKS 2 » Jason Dickinson had two goals and an assist, and Ben Bishop made 23 saves as Dallas handed Anaheim its fourth straight loss. BLUE JACKETS 7, BLUES 4 » Boone Jenner and Anthony Duclair each scored twice, and Columbus Blue Jackets rallied froma twogoal deficit on the road to beat St. Louis. Josh Anderson had a goal and an assist, David Savard and Seth Jones also scored, and Joonas Korpisalo made 33 saves as Columbus snapped a two-game losing streak. PREDATORS 4, DEVILS 3 » Kyle Turris made a length of the ice rush and snapped a shot past Keith Kinkaid 3:35 into overtime to lift Nashville past New Jersey. Viktor Arvidsson, Filip Forsberg and Yannick Weber also scored for the Predators , and Jusse Saros made 33 saves to help send the Devils to their third straight loss. BLACKHAWKS4, RANGERS 1 » Nick Schmaltz set up Alexandre Fortin’s tiebreaking goal in the second period, and Chicago won for the third time in four games. SABRES 4, CANADIENS 3 » Kyle Okposo scored on a power play with 1:01 left in the third period in Buffalo’s comeback victory over visiting Montreal. The Sabres have won three straight to improve to 6- 4- 0 — their best start after 10 games since the 2011-12 season. OILERS 4, CAPITALS 1» Rookie Evan Bouchard scored his first goal, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist as Edmonton snapped a twogame skid. Alex Chiasson and Connor McDavid also scored for the Oilers.