Artemi Panarin scores twice as the Rangers beat the Islanders
NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin scored twice, Mika Zibanejad had three assists and Igor Shesterkin made 35 saves, and the New York Rangers defeated the New York Islanders 5-2 on Sunday.
Chris Kreider, Vincent Trocheck and Adam Edstrom also scored for the Rangers, who won again on home ice after Friday’s 2-1 victory over Ottawa.
Kreider scored shorthanded — his seventh goal of the season 3:44 into the contest — with an assist to Zibanejad with Rangers captain Jacob Trouba in the penalty box.
Trocheck made it 2-0 at 1:21 of the second after Reilly Smith stripped the puck from Islanders defenseman Samuel Bolduc and passed to Trocheck in the slot.
Edstrom scored his first goal at 5:18 of the third, followed by Panarin’s second of the game and team-leading ninth goal into an empty net at 16:37.
JETS 7, LIGHTNING 4
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Dylan Samberg scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period to help Winnipeg to a win over Tampa Bay.
Nikolaj Ehlers and Cole Perfetti added empty-net goals for the Jets, who lead the NHL with 22 points this season.
It was a milestone goal for Ehlers, who became the highest-scoring Danish NHLer of all time with 474 points.
BRUINS 2, KRAKEN 0
BOSTON (AP) — Jeremy Swayman had 23 saves and his first shutout of the season, and Boston beat Seattle.
Justin Brazeau scored a tip-in 3:23 into the game off a pass from Nikita Zadorov, and Charlie Coyle scored less than seven minutes later, beating Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord for an uncontested shot in the crease.
Charlie McAvoy got the secondary assist on Brazeau’s goal, while Brad Marchand and Elias Lindholm assisted Coyle.
Daccord had 31 saves in the loss
HURRICANES 4, CAPITALS 2
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dmitry Orlov had two goals to lead Carolina to a win over Washington.
It’s the sixth straight win for the Hurricanes, who also got one goal and two assists from Martin Necas. Andrei Svechnikov added an empty-net goal.
Alex Ovechkin and Brandon Duhaime scored for the Capitals, who had their three-game winning streak snapped.
The Capitals scored two goals in a 33-second span to close out the first period and take a 2-1 lead. Carolina goalie Pyotr Kochetkov didn’t allow another goal.
WILD 2, MAPLE LEAFS 1, OT
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Matt Boldy scored on a breakaway 2:14 into overtime to lift Minnesota to a win over Toronto.
Boldy and Marco Rossi worked a 2-on-0 breakaway after defenseman Jared Spurgeon chased down a loose puck in the neutral zone. He fired down the ice to Rossi, who tapped it ahead to Boldy. The Wild forward made a move on Toronto goalie Anthony Stolarz to bury the game winner.
Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves in the win for Minnesota. Stolarz stopped 31 shots.
Ryan Hartman scored his third of the year on a goal that was initially reviewed to put the Wild up 1-0 midway through the first. William Nylander answered for Toronto with his team-leading ninth goal of the year.
Boldy’s winner was the only shot on goal for either team in overtime. Minnesota improved to 1-2 in overtime, while Toronto is now 0-2 in overtime games.
OILERS 4, FLAMES 2
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists for Edmonton in a win over Calgary.
Zach Hyman, Jeff Skinner and Mattias Janmark, with an empty-netter, scored for the Oilers (6-5-1), who have won four of their last five. Edmonton goaltender Stuart Skinner stopped 29 shots in the win.
Draisaitl lifted a backhand over Dan Vladar’s glove just 20 seconds after the opening faceoff. Skinner made it 2-0 for the visitors at 8:12 on a second effort.
Calgary’s Anthony Mantha redirecting a Tyson Barrie shot past Skinner at 4:33 into the second period, and Yegor Sharangovich tied it at 2 for the Flames (6-5-1) 4:28 into the third with a shot through traffic.
Hyman scored on the second of three Edmonton power-play chances in the third period with a backhand over Vladar with 9:50 left in the game, and Janmark scored the empty-netter with a few ticks remaining.
BLACKHAWKS 4, DUCKS 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Connor Bedard had three assists, Teuvo Teravainen got his first goal in 10 games and Chicago picked up their second straight win in Southern California, defeating Anaheim.
Isaak Phillips, Ryan Donato and Seth Jones also scored the Blackhawks, who have won three of four. Taylor Hall also had two assists and Arvid Soderblom stopped 37 shots for his first win of the season.
Brock McGinn and Mason McTavish had the goals for Anaheim, which is 1-3-1 in its last five. Lukas Dostal made 25 saves.
It was the 11th career multi-assist game for the 19-year-old Bedard, tied with Bobby Hull for the second most by a Blackhawks teenager. Patrick Kane has the most with 13.