NHL roundup

NHL roundup

Thursday’s games

Rangers 2, Maple Leafs 1

TORONTO

Mika Zibanejad scored the shootout winner and the New York Rangers continued a strong February with a victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves and J.T. Miller (East Palestine) scored the game-tying goal in the third period for the Rangers, who improved to 8-1-1 this month.

Flames 3, Lightning 2

TAMPA, FLA.

Sean Monahan scored his 100th NHL goal, Brian Elliott made 23 saves, and Calgary beat Tampa Bay. Dougie Hamilton had a goal and two assists, and Mikael Backlund also scored to help the Flames improve to 7-2-1 over their last 10 games. After Blacklund scored 5:04 into the second, Monahan put the Flames up 2-1 just 1:21 later on his 20th goal this season. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Monahan, at 22 years and 134 days, is the sixth-youngest active NHL player to reach 100 goals. The five to do it quicker are Steven Stamkos, Sidney Crosby, Jaromir Jagr, Alex Ovechkin and Patrick Kane.

Islanders 3, Canadiens 0

MONTREAL

Rookie Anthony Beauvillier scored in the first period, Thomas Greiss made 24 saves, and the New York Islanders beat the Montreal Canadiens. Anders Lee scored in the second period and John Tavares added an empty-netter in the final minute to seal the Islanders’ third straight win. New York has won the first two games on a crucial nine-game road swing and improved to 12-4-2 since interim coach Doug Weight replaced the fired Jack Capuano.

Predators 4, Avalanche 2

NASHVILLE , TENN.

Filip Forsberg scored his second straight hat trick, and the Nashville Predators beat the Colorado Avalanche to sweep the season series between the Central Division teams. Forsberg, who now has a team-high 22 goals, has five goals combined in his last two second periods. Forsberg, who scored three times in the second period of Tuesday night’s overtime loss to Calgary, got the hat trick with an empty-net goal with 36.5 seconds left.

Blackhawks 6, Coyotes 3

CHICAGO

Patrick Kane scored three goals for his third career hat trick to lead the surging Chicago Blackhawks past the Arizona Coyotes for their third straight win and eighth in nine games. Kane has 23 goals to lead Chicago, which closed within three points behind first-place Minnesota in the Central Division and Western Conference. Rookies Nick Schmaltz and Ryan Hartman each had a goal and assist. Blackhawks defenseman Michal Rozsival scored his first goal of the season in his first game since Jan. 15. Chicago captain Jonathan Toews added two assists to extend his points scoring streak to five games and increase his output to 22 points in his past 13. Jakob Chychrun, Ryan White and Radim Vrbata scored for the Coyotes. Chychrun and Vrbata each scored for the second straight game.

Associated Press