Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and three more in penalty kicks as the New York Rangers earned an important 1-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.
Vincent Trocheck scored in the second round of goal kicking with the lone goal of the skill contest as the Rangers improved to 5-0-2 in their last seven games after dropping 15 of 19 (4-15-0).
Shesterkin stopped Kent Johnson in the first round and Adam Fantilli in the second after Trocheck tipped Daniil Tarasov over the goalie’s stick. After making saves on Johnson and Fantilli, Shesterkin completed his season-ending 17th with a diving pad on Kirill Marchenko. It was Shesterkin’s second shutout of the season and first since a 6-0 win over Pittsburgh in the season opener.
Tarasov made 26 saves for the Blue Jackets, who had their six-game winning streak halted. Columbus is also 10-2-2 in its last 14 games and took its first loss in five contests this season.
Capitals 4, Penguins 1
Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois each had a goal and an assist and Logan Thompson made 18 saves in Washington’s win over visiting Pittsburgh.
Defenseman Jakob Chychrun also scored for the Capitals, who won their fourth straight. Brandon Duhaime added an empty netter.
Bryan Rust scored for the Penguins and Joel Blomqvist stopped 28 shots for the Penguins, who have lost four of their last five. Blomqvist was recalled to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre of the American Hockey League on Thursday.
Flames 3, Jets 1
Dustin Wolf made 38 saves as Calgary ended Winnipeg’s five-game winning streak.
Blake Coleman had a goal and two assists for Calgary, while Matt Coronato and Andrei Kuzmenko also scored.
Adam Lowry was the only Jets player to score, while Eric Comrie stopped 19 shots.
Islanders 4, Sharks 1
Brock Nelson scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second half as New York beat San Jose in Elmont, NY.
Mathew Barzal scored early in the second and Noah Dobson and Ryan Pulock added goals for the Islanders, who have lost two games in a row but remain in last place in the Metropolitan Division with seven points in second place on the Cards. Goalkeeper Marcus Hogberg made 18 saves.
Barclay Goodrow scored the game-tying goal in the second half for the Sharks, who are in last place in the Pacific Division with 16 of 20 losses (4-15-1). Goalkeeper Alexander Georgiev recorded 27 saves.
Flyers 3, Devils 1
Bobby Brink scored the go-ahead goal with 7:16 left in the third period to help Philadelphia win against New Jersey in Newark, NJ.
Matvei Michkov and Travis Konecny ​​each scored a goal and Samuel Ersson made 12 saves for the Flyers, who are 4-0-1 in their last five games.
Defenseman Dougie Hamilton scored a goal and Jake Allen turned away 15 shots for the Devils, who have lost eight of their last 10 games (2-5-3).
Kraken 4, Kings 2
Jaden Schwartz scored a hat trick and goaltender Joey Daccord shut down a furious third-period push as Seattle began a long home road trip with a win against Los Angeles.
Chandler Stephenson also had a hit and Kaapo Kakko had three assists for the Kraken, who have started a streak of nine of 10 games on home ice. Daccord made 28 saves, stopping every faceoff in the final period, when Los Angeles was outshot 17-1.
Adrian Kempe and Jordan Spence scored for Amakhosi, who went 2-3-0 on a five-game road trip. Darcy Kuemper stopped 18 of 21 shots.
Avalanche 6, Stars 3
Cale Makar skated the puck for two goals, Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and two assists to set a career high in points, and Colorado beat Dallas in Denver.
Jonathan Drouin and Casey Mittelstadt each had a goal and two assists, Josh Manson had two assists and Scott Wedgewood turned away 26 shots for Colorado. Makar and Drouin each scored their 100th career goals in the win.
Jason Robertson had two goals and an assist, Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist, Wyatt Johnson had three assists and Casey DeSmith had 30 saves for Dallas.
Panthers 3, Ducks 0
Backup goalie Spencer Knight made 34 saves to lead host Florida to a win over Anaheim in Sunrise, Fla.
