NHL roundup: Blackhawks' Panarin lights up Pens again

[January 07, 2016]  CHICAGO -- Artemi Panarin scored two goals, including the game-winner, for the second consecutive night to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins at the United Center on Wednesday.

Coming off a two-goal performance, including an overtime game-winner, in the Blackhawks' 3-2 win over the Penguins in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Panarin was again the difference in the second game of the back-to-back. He scored the game-winner Wednesday with a shot from the right circle at 8:56 of the third period to give the Blackhawks a 2-1 advantage.

Teuvo Teravainen scored an empty-net goal for the Blackhawks while Evgeni Malkin scored the Penguins lone goal.

Canadiens 2, Devils 1

MONTREAL -- Special teams were the difference as Montreal edged New Jersey at the Bell Centre.

Max Pacioretty and Torrey Mitchell scored for the Canadiens and Adam Henrique replied for the Devils.

Mike Condon stopped 19 shots for the Canadiens while counterpart Cory Schneider made 23 saves for New Jersey.

Canucks 3, Hurricanes 2

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Bo Horvat scored his second goal of the night on a power play with 1:06 left in the third period to give Vancouver a victory over Carolina.

Horvat took pass from behind the net from left winger Sven Baertschi and snapped a shot past Carolina goaltender Eddie Lack. Horvat now has five goals this seasons and three in his last two games.

The Canucks improved to 6-0-2 against Carolina in the teams' past eight meetings at Rogers Arena.

Maple Leafs 4, Ducks 0

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jonathan Bernier tied a season high with 39 saves for his second shutout, and Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau scored two goals to lead the Toronto past Anaheim.

Tyler Bozak added two assists, giving him the team lead with 18, and Dion Phaneuf contributed his 300th career assist for the Maple Leafs, who have won three consecutive games and six of their past eight.

Anaheim goalie John Gibson left 41 seconds into the third period after Toronto's Nazem Kadri collided with him. Kadri slipped while attempting an off-balance shot, and his left leg hit Gibson's right hip.

Avalanche 4, Blues 3 (OT)

DENVER -- Gabriel Landeskog scored at 4:44 of overtime, lifting Colorado over St. Louis.

Nathan MacKinnon, Matt Duchene and Mikhail Grigorenko also scored for the Avalanche, who got 35 saves from Semyon Varlamov.

Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist, and Patrik Berglund and David Backes also had goals for the Blues. St. Louis lost its fourth straight, the past two in overtime.

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