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Kraken hand Bruins another blowout loss
Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice and Philipp Grubauer made 33 saves as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Boston Bruins 5-1 on Thursday night.,Jared McCann had a goal and an assist and Jaden Schwartz and Vince Dunn also tallied for the Kraken, who improved to 4-1-1 over their past six games. Sh...

Kevin Lankinen, Canucks end Panthers' point streak
Kevin Lankinen recorded a 27-save shutout and J.T. Miller had two assists in his return to the ice as the Vancouver Canucks beat the visiting Florida Panthers 4-0 on Thursday.,Carson Soucy, Danton Heinen, Brock Boeser and Jake DeBrusk scored for Vancouver, which won for just the fifth time in 15 hom...

Aliaksei Protas' OT winner pushes road-loving Caps past Jackets
Aliaksei Protas scored his second goal of the game at 2:23 of overtime and the visiting Washington Capitals rallied to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 for their 10th consecutive road win.,Protas took a drop pass from Dylan Strome and beat Jet Greaves with a wrist shot from above the right circle....

Nikita Kucherov, Jake Guentzel lead as Lightning dump Flames
Nikita Kucherov scored one goal in a six-point performance to match a career high and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy picked up a win in his 500th career game as the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning claimed an 8-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday.,Jake Guentzel collected a hat trick in the onslaugh...

Dylan Guenther's two tallies help Utah past Avs
Dylan Guenther had two goals and an assist, Vladislav Kolyachonok also scored, and the Utah Hockey Club beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 in Denver on Thursday night.,Karel Vejmelka turned away 23 shots and Logan Cooley had two assists for Utah, which has won five straight road games.,Nathan MacKinnon...

Leon Draisaitl's 4-point night paces Oilers' blowout of Wild
Leon Draisaitl had a four-point night with one goal and three assists, and the Edmonton Oilers cruised to a 7-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Six other players scored for Edmonton, which won its fourth consecutive game. Connor Brown had a goal and an assist, and ...

Predators shoot past Stars to end 8-game skid
Ryan O'Reilly scored twice in his return from an injury as the visiting Nashville Predators snapped their club-record eight-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday. ,Justus Annunen made 35 saves for Nashville.,O'Reilly had missed the previous three games with a lower-...

Golden Knights need OT to extend win streak vs. Jets
Ivan Barbashev scored at 3:47 of overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights continued their dominance of the host Winnipeg Jets with a 3-2 victory on Thursday night.,Barbashev took a crossing pass from Shea Theodore on a two-on-one break and snapped a wrist shot from the left circle inside the near post a...

Macklin Celebrini logs three points as Sharks nip Blues
Rookie Macklin Celebrini scored twice and earned an assist to lead the visiting San Jose Sharks past the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Thursday.,Jake Walman had a goal and an assist, Tyler Toffoli also scored and Nikolai Kovalenko notched three assists as the Sharks snapped a three-game losing streak.,Alex...

Three quick goals help Islanders edge Blackhawks
Noah Dobson, Bo Horvat and Maxim Tsyplakov scored within a span of 2:19 for the New York Islanders, who held off a late rally by the Chicago Blackhawks to earn a 5-4 win on Thursday in Elmont, N.Y.,Dennis Cholowski and Simon Holmstrom scored in the second period for the Islanders, who have won three...

Aliaksei Protas' OT winner pushes road-loving Capitals past Blue Jackets
Aliaksei Protas scored his second goal of the game at 2:23 of overtime and the visiting Washington Capitals rallied to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 for their 10th consecutive road win.,Protas took a drop pass from Dylan Strome and beat Jet Greaves with a wrist shot from above the right circle....

Penguins' top line catches fire in 9-2 beating of Canadiens
The line of Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell and Sidney Crosby dominated in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 9-2 win over the host Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.,Rust had three goals and one assist, Rakell notched two goals and two assists and Crosby collected three assists.,Defenseman Kris Letang contribu...

Max Pacioretty, Leafs down Ducks despite Anthony Stolarz's injury
Max Pacioretty had two goals and an assist and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Thursday night.,William Nylander also scored a goal and John Tavares added two assists for the Maple Leafs, who have won two in a row.,Anthony Stolarz (lower-body injury) played only the...

Max Pacioretty figures in all Leafs' scoring in win over Ducks
Max Pacioretty had two goals and an assist and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Thursday night.,William Nylander also scored a goal and John Tavares added two assists for the Maple Leafs, who have won two in a row.,Anthony Stolarz (lower-body injury) played only the...

Scott Laughton nets four goals to propel Flyers past Wings
Scott Laughton scored a career-high and franchise record-tying four goals as the Philadelphia Flyers topped the visiting Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Thursday.,Aleksei Kolosov (25 saves) came within 3:53 of his first career shutout as Philadelphia won its second straight following a three-game skid. Ben...

Devils end Kings' longest winning streak in three years
Jack Hughes scored to snap a tie with 7:02 remaining in the third period to fuel the New Jersey Devils to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday in Newark, N.J.,Hughes also notched an assist on both Ondrej Palat's second goal in as many games and defenseman Brett Pesce's short-handed t...

Ducks F Trevor Zegras out 6 weeks after knee surgery
Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee on Thursday and is expected to miss six weeks.,For the 23-year-old Zegras, this is his third significant injury in the last 13 months, after playing just 31 games last season due to a broken ankle and a...

Hurricanes hope D-men keep producing points vs. Senators
The Carolina Hurricanes have high-level producers on the offensive side, making the team a threat in many situations.,In the big picture, it might be offensive contributions coming from defensemen that determine how the season plays out.,"We need it from everyone," coach Rod Brind'Amour said.,The Hu...

Hoping to avoid franchise history, Predators visit Stars
If the Nashville Predators are to avoid setting the franchise record for most consecutive losses, they will have to do it without their undisputed leader.,On a 0-5-1 road skid, the Predators will be without captain Roman Josi on Thursday against the host Dallas Stars.,The Stars are looking for their...

Predators D Roman Josi (lower body) out vs. Stars
Aiming to avoid a franchise-record ninth straight loss, the Nashville Predators won't have the services of captain and No. 1 defenseman Roman Josi on Thursday against the host Dallas Stars.,Josi, 34, was injured in the first period in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the visiting Calgary Flames. The three-time...