Marc-Andre Fleury, playing his final game in his home province, recorded his 76th career shutout as the visiting Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 on Thursday.
Fleury made 19 saves while tying Ed Belfour and Tony Esposito for the 10th-most shutouts in NHL history. The 40-year-old veteran, who has announced this is his last season, is the first goalie in NHL history to record a shutout as a teenager and at 40 years or older.
Marco Rossi and Frederick Gaudreau each had a goal and an assist for the Wild, who won their third game in a row. Liam Ohgren and Devin Shore added a goal apiece.
Jakub Dobes made 23 saves for the Canadiens, who have lost four straight (0-3-1). It was Dobes’ first regulation loss in seven career appearances (5-1-1).
Jets 6, Bruins 2
Mark Scheifele capped a two-goal effort with the eventual game-winner and Wakefield, R.I., native Parker Ford scored in his NHL debut as visiting Winnipeg beat Boston.
Scheifele’s second goal, 35 seconds into the third period, marked the 328th of his Winnipeg career, tying him with Ilya Kovalchuk for the most in Jets/Atlanta Thrashers franchise history. Nikolaj Ehlers and Vladislav Namestnikov added a goal and an assist, Kyle Connor scored, and Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves for Winnipeg, which is on a five-game winning streak.
Elias Lindholm led the Bruins with a goal and an assist, while Brad Marchand also scored and added 14 penalty minutes. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 21 shots in Boston’s second consecutive loss and third in a five-game span (2-3-0).
Hurricanes 3, Blackhawks 2
Mikko Rantanen scored in his home debut for Carolina, which defeated Chicago in Raleigh, N.C.
Rantanen was in his third game overall since joining the team via trade from the Colorado Avalanche. The right winger had gone eight straight games without a goal. Seth Jarvis and Jaccob Slavin also had goals for the Hurricanes. Juha Jaaska provided two assists. Pyotr Kochetkov made 18 saves as the Hurricanes pushed their points streak to seven games (6-0-1).
Ilya Mikheyev and Connor Bedard scored for the Blackhawks, who lost for the fourth time in five games (1-2-2). Arvid Soderblom stopped 24 shots.
Red Wings 3, Oilers 2 (SO)
Lucas Raymond and Dylan Larkin scored in a shootout to complete a comeback from a two-goal deficit and give Detroit a win in Edmonton.
Alex Lyon made 45 saves and denied Connor McDavid in the shootout. Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins missed the target in the game-ending tiebreaker. Michael Rasmussen and Larkin scored in regulation for the Red Wings, who won their fourth straight game.
Leon Draisaitl and Jeff Skinner got the goals for the Oilers, who had their three-game winning streak end. Stuart Skinner stopped 32 shots.
Blue Jackets 2, Golden Knights 1 (OT)
Cole Sillinger batted in a rebound 52 seconds into overtime as Columbus rallied to win in Las Vegas.
Adam Fantilli also scored for Columbus, which leapfrogged the Boston Bruins into the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot. Elvis Merzlikins finished with 25 saves for the Blue Jackets, who won for the third time in four games.
Tomas Hertl had the lone goal for Vegas, which remained tied with Edmonton for first place in the Pacific Division. Samsonov stopped 22 of 24 shots.
Senators 5, Capitals 4 (OT)
Thomas Chabot scored at 1:46 of overtime and Ottawa beat visiting Washington after surrendering a two-goal third-period lead.
Washington’s Alex Ovechkin scored career goal No. 876 to pull within 19 of passing Wayne Gretzky for first place all time. He added two assists to go with his 23rd goal of the season. Dylan Strome scored twice and Connor McMichael had a goal and an assist for the Capitals, who had won seven of their previous eight games. Charlie Lindgren made 29 saves.
Josh Norris had a goal and two assists for the Senators, who have won three straight. Pinto, Chabot and Jake Sanderson each logged a goal and an assist, and Ridly Greig also scored. Anton Forsberg stopped 31 shots.
Flames 4, Ducks 1
Matt Coronato scored two goals for Calgary in a win against visiting Anaheim.
Adam Klapka scored his first goal of the season, Blake Coleman also tallied and Dustin Wolf made 30 saves for the Flames, who avoided losing three in a row for the first time since a four-game skid from Nov. 25-30.
Frank Vatrano scored short-handed for his 300th NHL point and John Gibson made 26 saves for the Ducks, who had won three in a row.
Lightning 3, Kings 0
Brandon Hagel scored twice in a three-point outing, Andrei Vasilevskiy notched his third shutout of the season and Tampa Bay blanked visiting Los Angeles.
The Lightning got goals from Hagel in the first and the third period plus Anthony Cirelli’s empty-net tally to win for the second time in six games. Vasilevskiy stopped 28 shots and added an assist.
David Rittich made 30 saves as Los Angeles lost 3-0 for the second straight game. The Kings are 2-7-1 in their past 10 games and have lost nine straight at Tampa.
Islanders 3, Flyers 0
Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves and Marc Gatcomb scored his first NHL goal as surging New York skated to a victory at Philadelphia.
Simon Holmstrom and Kyle Palmieri also scored for the Islanders, who have won six straight games. New York has allowed a total of seven goals during the hot stretch.
Ivan Fedotov made 25 saves for the Flyers, who have lost four of their past five games.
Kraken 6, Sharks 2
Defenseman Brandon Montour scored twice and Chandler Stephenson added a goal and two assists as Seattle defeated visiting San Jose.
Oliver Bjorkstrand and Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and an assist apiece and Jaden Schwartz also tallied for the Kraken, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Joey Daccord made 26 saves.
Carl Grundstrom and Tyler Toffoli scored for the Sharks, who lost for the seventh time in their past eight games. Yaroslav Askarov was pulled after allowing four goals on 11 shots. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 20 of 22 shots in relief.
–Field Level Media
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