NHL roundup: Varlamov, Avs blank Blackhawks

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[December 16, 2015]  The Sports Xchange
 
 CHICAGO -- Semyon Varlamov stopped all 29 shots he faced, leading the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.

Matt Duchene, Zach Redmond and Gabriel Landeskog scored for the Avalanche, who won their third consecutive game on the road.

Chicago was shut out for the second time this season, meaning Patrick Kane's point streak ended at 26 games.

Kane compiled 16 goals and 24 assists during his 26-game streak, which set a franchise record and marked the most by any American-born player in NHL history. Kane's streak was the longest in the league since Hall of Famer Mats Sundin scored at least one point in 30 consecutive games with the Quebec Nordiques during the 1992-93 campaign.

Corey Crawford stopped 24 of 26 shots for Chicago.

Stars 5, Blue Jackets 1

DALLAS -- Tyler Seguin scored two goals 30 seconds apart late in the second period and Kari Lehtonen stopped 34 of 35 shots in a Dallas win against Columbus at American Airlines Center.
 


Johnny Oduya, Alex Goligoski and Mattias Janmark also scored for the Stars, who remains the lone team in the NHL yet to lose consecutive games this season. Jamie Benn assisted on Seguin's second goal, the 400th point of his career.

The Blue jackets lone goal was from Scott Hartnell.

Flyers 4, Hurricanes 3 (OT)

PHILADELPHIA -- Michal Neuvirth and Philadelphia did enough to cool off Carolina in overtime at Wells Fargo Center.

Shayne Gostisbehere won it in the extra session off a beautiful feed from Jakub Voracek. Voracek, Brayden Schenn and Sean Couturier also scored for the Flyers.

Jeff Skinner scored a hat trick to give him nine goals in the last six games. Eddie Lack made 27 saves in the loss.

Sharks 3, Canadiens 1

MONTREAL -- San Jose made the most of its chances, snapping a six-game losing streak with a win against Montreal at the Bell Centre.

Patrick Marleau, Joe Pavelski and Dainius Zubrus scored for the Sharks while Dale Weise scored for the Canadiens.

Martin Jones made 26 saves for the Sharks. Dustin Tokarski stopped nine-of-12 shots before being replaced by Mike Condon, who made six saves in relief for the Habs.

Panthers 5, Islanders 1

NEW YORK -- Roberto Luongo recorded 33 saves, and five players scored a goal apiece for Florida , to beat the New York Islanders at Barclays Center.

Reilly Smith, Aleksander Barkov, Aaron Ekblad, Vincent Trocheck and Jonathan Huberdeau all scored for the Panthers.

Brock Nelson scored for the Islanders, who got just 12 saves Jaroslav Halak.

Rangers 4, Oilers 2

NEW YORK -- Rick Nash scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period as the New York Rangers snapped Edmonton's six-game winning streak with a victory at Madison Square Garden.

Jesper Fast, Mats Zuccarello and Dylan McIlrath also scored for the Rangers and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 18 shots.

Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle had the Oilers' goals and Anders Nilsson turned aside 17 shots.

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Devils 2, Sabres 0

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Cory Schneider made 25 saves to lead New Jersey over Buffalo.

It was Schneider's second shutout of the season and the 19th of his career. Lee Stempniak and Jiri Tlusty scored for the Devils.

Linus Ullmark made 19 saves in the losing effort for the Sabres.

Lightning 5, Maple Leafs 4 (OT)

TORONTO -- Vladislav Namestnikov scored in overtime to give Tampa Bay a comeback win over Toronto.

Nikita Kucherov, Anton Stralman, Mike Blunden and Jonathan Marchessault also scored for the Lightning. Tyler Bozak, James Van Riemsdyk, Morgan Rielly and Daniel Winnik scored for the Maple Leafs.

Jonathan Bernier made 22 saves for Toronto and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 for Tampa Bay.

Flames 2, Predators 1 (OT)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Kris Russell scored on a 2-on-1 in overtime, giving Calgary its sixth straight win with a decision over Nashville at Bridgestone Arena.

Karri Ramo stopped 21 shots to earn the win for the Flames, while Pekka Rinne came up with 19 saves for the Predators.

Cody Hodgson scored on a penalty shot to open the scoring for Nashville and T.J. Brodie scored for the Flames.

Wild 6, Canucks 2

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Thomas Vanek scored once and added three assists as Minnesota blasted past Vancouver.

Zach Parise, Jason Zucker, Mikko Koivu, Ryan Suter and Marco Scandella all added goals for the Wild, who took an early lead and didn't let up. They got 29 saves from Darcy Kuemper, who was making his fourth consecutive start.

Jannik Hansen and Daniel Sedin had the Vancouver goals. Henrik Sedin assisted on both.

Blues 4, Jets 3

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Paul Stastny scored the game-winning goal late in the third period to cap St. Louis' come-from-behind victory over Winnipeg at the MTS Centre.

Vladimir Tarasenko, Troy Brouwer and Alexander Steen also scored for the Blues.

Mark Scheifele, Chris Thorburn and Drew Stafford scored for the Jets.

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