Mark Scheifele scored in each period for his ninth career hat trick and the host Winnipeg Jets beat the Florida Panthers 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Three days after Winnipeg lost 5-0 at Florida to suffer back-to-back losses for the first time this season, it got back at the Panthers to close a home-and-home set. Scheifele capped his hat trick with 10:14 left in regulation with a nifty goal just after a power play ended to give the Jets a 4-2 cushion.
That marker proved key, as Matthew Tkachuk got Florida within 4-3 with a power-play goal past screened Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (20 saves) with 3:22 left in the third period. However, Morgan Barron recorded two short-handed empty-netters to provide some insurance for Winnipeg, which improved to 9-1-0 at home.
A.J. Greer and Sam Reinhart also scored for the Panthers, who have lost three of their past four games after winning seven straight. The result also ended a six-game road winning streak for Florida.
Ducks 3, Blackhawks 2
Leo Carlsson scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Alex Killorn had a goal and assist to lift visiting Anaheim past Chicago.
Trevor Zegras added two assists for Anaheim, which won its third straight while sending the Blackhawks to their third loss in a row. Ducks goaltender John Gibson made 18 saves.
Jason Dickinson scored twice and Connor Bedard had two assists for Chicago. The Ducks outshot the Blackhawks 24-20 and had a 27-13 advantage in hits. Dickinson recorded his first multi-goal game of the season while Bedard ended a three-game pointless streak. Five of Bedard’s 12 assists this season have come against the Ducks.
Rangers 4, Canucks 3
Chris Kreider scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Igor Shesterkin made 21 saves as visiting New York won its third straight game, defeating Vancouver.
Mika Zibanejad, Will Cuylle and Kaapo Kakko each had a goal and an assist and Adam Fox added two assists for New York, which improved to 7-1-0 on the road with a sixth win in eight games.
Quinn Hughes, Conor Garland and Kiefer Sherwood scored goals and Elias Pettersson had two assists for Vancouver, which finished just 2-4-0 on a six-game homestand. Arturs Silovs made 29 saves.
Oilers 5, Senators 2
Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist and Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl each had a goal and two assists in Edmonton’s win at Ottawa.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the Oilers’ other goal, and Vasily Podkolzin recorded two assists. Stuart Skinner stopped 27 of 29 shots to help Edmonton improve to 4-1-1 in its past six games.
Linus Ullmark stopped 26 of 31 shots for the Senators, who are on a three-game winless streak (0-2-1). Tim Stutzle and Josh Norris scored for Ottawa, and Nick Jensen had two assists.
Lightning 3, Penguins 2 (OT)
Brayden Point returned to Tampa Bay’s lineup and scored 3:58 into overtime as the Lightning won their third straight game by rallying past host Pittsburgh.
Point, who missed the previous four matches with a lower-body injury, tucked in his second goal of the night and 10th this season to lift the Lightning to a 5-0-1 mark against the Metropolitan Division. Anthony Cirelli scored his fifth goal this season, Darren Raddysh had two assists and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 17 shots for Tampa Bay.
Pittsburgh’s Jesse Puljujarvi scored for the second straight game and Rickard Rakell netted his seventh goal this season. Sidney Crosby dished out the primary assist on Rakell’s second-period power-play tally that made it 2-0 and gave Crosby his 1,017th career helper.
Flames 2, Islanders 1 (SO)
Andrei Kuzmenko and Justin Kirkland scored in a shootout to give host Calgary a comeback victory over New York.
Rasmus Andersson scored in regulation for the Flames, who have won three of their past four outings. Dustin Wolf made 28 saves between regulation and overtime before turning back both Islanders he faced in the shootout.
Pierre Engvall had the lone goal for the Islanders, who are 1-1-3 in their past five outings. Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots prior to the shootout in an outstanding goaltending battle.
Wild 4, Blues 2
Kirill Kaprizov scored twice as visiting Minnesota defeated St. Louis to improve to 7-2-1 in its last 10 games.
Ryan Hartman and Jonas Brodin also scored for the Wild. Filip Gustavsson earned the victory with 22 saves.
Scott Perunovich and Jake Neighbours scored for the Blues, who are 1-5-1 in their past seven games. Jordan Binnington made 24 saves in defeat. Blues center Robert Thomas was back in the lineup after he missed 12 games with a broken ankle.
–Field Level Media