NHL roundup: Two Bruins combine for 7 goals in 10-2 rout of Rangers
Marat Khusnutdinov netted four goals and an assist, Pavel Zacha registered his first career hat trick, and David Pastrnak tied a Boston franchise record with six assists, helping the Bruins roll past the visiting New York Rangers 10-2 on Saturday afternoon.
Khusnutdinov and Zacha became the first Bruins teammates with hat tricks in the same game since 1964.
Fraser Minten lit the lamp twice and added an assist while Charlie McAvoy had a goal and an assist for Boston, which scored double-digit goals on just 34 shots and set its season-high scoring output in two periods. Jeremy Swayman (27 saves) backstopped the Bruins in their second straight win and fourth in five games (4-1).
Mika Zibanejad and J.T. Miller scored for New York, which is 1-4-2 in its last seven. Jonathan Quick allowed six goals on 20 shots before Spencer Martin entered in relief and gave up four goals on 14 shots.
Avalanche 4, Blue Jackets 0
Trent Miner made 29 saves to record a shutout in his first career victory, Brent Burns had a season-high two goals and Colorado defeated Columbus in Denver.
Ilya Solovyov scored his first NHL goal for Colorado, which has won 17 straight at home to improve to 19-0-2 on its ice and has outscored opponents 12-2 in the first two games of their season-long seven-game homestand.
Miner, recalled from the AHL with Mackenzie Blackwood out with a lower-body injury, stopped nine shots in the third period to preserve the fifth shutout of the season for Colorado. It was Miner's third NHL game of the season after playing twice in October, losing both in overtime, and the fifth of his career.
Red Wings 4, Canadiens 0
Alex DeBrincat scored a goal and recorded two assists while Lucas Raymond added a goal to lead Detroit to a road win over Montreal.
Dylan Larkin chipped in with a power-play goal and Andrew Copp notched an empty-netter with both also recording an assist along with Patrick Kane and Moritz Seider. Red Wings goaltender John Gibson finished with 27 saves and completed his third shutout of the season, all coming in his last 12 starts. Gibson recorded 15 of his saves in the third period.
Cole Caufield led the Canadiens with five shots on target while Nick Suzuki added four. Montreal was shut out for the third time this season and for the second time in their last five games.
Lightning 7, Flyers 2
Three impressive streaks continued as Nikita Kucherov registered two goals and two assists to highlight Tampa Bay's road win over Philadelphia.
Kucherov has points in nine straight games and multiple points in each of his last eight contests. He was one of several stars for Tampa Bay, which posted its ninth consecutive victory -- the longest active streak in the NHL. The other standouts included Gage Goncalves, who scored twice, and Brandon Hagel, who tallied in his third straight game.
Garnet Hathaway and Owen Tippett scored for Philadelphia, which will host Tampa Bay again on Monday. Dan Vladar will get the start in that one after Samuel Ersson allowed seven goals on 23 shots on Saturday.
Kings 4, Oilers 3 (SO)
Adrian Kempe scored the shootout winner as visiting Los Angeles edged Edmonton to avoid a third straight loss.
Corey Perry, Andre Lee, and Alex Laferriere scored in regulation for the Kings, who are 5-7-3 over their past 15 games and improved to 5-0 against Connor Ingram. The Oilers goaltender saved 27 shots in the loss.
Brandt Clarke picked up a pair of assists, and goaltender Anton Forsberg made 21 saves in the win.
Sharks 5, Stars 4 (OT)
Tyler Toffoli blasted a power-play goal 1:58 into overtime as San Jose rallied to beat visiting Dallas.
After helping erase a two-goal deficit in the third period, Toffoli rifled the game-winner, his second goal in a three-point outing, on a 4-on-3 power play after Mikko Rantanen went off for holding 57 seconds into overtime. His goal 9:28 into the third made it a 4-3 game.
