Gabriel Landeskog scored his first regular-season goal in more than three years, Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist, and the surging Colorado Avalanche beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 in Denver on Tuesday night.
Martin Necas and Parker Kelly also scored, Nathan MacKinnon had three assists for his third straight multi-point game and Scott Wedgewood turned away 35 shots for Colorado.
The Avalanche have won four in a row and six of their last seven (6-0-1) and lead the NHL with 27 points.
Leo Carlsson extended his points streak to 11 games with a goal and Lukas Dostal made 32 saves for the Ducks, who had their seven-game winning streak snapped.
Bruins 5, Maple Leafs 3
David Pastrnak became the sixth 400-goal scorer in Bruins history as part of a two-goal, one-assist performance, leading Boston past visiting Toronto. Pastrnak’s milestone tally came 49 seconds into the second period, and it stood as the deciding goal in the Bruins’ seventh consecutive victory.
Hampus Lindholm had a goal and an assist, Pavel Zacha and Alex Steeves also scored and Charlie McAvoy had two assists for the Bruins, who were 3-for-6 on the power play. Boston’s Jeremy Swayman (30 saves) earned his fourth straight win.
Steven Lorentz, Bobby McMann and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost twice to Boston during a three-game skid.
Blues 3, Flames 2
Jordan Binnington made 38 saves in his franchise-record 348th game as host St. Louis edged Calgary.
Dylan Holloway, Matthew Kessel and Nathan Walker scored for the Blues, who have a three-game point streak (2-0-1). Oskar Sundqvist earned two assists.
Matt Coronato and Rasmus Andersson scored for the Flames, who took their third straight loss. Calgary goaltender Dustin Wolf made 28 saves.
Jets 5, Canucks 3
Josh Morrissey scored once in a three-point game to lead visiting Winnipeg to a comeback victory over Vancouver.
Nino Niederreiter and Alex Iafallo both collected one goal and one assist while Jonathan Toews and Gabriel Vilardi added single tallies for the Jets, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Winnipeg goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves.
Kiefer Sherwood, Jake DeBrusk and Brock Boeser scored for the Canucks, who have lost three of their past four outings (1-2-1). Starting goaltender Thatcher Demko surrendered three goals on eight shots in the first period before departing due to an undisclosed injury. Kevin Lankinen turned aside 20 of 21 shots in relief.
Blue Jackets 2, Kraken 1 (SO)
Charlie Coyle scored the winner in the fourth round of a shootout as Columbus defeated host Seattle.
Adam Fantilli scored in regulation and goaltender Jet Greaves made 22 saves as the Blue Jackets salvaged the finale of a five-game trip (1-3-1).
Ryan Winterton scored for the Kraken, and goalie Matt Murray stopped 33 of 34 shots.
Stars 3, Senators 2 (OT)
Roope Hintz scored with 1:56 left in overtime to give Dallas a come-from-behind win at Ottawa.
Jason Robertson had a goal and two assists and Mikko Rantanen provided a goal and an assist for the Stars, who are 7-1-3 in their past 11 games. Miro Heiskanen recorded his fourth straight multi-point effort with two assists, and Jake Oettinger stopped 27 shots.
Drake Batherson and Nick Jensen scored for the Senators, who stretched their point streak to six games (3-0-3). Linus Ullmark made 30 saves.
Capitals 4, Hurricanes 1
Logan Thompson made 30 saves as Washington won for the second time in its past eight games, beating Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.
Alex Ovechkin, who notched an empty-net goal to go with an earlier assist, finished with a two-point night, while Brandon Duhaime, Dylan Strome and Jakob Chychrun also scored for the Capitals. John Carlson added two assists for Washington, which had lost two in a row.
Nikolaj Ehlers scored for the Hurricanes, who had been riding a four-game winning streak. Frederik Andersen made 24 saves for Carolina before Pyotr Kochetkov replaced him in the net with less than five minutes to play following teammate Jordan Staal falling on the starting netminder.
Sharks 2, Wild 1 (OT)
Collin Graf scored the winning goal 2:41 into overtime to lift San Jose past Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minn., for its season-best fourth win in a row.
Macklin Celebrini set up Graf for the overtime goal. Celebrini finished with two assists, and Will Smith tallied a power-play goal. Yaroslav Askarov turned aside 28 of 29 shots to earn the victory.
Matt Boldy scored the lone goal for the Wild, who fell short in their bid for a third straight win. Filip Gustavsson gave up two goals on 18 shots.
Kings 5, Canadiens 1
Quinton Byfield and Joel Edmundson each collected a goal and an assist, fueling Los Angeles to a victory at Montreal.
Kevin Fiala, Joel Armia and Warren Foegele also tallied for the Kings, who have won nine straight games against Montreal dating to the 2021-22 season. Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves to send Los Angeles to its fourth straight road win.
Josh Anderson scored a goal and Sam Montembeault turned aside 21 shots for the Canadiens, who saw their six-game point streak (4-0-2) come to a halt.
–Field Level Media
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