TUESDAY’S OTHER NHL GAMES

Hurricanes 2, Canadiens 1

MONTREAL

Curtis McElhinney stopped 48 shots and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Canadiens in Shea Weber’s return from injury for Montreal. Victor Rask and Trevor van Riemsdyk scored for the Hurricanes, who have won four of five. McElhinney, who’s emerging as the top goaltender in Carolina, made 21 saves in the third period alone for his fourth straight victory. Phillip Danault scored for the Canadiens, who extended their losing streak to five games. Carey Price made 20 saves. Weber played in his first game since Dec. 16, 2017, and it was his first time wearing the captain’s “C” on his Montreal sweater. The 33-year-old defenseman missed 73 games after having surgery on his right knee and another to repair a torn tendon in his left foot.

Senators 4, Flyers 3

PHILADELPHIA

The Philadelphia Flyers trudged off the ice to the familiar refrain of boos from the few thousand fans that stuck around to witness a collapse that capped one of the more arduous 48 hours in franchise history. Ron Hextall: Fired as general manager after 41/2 middling seasons. Dave Hakstol: On a white-hot seat and his uncertain coaching fate in the hands of the new GM. And then a breakdown that has become too familiar for the Flyers: Blowing a two-goal lead in the third period to Ottawa in front of a fed-up crowd. “Everything we touch, it just doesn’t work,” Flyers forward Jake Voracek said. Brady Tkachuk had the magic tough for the Senators. Tkachuk scored twice in the third period and Matt Duchene scored the eventual winner with 2:59 left, lifting the Senators to a 4-3 win over Philadelphia on Tuesday night in the Flyers’ first game since Hextall was fired. The Flyers showed why Hextall is out of work and Hakstol’s job is in jeopardy. They coughed up a 3-1 lead over the final 6 1/2 minutes of the third period and lost for the sixth time in seven games. “As soon as they got that second goal we kind of got scared. You can’t do that,” Voracek said.

Ducks 3, Lightning 1

TAMPA, FLA.

The Anaheim Ducks had the right response coming off a disappointing loss. Ryan Miller made 34 saves, Nick Ritchie had a goal and an assist. Anaheim started a five-game road trip Sunday with a 5-2 loss at Nashville. “We have more competitiveness in our hockey club than we displayed in our last game, and we had to demonstrate that,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. “We felt that the game we played the other night was nowhere near what we’re capable of playing. Tonight we were much more competitive around the puck. And we had stellar goaltending again tonight.” Miller won his 373rd game, moving past Andy Moog for sole possession of 17th place on the career wins list. He also moved within a victory of tying John Vanbiesbrouck for the most by a U.S.-born goalie. Josh Manson and Carter Rowney also scored for the Ducks. “It’s a game where we kind of built a game,” Miller said. “I think we’ve been trying to build confidence. We had some chances, they had some chances, but we felt like our game was pretty good.” Miller stopped Victor Hedman’s first-period rebound with this left arm while prone on the ice, and turned aside Brayden Point’s shot on a breakaway in the second. Tampa Bay, 3-1-0 on a five-game homestand, got a goal from Point. Louis Domingue stopped 19 shots. “We doubled their scoring chances,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “I thought the boys played pretty well.”

Avalanche 3, Predators 2

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Nathan MacKinnon scored twice, Semyon Varlamov made 36 saves and the streaking Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators. Tyson Jost had the other goal for the Avalanche, who have won five straight. Colorado also ended an 11-game losing streak to Nashville in the regular season. Ryan Hartman and Kevin Fiala scored for the Predators. With the game tied early in the third period and Colorado on a power play, J.T. Compher slid a pass to Jost in the left circle. He sent a wrist shot through traffic that slipped by Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne.

Coyotes 4, Wild 3

ST. PAUL, MINN.

Josh Archibald had two goals and an assist, and the Arizona Coyotes rallied from a two-goal, third-period deficit and defeated the Minnesota Wild. Lawson Crouse and Michael Grabner also scored for Arizona, which snapped a four-game losing streak. Charlie Coyle, Zach Parise and Jason Zucker scored for the Wild. Jared Spurgeon assisted on all three goals, matching his career high for assists. Devyn Dubnyk stopped 10 of 14 shots. Antti Raanta stopped 17 of 20 shots before leaving with a lower-body injury after two periods. Adin Hill stopped all five Minnesota shots in the third period.

Golden Knights 8, Blackhawks 3

CHICAGO

Cody Eakin and Shea Theodore each had two goals and an assist, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks for their season-high fourth consecutive victory. Alex Tuch added a goal and an assist as Vegas continued its resurgence in the opener of a three-game trip. William Karlsson, Ryan Reaves and Daniel Carr also scored, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves for his sixth win in his last seven starts. The Golden Knights (13-12-1) improved to 4-0 against the Blackhawks since entering the league. Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist in his Chicago debut, but the sliding Blackhawks lost for the third time in four games. Defensemen Gustav Forsling and Erik Gustafsson also scored. Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford stopped 24 of 30 shots before he was replaced by Cam Ward for the third period. Ward finished with 11 saves.

Associated Press