Nineteen-year-old Macklin Celebrini posted three assists to move his point streak to 13 games (nine goals, 18 helpers), tying him with Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon for the second-longest such streak by a teenager. Patrik Laine (15 in 2017-18) set the record when he played for the Winnipeg Jets.
Hurricanes 3, Kraken 2
Jaccob Slavin returned to the lineup after another extended injury absence and assisted William Carrier's go-ahead goal with 6:10 remaining as Carolina defeated Seattle in Raleigh, N.C.
Logan Stankoven and Jordan Martinook also scored for the Hurricanes as they won their fourth game in a row. Jordan Staal provided two assists. Brandon Bussi made 10 saves to improve his record to 16-2-1 during his rookie season.
Slavin was in his sixth game of the season and his first outing since a lower-body injury on Dec. 19, though during that recent absence from the line the defenseman was selected for the U.S. Olympic team. He notched his first assist of the season on the winner.
Blackhawks 3, Predators 0
Drew Commesso pitched a 36-save shutout for Chicago as the Blackhawks won in Nashville for their fifth win in six games.
Commesso was making his second start in two nights after being recalled at the last minute on Friday to fill in for Spencer Knight. He was previously 0-2 in NHL starts, including a 5-1 loss to the visiting Washington Capitals on Friday.
Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist, Nick Lardis and Ryan Greene each scored, and Connor Bedard had two primary assists for Chicago. Juuse Saros made 18 saves for Nashville, which had won seven of its previous 10.
Islanders 4, Wild 3 (OT)
Simon Holmstrom scored in overtime to lift New York to a win over Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minn.
Holmstrom finished with two goals and one assist to lead New York, which has earned at least one point in five of its past six games. Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Casey Cizikas scored the other goals for the Islanders.
Ben Jones, Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov scored for Minnesota. Quinn Hughes had three assists in the loss.
Golden Knights 4, Blues 2
Mark Stone tied the team record with a goal in his seventh consecutive game and Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist to lead Vegas to a victory over St. Louis in Las Vegas.
Stone scored an empty-netter with 2:24 remaining to tie the team mark set by Max Pacioretty in December 2021. The seven-game goal streak also tied Jason Robertson (Nov. 11-25) of the Dallas Stars for the longest this NHL season. Jack Eichel and Shea Theodore also scored goals and Akira Schmid made 17 saves for Vegas.
Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist and Jake Neighbours also scored for St. Louis, which suffered its third straight loss. Jordan Binnington stopped 21 of 24 shots.
Flames 2, Penguins 1
Matt Coronato scored to break a third-period tie and sparked visiting Calgary to a victory over Pittsburgh.
Connor Zary also tallied for the Flames, who snapped a four-game skid. Goaltender Devin Cooley delivered a sparkling 27-save performance while making his first start since Dec. 20, especially in the third period when he stopped all 12 shots he faced.
Egor Chinakhov scored for the Penguins, who saw their six-game winning streak snapped. Goalie Arturs Silovs stopped 23 shots in an exciting goaltending duel.
Panthers 3, Senators 2
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 17 of the 19 shots he faced to help Florida pick up a much-needed road win over faltering Ottawa.
Evan Rodrigues, Carter Verhaeghe and Gustav Forsling all found the back of the net for the Panthers.
Fabian Zetterlund and Drake Batherson tallied for the Senators, and Leevi Merilainen made 18 saves in Ottawa's fourth consecutive defeat.
Maple Leafs 5, Canucks 0
William Nylander had a goal and two assists and host Toronto shut out struggling Vancouver.
Joseph Woll made 29 saves to earn his second shutout of the season and the fourth of his career. Matias Maccelli, Max Domi, John Tavares and Nicholas Robertson also scored for the Maple Leafs, who are 7-0-2 over their last nine contests.
Thatcher Demko allowed three goals in six shots in the first period. Kevin Lankinen took over in goal starting with the second period and allowed two goals on 18 shots, as the Canucks lost their sixth in a row (0-4-2).