nhl roundup Tuesday’s other games

Islanders 5, Canucks 2

NEW YORK

Tom Kuhnhackl scored two unusual goals to lead the New York Islanders to a victory over Vancouver. Jordan Eberle had a goal and an assist and Josh Bailey also scored to help the Islanders end a three-game skid. Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson each had two assists and Thomas Greiss stopped 22 shots as New York improved to 5-0-2 in the last seven meetings against Vancouver. Brendan Leipsic had a goal and an assist, and Jake Virtanen also scored for the Canucks, who have lost two straight after a 4-0-2 stretch. Jacob Markstrom, starting for the ninth straight game with Anders Nilsson injured, finished with 29 saves.

Panthers 2, Flyers 1

PHILADELPHIA

Aaron Ekblad and Evgenii Dadonov scored goals, Roberto Luongo made 29 saves and Florida beat Philadelphia for a fifth straight win. Jakub Voracek had the lone goal for the Flyers, who had won three straight and five of six. Both teams have rebounded nicely after struggling early in the season. The Panthers are 7-5-3, while the Flyers are 9-8-1. Just eight seconds after Voracek tied the game, Luongo stoned him on a breakaway after Nolan Patrick won the face-off. Oskar Lindblom hit a post on a shot a few minutes later for Philadelphia.

Sabres 2, Lightning 1

BUFFALO, N.Y.

Carter Hutton stopped 30 shots and Buffalo won a third straight game by beating Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay. Jeff Skinner scored his team-leading 13th goal and Kyle Okposo also scored for Buffalo. Defenseman Nathan Beaulieu had two assists, and the Sabres improved to 10-6-2 for their best start since opening 11-7 in 2011-12. The Sabres’ three-game winning streak is their second of the season.

Red Wings 6, Coyotes 1

DETROIT

Defenseman Mike Green had a goal and two assists and Detroit extended itswinning streak to four games with a victory over Arizona. Andreas Athanasiou added a goal and an assist for the third straight game, and Anthony Mantha, defenseman Dennis Cholowski, Michael Rasmussen and Luke Glendening also scored for Detroit, which has won seven of its last eight to get back to .500 (8-8-2) after a 1-7-2 start. Jimmy Howard made 24 saves. The six goals are a season best for the Red Wings. Lawson Crouse scored for Arizona. Darcy Kuemper stopped 12 shots and rookie Hunter Miska made eight saves in his NHL debut.

Capitals 5, Wild 2

ST. PAUL, MINN.

Tom Wilson returned early from his player-safety suspension and scored a first-period goal, helping Washington cool off Minnesota with a victory for the Wild’s first regulation loss at home. Dmitry Orlov had his first two goals of the season and an assist, Andre Burakovsky and T.J. Oshie also scored and Pheonix Copley made 26 saves for the Capitals, whose four-game road trip was jump-started in the morning by an arbitrator’s reduction of Wilson’s 20-game ban by six games to make him immediately eligible again. Mikko Koivu and Zach Parise had goals for the Wild, who played at home for the first time in 17 days after a 5-2 finish on their franchise-record seven-game road swing. The Wild have given up the first goal in 13 of their 18 games, but they entered the night tied for the best record in the league in those situations at 8-3-1.

Associated Press