Connor McDavid scored in his return from a three-game suspension as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 4-2 Monday night.
Mattias Janmark, Corey Perry and Mattias Ekholm also tallied for the Oilers, who won for the seventh time in their past nine games. Goaltender Calvin Pickard, getting the start with Stuart Skinner missing the game to be with his wife for the birth of their child, made 26 saves.
Eeli Tolvanen and Vince Dunn scored for Seattle, which had won three of its previous four games. Joey Daccord stopped 27 of 30 shots.
Red Wings 5, Kings 2
Marco Kasper had two goals and an assist and host Detroit won its third straight by defeating Los Angeles.
Lucas Raymond supplied a goal and three assists. Elmer Soderblom scored his first goal of the season and Alex DeBrincat also tallied for Detroit, while Cam Talbot made 24 saves. Detroit forwards Patrick Kane and J.T. Compher missed the game due to upper-body injuries and Vladimir Tarasenko sat out due to an illness.
Kevin Fiala and Quinton Byfield scored for the Kings, and Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves. The Kings have gone 2-5-1 over their last eight games.
Flyers 4, Devils 2
Bobby Brink and Joel Farabee scored 28 seconds apart in the first period and Philadelphia held on for a win against visiting New Jersey.
Scott Laughton had a goal and an assist, Garnet Hathaway also scored, Rasmus Ristolainen and Travis Konecny each had two assists and Samuel Ersson made 31 saves for the Flyers, who ended a two-game losing streak.
Dougie Hamilton and Timo Meier scored and Jake Allen made 22 saves for the Devils, who had won two in a row.
Canucks 5, Blues 2
Conor Garland scored two goals to lead visiting Vancouver past St. Louis.
Tyler Myers and Pius Suter each had a goal and an assist, J.T. Miller also scored and Quinn Hughes earned two assists for the Canucks, who won for just the fourth time in 12 games. Kevin Lankinen made 24 saves and earned an assist.
Dylan Holloway and Colton Parayko scored for the Blues, who lost their third straight game. Jordan Binnington allowed three goals on 18 shots before Blues coach Jim Montgomery pulled him. Joel Hofer entered and stopped 10 of the 11 shots he faced.
Sharks 2, Penguins 1
Macklin Celebrini scored the go-ahead goal in the third period as San Jose beat Pittsburgh to end a six-game losing streak.
Mikael Granlund scored the other goal for the Sharks, who won for just the fourth time in their past 21 games (4-16-1). Yaroslav Askarov stopped 29 of 30 shots for the victory.
Sidney Crosby scored the Penguins’ only goal. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 26 of 28 shots as Pittsburgh took its third loss in a row.
–Field Level Media
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