It was Knight’s second shutout of the season and the fifth of his career. Florida got goals from Jesper Boqvist, Anton Lundell and Gustav Forsling (empty-netter), while the Panthers withstood the early season layoff of Sam Reinhart, who started the day tied for second in the NHL with 27 goals.
Knight (9-6-1) earned his third straight start as he surpassed Anaheim’s John Gibson (42 saves).
Maple Leafs 7, Canadiens 3
Toronto came back from three goals down at the top of Montreal.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson had a goal and two assists and Joseph Woll made 32 saves for Toronto, which won its second straight game after a three-game losing streak. Bobby McCann had a goal and an assist, while Nicholas Robertson, William Nylander, Auston Matthews, Steven Lorentz and David Kampf all scored on their own.
Patrik Laine had a goal and an assist, Josh Anderson and Kirby Dach also scored, and Sam Montembeault had 27 points for the Canadiens, which snapped a two-game winning streak.
Canucks 3, Oilers 2
Quinn Hughes scored twice on the power play and JT Miller added assists as host Vancouver held on to beat Edmonton to end a two-game losing streak.
Danton Heinen scored again and Thatcher Demko stopped 13 of 15 shots for the Canucks, who have won just two of their last eight games.
Leon Draisaitl scored two goals for the Oilers, both in the second half, and Stuart Skinner made 24 saves. Edmonton snapped its four-game winning streak as it played its fourth game in six days.
Utah Hockey Club 4, Blues 2
Clayton Keller had a goal and three assists as Utah defeated St. Louis in Salt Lake City to snap a three-game losing streak.
Logan Cooley had a goal and two assists for Utah. Michael Kesselring and Nick Schmaltz also scored for the hosts, while Connor Ingram made 22 saves.
Tyler Tucker and Jake Neighbors scored for the Blues, while Jordan Binington made 29 saves.
Predators 6, Wild 2
Filip Forsberg’s first four-point game of the season helped Nashville beat Minnesota.
One game after scoring his 300th goal, Forsberg scored two more and added two assists. He has six goals in his last five games. Colton Sissons, Brady Skjei, Steven Stamkos and Fedor Svechkov also scored for the Predators on Saturday.
Matt Boldy led the Wild, who lost their third game in a row, with a goal and an assist. David Jiricek also drove for Minnesota, scoring his first Wild point in his fifth game with the team. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 shots for Nashville.
Senators 6, Bruins 5 (SO)
Ottawa came out of a two-goal deficit, the third period with two extra-attacker goals and defeated visiting Boston in the cham.
Josh Norris scored his second goal of the game with 12 seconds left in regulation, and after a scoreless overtime, Tim Stutzle scored the only goal on a shootout to give Ottawa the extra point and climb over Boston in the Eastern Conference. position of wild cards. Ottawa goaltender Leevi Merilainen, who had a .971 save percentage over the past four games, allowed five goals on 28 shots, but stopped all three of Boston’s shot attempts.
David Pastrnak (one goal, two assists) posted his third straight three-point game to lead the Bruins, who had won their last two games. The Bruins’ Morgan Geekie and Pavel Zacha had one goal and one assist, Mason Lohrei had two assists and Vinni Lettieri and John Beecher also lit the lamp.
Lightning 5, Red Wings 1
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist in Tampa Bay’s three-goal outburst, the second in a 3:42 span as the reigning Lightning cooled off torrid Detroit.
The right wing added a second assist, the 600th of his career, on the power play mark of Darren Raddysh, who also had an assist as Tampa Bay scored four times in the frame. Jake Guentzel was involved on the power play and added two assists, while Brayden Point recorded his game-high 27th goal. Mitchell Chaffee scored again as the Lightning moved to 5-1-1 in their last seven games.
Detroit’s Lucas Raymond found the back of the net as his power play hit for the 10th time in 11 games under new coach Todd McLellan. Goaltender Cam Talbot has given up five goals on 16 shots over two seasons. Alex Lyon was relieved to start the third period and stopped six shots.
–Field Level Media