AROUND THE NHL Wednesday’s games


Blue Jackets 4, Maple Leafs 2

COLUMBUS

Seth Jones had a goal an assist, and Joonas Korpisalo made 39 shots to help Columbus beat Toronto.Lukas Sedlak, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Alexander Wennberg also scored for the Blue Jackets. Korpisalo, starting in place of Sergei Bobrovsky on the first night of a back-to-back, allowed a second-period goal to Jake Gardiner and another in the third to Mitchell Marner in playing one of his strongest games of the season. Toronto has lost four of five.

Flyers 4, Red Wings 3

PHILADELPHIA

Sean Couturier scored off his own rebound to snap a tie early in the third period and the Flyers beat the Red Wings for their seventh victory in eight games. Robert Hagg added his first NHL goal, Dale Weise and Wayne Simmonds also scored as Philadelphia overcame two one-goal deficits. Claude Giroux had three assists, and Brian Elliott made 25 saves. The Flyers finished a five-game homestead 4-1. Martin Frk and Mike Green had power-play goals, Gustav Nyquist also scored and Jimmy Howard made 27 saves for the Red Wings. They were trying to win three straight for the first time this season. Couturier, in his seventh season, set a career high for goals in a season with his team-best 16th when he beat Howard with a second-chance shot at 5:57.

Associated Press