Highlights of Tuesday's NHL games
Send a link to a friend
[December 14, 2016]
Dec 13 (The Sports Xchange)
Blue Jackets 3, Oilers 1
The red-hot Columbus Blue Jackets scored three straight goals, two
of them in the third period, to post a rare 3-1 road victory over
the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday for their seventh straight victory.
The Blue Jackets usually struggle in Edmonton, winning only six of
their previous 26 visits, but were too much for the Oilers and are
off to the best start in franchise history (18-5-4).
Cam Atkinson and Matt Calvert scored 1:36 apart midway through the
third period to blow open a 1-1 game. Sam Gagner also scored for
Columbus.
Tyler Pitlick scored for the Oilers (15-12-5), who are 3-4-4 in
their last 11.
Blackhawks 2, Rangers 1
Artem Anisimov scored late in the second period and Scott Darling
made 33 saves as the Chicago Blackhawks edged the New York Rangers
2-1 at Madison Square Garden.
Anisimov, who spent the first four years of his career with the
Rangers, snapped a 1-all tie with his 13th goal of the season.
Trevor van Riemsdyk scored the other Blackhawks goal.
Rangers goaltender Antti Raanta stopped 24 shots in his fourth
consecutive start and had a shutout streak snapped at 176 minutes.
Capitals 4, Islanders 2
Defenseman Matt Niskanen ended a streak of 43 regular-season games
without a goal when he scored early in the third period, before
adding a late power-play goal as the Washington Capitals extended
their winning streak to five games with a 4-2 victory over the New
York Islanders.
Brett Connolly and Justin Williams scored second-period goals for
the Capitals, who are 5-0-1 in their last six games.
Brock Nelson and Nikolay Kulemin scored for the Islanders, who are
5-2-1 in their last eight games.
Hurricanes 8, Canucks 6
Jeff Skinner, Ron Hainsey, Victor Rask and Justin Faulk scored in a
span of 4:40 early in the third period as the Carolina Hurricanes
erased a three-goal Vancouver lead to down the Canucks 8-6 en route
their seventh straight home win.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2016/Dec/14/images/ads/current/stacy_sda_101816.png)
Jordan Staal, back in the lineup after missing seven games with a
concussion, scored the game-winner with 7:22 left.
Carolina (12-11-6) has now won eight of its first 11 home games this
season and snapped a seven-game winless streak against the Canucks,
which dated to December 2011.
Predators 6, Blues 3
Down 3-0 less than two minutes into the second period, the Nashville
Predators rallied with six unanswered goals to notch a 6-3 win over
the St. Louis Blues.
[to top of second column] |
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2016/Mar/14/images/ads/current/tires250x300.gif)
Mike Fisher gave Nashville the lead for good as the Predators
(13-11-4) tallied four times in the third period, to earn their
first win this season in nine games in which they entered the third
period trailing.
Coyotes 4, Red Wings 1
Jamie McGinn scored two goals to lead the Arizona Coyotes to a 4-1
road win over the Detroit Red Wings.
Defenseman Anthony DeAngelo and Lawson Crouse also scored for
Arizona (10-14-5).
Andreas Athanasiou found the net for Detroit (13-13-4), which is
2-8-3 in its last 13 at home.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2016/Dec/14/images/ads/current/watkins_lda_CHRISTMAS_2016.png)
Stars 6, Ducks 2
Captain Jamie Benn had a goal and two assists and the Dallas Stars
erupted for five third-period goals in a 6-2 win against the Anaheim
Ducks.
Dallas (12-13-6) also got goals from Stephen Johns, Dan Hamhuis,
Adam Cracknell, Patrick Eaves and Radek Faksa to start a five-game
homestand on a positive note.
Sharks 3, Maple Leafs 2 (shootout)
Logan Couture was the only player to score in the shootout, and the
San Jose Sharks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2.
The Sharks (17-11-1) rallied for two goals in the third period to
tie the game 2-2 and force overtime.
Sabres 6, Kings 3
The Buffalo Sabres scored four goals in a span of 6:13 on their way
to a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.
Jack Eichel had two goals for Buffalo (11-11-6). Jeff Carter had two
goals for Los Angeles (14-12-2).
Wild 5, Panthers 1
Zach Parise's first goal of December got things rolling early for
Minnesota and a quartet of his teammates chipped in as the Wild ran
their win streak to five games by hammering the Florida Panthers
5-1.
(Editing by Andrew Both)
[© 2016 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2016 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |