Martin Necas continued his recent hot stretch by scoring the tiebreaking goal with 31 seconds left as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 6-4 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Necas delivered his seventh goal of the season as the Hurricanes stretched their league-best active winning streak to seven games. Combined with an earlier assist, he has 20 points in the past 10 games.
Jackson Blake, Eric Robinson, Jordan Martinook and Jack Roslovic also scored for Carolina before Seth Jarvis capped the result with an empty-net goal. Brent Burns provided two assists. Pyotr Kochetkov overcame an uneven performance by making 12 saves for the victory.
Travis Konecny racked up two goals and two assists for the Flyers, who began a three-game road trip. Owen Tippett and Morgan Frost also scored for Philadelphia. Sean Couturier had two assists and Tippett added an assist. Aleksei Kolosov stopped 29 shots.
Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 0
Morgan Rielly had a goal and two assists, Anthony Stolarz earned his first shutout of the season and Toronto defeated visiting Boston.
Stolarz made 29 saves to pick up the ninth shutout of his career. William Nylander and Matthew Knies each added a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who had lost their previous two games. Steven Lorentz also scored, while Mitch Marner added two assists.
Jeremy Swayman stopped 23 shots for Boston, which saw a two-game winning streak end. Toronto played without forward Auston Matthews (upper-body injury) but still managed to end an eight-game regular-season losing streak against the Bruins that dated back to January 2023.
Jets 3, Utah 0
Nino Niederreiter scored two goals and Connor Hellebuyck had to make just 21 saves for his second shutout of the season as Winnipeg topped visiting the Utah Hockey Club.
Gabriel Vilardi also scored and Adam Lowry added two assists for Winnipeg, which wasn’t dominant while improving to a franchise-best 12-1-0. Still, the Jets won their fourth game in a row by refusing to allow Utah to consistently threaten.
Hellebuyck wasn’t seriously challenged but came through when needed to record his 39th career shutout. Utah got a solid night in net from Karel Vejmelka (25 saves).
Flames 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)
Matt Coronato scored the tying goal late in the third period and the winner seven seconds into overtime as visiting Calgary beat Montreal.
Right off the opening faceoff of the extra frame, Coronato took the puck away from Nick Suzuki, then skated into the circle and fired it home for his first career overtime winner in three NHL seasons. Coronato also scored the equalizer for the Flames at 17:14 of the third.
Connor Zary notched the Flames’ other goal, and Dustin Wolf stopped 21 of 23 shots. Joel Armia had a goal and an assist and Brendan Gallagher also scored for the Canadiens. Sam Montembeault registered 33 saves.
Sabres 5, Senators 1
JJ Peterka scored two power-play goals and Bowen Byram tallied twice, lifting host Buffalo to a victory over Ottawa.
Peterka also had an assist as part of the third three-point performance in his NHL career. Tage Thompson scored and set up a goal while registering 11 shots. Ryan McLeod and Rasmus Dahlin each notched two assists and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 37 saves to help the Sabres halt their three-game skid.
Ottawa’s Ridly Greig scored and captain Brady Tkachuk had an assist to extend his point streak to five games. Linus Ullmark turned aside 29 shots for the Senators, who have dropped five of six games on the road.
Islanders 4, Penguins 3 (SO)
Bo Horvat scored the only goal in a shootout for New York, which overcame a two-goal third-period deficit to beat Pittsburgh in Elmont, N.Y.
Horvat (two assists) came through in the second round of the shootout. Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist and Simon Holmstrom and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored third-period goals for the Islanders, who won for the second time in six games. Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves before stopping all three Penguins attempts in the shootout.
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored in the second before Michael Bunting scored in the third for the Penguins, who had a two-game win streak end. Malkin also had two points and Alex Nedeljkovic recorded 23 saves before stopping two shootout attempts.
Blues 3, Lightning 2
Jordan Kyrou scored the decisive goal in the third period as St. Louis edged visiting Tampa Bay in a game marred by a medical scare.
Blues forward Dylan Holloway was hit in the neck by a puck late in the first period, then completed his shift but required medical attention on the bench. He subsequently was taken away from the bench on a stretcher and was hospitalized for evaluation. The team reported that Holloway was alert and stable.
Jordan Binnington made 21 saves to earn his 149th victory for the Blues, boosting him past Jake Allen and into sole possession of second on the franchise’s all-time list. Mike Liut is first at 151. For the Lightning, Nick Perbix and Victor Hedman scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves in the team’s third straight loss.
Kings 5, Wild 1
Kevin Fiala scored the go-ahead goal against his former team, and Los Angeles finished strong for a win over Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minn.
Trevor Lewis scored a pair of goals — including No. 100 of his career — for the Kings, who earned their second victory in as many nights. Warren Foegele and Quinton Byfield had a goal apiece. Kings goaltender David Rittich stopped 23 of 24 shots.
Zach Bogosian scored for the Wild, who lost in regulation for only the second time in 12 games to start the season (8-2-2). Filip Gustavsson allowed four goals on 27 shots.
Canucks 5, Ducks 1
Quinn Hughes had three assists, including the 300th of his career, to lead visiting Vancouver past Anaheim.
The Canucks have won two straight and are 5-0-0 in their past five road games. Vancouver is 8-0-0 against Anaheim since the start of the 2022-23 season.
Brock Boeser, Kiefer Sherwood and Danton Heinen each had a goal and an assist, and Jake DeBrusk and Elias Petterson scored Vancouver’s other goals. Kevin Lankinen stopped 21 of 22 for the win. Olen Zellweger scored for the Ducks, who got 33 saves from Lukas Dostal.
Avalanche 6, Kraken 3
Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist in his return to the lineup, Nathan MacKinnon had a career-high five assists and Colorado beat Seattle in Denver.
Lehkonen missed the first 12 games of the season while rehabbing from offseason shoulder surgery. Mikko Rantanen had two goals, Nikolai Kovalenko had a goal and an assist, Ivan Ivan and Chris Wagner also scored and Justus Annunen turned away 17 shots for Colorado, which snapped a three-game skid.
Cale Makar had two assists for the Avalanche before leaving the game in the third period due to an undisclosed injury. Matty Beniers and Jared McCann each had a goal and an assist, Jaden Schwartz also scored and Philipp Grubauer made 26 saves for the Kraken, who have lost four in a row.
Sharks 2, Blue Jackets 1 (OT)
Alexander Wennberg scored the overtime winner as San Jose edged visiting Columbus.
Jack Thompson scored the Sharks’ other goal – the first of his career – while Fabian Zetterlund posted two assists and goalie Vitek Vanecek was stellar, making 49 saves as San Jose won for the fourth time in five games. Vanecek improved to 7-0-0 in his career against the Blue Jackets.
Kirill Marchenko tallied and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 25 shots for the Blue Jackets, who have dropped three straight (0-2-1).
–Field Level Media
