Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves for the Los Angeles Kings in a 3-0 win against the visiting Washington Capitals on Thursday night.
It was the 34th career shutout and third of the season for Kuemper, who was traded to the Kings from Washington last June in exchange for forward Pierre-Luc Dubois.
Quinton Byfield scored for the fifth straight game, Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist and Warren Foegele also scored for the Kings, who moved past the Edmonton Oilers for second place in the Pacific Division thanks to their fourth straight win.
Charlie Lindgren made 24 saves for the Capitals, who had won five in a row.
Panthers 3, Maple Leafs 2
Sam Bennett scored two power-play goals as visiting Florida defeated Toronto.
Niko Mikkola also scored for the Panthers. Sam Reinhart and Mackie Samoskevich each added two assists, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots.
John Tavares and Max Domi scored for the Maple Leafs, and Anthony Stolarz made 22 saves.
Senators 6, Bruins 3
Two goals and an assist from Drake Batherson led Ottawa over visiting Boston.
Ottawa opened a 4-1 lead after one period and never looked back, ensuring its fifth straight win and a seven-game point streak (6-0-1). Ridly Greig and Shane Pinto each added a goal and an assist, Tyler Kleven and Claude Giroux also scored, and Linus Ullmark made 22 saves.
Casey Mittelstadt, David Pastrnak and Marat Khusnutdinov each scored for Boston, which had a two-game win streak end. Jeremy Swayman allowed four goals on 15 shots before Joonas Korpisalo and saved 14 of 15 shots after the first period.
Flyers 4, Lightning 3 (SO)
Owen Tippett scored the decisive shootout goal as Philadelphia topped Tampa Bay to pick up a badly needed home victory.
Bobby Brink had two goals and an assist in regulation for Philadelphia, and Ryan Poehling added a goal and an assist. Samuel Ersson made 17 saves before stopping four of the Lightning’s five shootout attempts.
Jonas Johansson made 26 saves for Tampa Bay, which fell to 0-2-1 in its past three games. Ex-Flyer Cam Atkinson, Gage Goncalves and Zemgus Girgensons scored regulation goals for the Lightning.
Penguins 5, Blues 3
Rickard Rakell and Bryan Rust each had a goal with an assist while Tristan Jarry made 33 saves as host Pittsburgh topped St. Louis for a third straight win.
Conor Timmins and Connor Dewar each scored his first goal with Pittsburgh, while Ryan Graves also notched his first of the season. Rakell posted his first 30-goal season since 2017-18 with an empty-netter.
Jordan Binnington allowed four goals on 19 shots before being pulled in the third for the Blues, who took just their third regulation loss in the past 14 games. Zack Bolduc, Dylan Holloway and Alexey Toropchenko scored.
Devils 3, Oilers 2
Defenseman Simon Nemec scored his first goal of the season to snap a third-period tie, fueling New Jersey over Edmonton in Newark, N.J.
New Jersey’s Jesper Bratt collected a goal and two assists for the second straight game, and defenseman Brett Pesce added one goal and one assist. Jake Allen made 31 saves for the Devils, who have won three in a row.
Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl scored his NHL-leading 47th goal midway through the second period to extend his career-high point streak to 16 games (12 goals, 12 assists). Defenseman Evan Bouchard also tallied and Connor McDavid notched two assists. Stuart Skinner turned aside 19 shots for the Oilers, who have lost eight of their past 11 games.
Golden Knights 4, Blue Jackets 0
Adin Hill made 27 saves while posting his fourth shutout of the season and the 11th of his career in Vegas’ win at Columbus.
Nicolas Roy and Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist each and Pavel Dorofeyev and Alex Pietrangelo also provided goals for the Golden Knights, who had lost their previous two games. Tomas Hertl added two assists.
Elvis Merzlikins stopped 25 shots for the Blue Jackets, who have lost four of their past five.
Rangers 3, Wild 2 (OT)
Braden Schneider scored at the 1:51 mark of overtime to lift New York over Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minn.
Vincent Trocheck and Jonny Brodzinski also scored for New York, which snapped a four-game losing streak (0-2-2). Igor Shesterkin turned aside 26 of 28 shots.
Marcus Johansson and Frederick Gaudreau scored one goal apiece for Minnesota, which is 1-2-1 in the past four games. Filip Gustavsson allowed three goals on 31 shots.
Sharks 4, Blackhawks 2
Collin Graf scored two goals and Will Smith had a goal and an assist in San Jose’s win over visiting Chicago.
Tyler Toffoli added an empty-net goal for the Sharks, who ended a three-game losing streak overall and a five-game skid on home ice. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 24 of 26 shots.
Frank Nazar and Ilya Mikheyev scored and Spencer Knight made 21 saves as the Blackhawks fell to 0-2-1 on their four-game road trip. Connor Bedard was issued a 10-minute misconduct penalty for verbal abuse of officials midway through the third period.
–Field Level Media
