NHL roundup

NHL roundup

Tuesday’s games

Penguins 4, Wild 1

ST. PAUL, MINN.

Thomas Greiss made 33 saves while extending Pittsburgh’s shutout streak to 205 minutes and 28 seconds, guiding the Penguins to a victory over Minnesota that handed the Wild their first defeat in six home games. Nick Spaling, Brandon Sutter and Chris Kunitz scored for the Penguins, whose run of unanswered goals also ended at 18 when Nino Niederreiter got one on a breakaway for the Wild with 9:18 left. Rob Scuderi had two assists for the Penguins, who won their fifth straight game. Their margin of victory is a whopping 22-5. The Wild were the last team in the NHL to lose at home this season. They nearly pulled within one with 3:05 remaining when Mikko Koivu’s rebound shot slipped past Greiss, but the goal was waved off and the call was upheld by replay review due to goaltender interference on Mikael Granlund. Patric Hornqvist added an empty-netter to seal it for the Penguins, who were outshot 34-22. The Wild have outshot every opponent this season. All but one team they’ve faced made the playoffs last season.

Hurricanes 4, Blue Jackets 2

COLUMBUS

Zach Boychuk, Riley Nash, Justin Faulk and Eric Staal scored in the Hurricanes’ win over the Blue Jackets. The Hurricanes, who started 0-6-2, have won three in a row. Cam Ward made 17 saves. Nick Foligno scored twice for the injury-riddled Blue Jackets, who have lost six in a row. His jam shot with 5:23 left cut the lead to 3-2. Columbus threatened to tie it, but Ward stopped Scott Hartnell’s point-blank shot and Ryan Johansen’s rush. Curtis McElhenny, the backup to the injured Sergei Bobrovsky, stopped 33 shots. The Blue Jackets last lost six in a row (0-5-1) from Jan. 19-Feb. 1, 2013. They haven’t lost six straight in regulation since Nov. 10-20, 2006. Coach Gerard Gallant was fired three days later.

Flyers 4, Oilers 1

PHILADELPHIA

Jakub Voracek scored two goals, and Steve Mason made 35 saves to earn his first win of the season as the Flyers beat the Oilers. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Luke Schenn added goals for the Flyers, who began a four-game homestand with their third straight win on their own ice. They dropped their first three games in Philadelphia. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for the Oilers, who opened a five-game trip with their third straight loss. The Oilers played without captain Andrew Ference and leading scorer Taylor Hall. Ference served the first of a three-game suspension for his illegal hit against Vancouver’s Zack Kassian in Saturday’s 3-2 home loss. Hall injured his knee and is expected to miss 2-to-4 weeks.

Bruins 2, Panthers 1, OT

BOSTON

Brad Marchand scored 3:27 into overtime to lift the Bruins to their ninth straight win. Marchand, who also set up Patrice Bergeron’s second-period goal, shifted around defenseman Dylan Olsen and lifted a wrist shot over goaltender Roberto Luongo for the winner. Jussi Jokinen scored for the Panthers, who have earned points in seven straight games. They had won two in a row. Tuukka Rask made 18 saves for the Bruins, who have won three straight. Luongo had 23 stops.

Blues 1, Devils 0

NEWARK, N.J.

Red-hot Vladimir Tarasenko scored on a power play early in the third period and the Blues extended their winning streak to six games. Jake Allen stopped 26 shots in earning his second straight shutout and ending the Devils’ two-game winning streak. The NHL’s No. 1 star last week, Tarasenko has seven goals in last five games and the deciding tally for two straight games. He netted the deciding shootout goal against the New York Rangers on Monday.

Senators 3, Red Wings 1

OTTAWA, ONTARIO

Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist in the Senators’ over the Red Wings. Patrick Wiercioch’s first goal of the season was the game winner. He moved in from the point and beat goalie Jimmy Howard with a wrist shot with less than six minutes to play. Niklas Kronwall hit a post with a drive that could have tied the game just seconds later, but as the Red Wings pressed to get even, Clarke MacArthur scored into an empty net at 19:02 to give the Senators (6-3-2) the win. Henrik Zetterberg scored the lone goal for the Red Wings (6-3-3), putting a backhander past Craig Anderson at 3:34 of the third to make it 1-1.

Blackhawks 5, Canadiens 0

MONTREAL

Kris Versteeg scored twice, and Corey Crawford made 28 saves in his 11th NHL shutout as the Blackhawks ended a two-game losing streak. Jonathan Toews, netted his 200th NHL goal, and Brad Richards and Patrick Kane also scored for Chicago (7-5-1), which came off a 1-0 home loss to Winnipeg on Sunday. It was the first shutout of the season for Crawford, a Montreal native.

Associated Press