NHL roundup: Avalanche blank Flyers

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[November 11, 2015]  The Sports Xchange 

PHILADELPHIA -- The Colorado Avalanche kicked off a vital stretch of games with a 4-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday at Wells Fargo Center. 

The Avalanche, who opened a seven-game road trip, were led by a pair of goals from Matt Duchene and a shutout from Reto Berra.

Jarome Iginla and Cody McLeod also scored for Colorado, which starting Tuesday plays 14 of its next 18 games away from home.

Meanwhile, the Flyers came home after a 1-3-1 road trip and did little different on their ice. Philadelphia was outshot 40-25 and has one win since Oct. 27.

Blues 2, Devils 0

NEWARK, N.J. -- Jake Allen made 24 saves to record his second consecutive shutout as St. Louis defeated New Jersey at the Prudential Center.

Allen, who made a career-high 45 saves in a 4-0 win over Nashville Saturday, registered back-to-back shutouts for the second time in his career. He also blanked the Devils last November after shutting out Anaheim.

Martin Havlat and Magnus Paajarvi scored the game's only goals for the Blues.
 


Rangers 3, Hurricanes 0

NEW YORK -- Two goals 11 seconds apart from Jesper Fast and Rick Nash along with 33 saves from Henrik Lundqvist helped give the New York Rangers a victory against Carolina at Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers have won six straight and sit three points behind the Montreal Canadiens for the league's best record.

Ryan McDonagh scored his first goal of the season 13 seconds into third period and Cam Ward turned aside 20 of 23 shots for Carolina.

Canucks 5, Blue Jackets 3

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jannik Hansen and Daniel Sedin led an offensive outburst with one goal and three assists each, guiding Vancouver to a come-from-behind win over Columbus at Nationwide Arena.

Henrik Sedin added two goals and an assist, and Brandon Sutter also scored, as the Canucks snapped a three-game losing streak.

Boone Jenner had a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets, while Jack Johnson and Cam Atkinson each had goals. Center Ryan Johansen had two assists.

Red Wings 1, Capitals 0

DETROIT -- Petr Mrazek made 38 saves for his sixth career shutout in Detroit's win against Washington at Joe Louis Arena.

Andreas Athanasiou scored for Detroit 4:06 into the third period for his first NHL goal.

Braden Holtby stopped 26 shots for Washington.



Panthers 4, Flames 3

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Jaromir Jagr scored the winning goal with 11:49 left in the third period, helping Florida snap a five-game losing streak by beating Calgary at the BB&T Center.

Jagr's team-leading seventh goal of the season came off an assist from center Nick Bjugstad. Jagr had an assist earlier in the game.

Vincent Trocheck, Reilly Smith and Aaron Ekblad also scored for Florida, which got two assists from Jussi Jokinen. David Jones scored twice and Sean Monahan once for Calgary.

Wild 5, Jets 3

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Thomas Vanek scored twice in the second period, spurring an explosion by Minnesota, which jumped out to a four-goal lead and sailed past Winnipeg.

Nino Niederreiter, Erik Haula and Chris Porter also scored for the Wild, who won their second game in a row and improved to 7-1-0 at home. Devan Dubnyk had 25 saves.

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The Jets got two goals from Bryan Little and one from Blake Wheeler.

Predators 7, Senators 5

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- In its biggest offensive explosion of the year, Nashville got goals from seven skaters and rallied to beat Ottawa at Bridgestone Arena.

The Predators got goals from Colton Sissons, Shea Weber, Roman Josi, Austin Watson, Mattias Ekholm, Barret Jackman and Gabriel Bourque. Zack Smith scored twice and Milan Michalek, Erik Karlsson and Curtis Lazar once each for Ottawa.

Craig Anderson finished with 31 saves for Ottawa, while Pekka Rinne stopped 21 shots for Nashville.

Sabres 4, Lightning 1

TAMPA -- Sparked by rookie Jack Eichel, Buffalo topped Tampa Bay at Amalie Arena.

Buffalo got a goal and an assist from Eichel, and goals from Cody Franson, Marcus Foligno and Rasmus Ristolainen.

Steven Stamkos scored the Lightning's lone goal, his eighth of the season.

Maple Leafs 3, Stars 2

DALLAS -- Toronto's Jake Gardiner had a goal and an assist and James Reimer stopped 36 shots in a victory against Dallas at American Airlines Center.

The Maple Leafs snapped a three-game winless streak, also getting goals from Peter Holland and P.A. Parenteau.

The Stars saw a three-game winning streak snapped. They got goals from Patrick Sharp and Vernon Fiddler.

Islanders 4, Sharks 2

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Ex-Sharks goalie Thomas Greiss became the latest backup to take two points from San Jose as the New York topped the Sharks.

Greiss stopped 34 of 36 shots as the Sharks (7-8-0) dropped under .500 for the first time this season. San Jose capped a poor homestand with three losses in four tries.

New York's John Tavares iced the win with his second goal of the game into an empty net inside the last five seconds.

Coyotes 3, Kings 2

LOS ANGELES -- Brad Richardson scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, lifting Arizona past Los Angeles.

Richardson scored with 8:13 remaining. He delivered his second goal of the season after receiving an excellent pass from Jordan Martinook just outside the crease.

Martin Hanzal scored his first two goals of the season for the Coyotes. Arizona goaltender Mike Smith stopped 33 of 35 shots.

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