Highlights of Wednesday's NHL games
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[January 16, 2018]
(The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of National Hockey League
games on Wednesday:
Golden Knights 4, Ducks 1
Shea Theodore, Cody Eakin, William Karlsson and David Perron
registered goals, and Malcolm Subban made 27 saves as the Vegas
Golden Knights defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Wednesday night.
Vegas won its fifth consecutive game and remained undefeated in
regulation play through 10 games (9-0-1), the longest point streak
by a team in its inaugural NHL season.
Anaheim had a two-game winning streak snapped. Rickard Rakell
registered the lone Ducks' goal, and John Gibson made 24 saves.
Coyotes 3, Avalanche 1
Tobias Rieder, Alex Goligoski and Lawson Crouse scored goals, Antti
Raanta made 25 saves, and Arizona defeated Colorado.
The Coyotes won for the second time in three games after going 1-8-2
in their previous 11 contests.
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and Semyon Varlamov stopped 24 shots for
the Avalanche, who lost home games to the two worst teams in the
league this month. The Buffalo Sabres beat Colorado 4-2 on Dec. 5.

Jets 4, Oilers 3
Winnipeg may have picked up a valuable two points with a victory
over Edmonton, but it also lost offensive leader Mark Scheifele with
a serious arm or shoulder injury.
After assisting on a goal, Scheifele was taken hard into the end
boards. The Jets' second-leading scorer fell awkwardly, immediately
grabbed his right shoulder and writhed on the ice for about 30
seconds. He finally got up under his own power and went straight to
the dressing room. He did not return.
Connor Hellebuyck stopped 21 shots in picking up his 13th win of the
season for the Jets while Cam Talbot got in front of 35 shots
directed his way at the other end of the ice for the Oilers.
Wild 4, Stars 2
Mikael Granlund's second-period goal stood up as the game-winner,
and Alex Stalock made 24 saves as Minnesota held on for a victory
over Dallas.
Jared Spurgeon and Eric Staal added goals the Wild and Charlie Coyle
had a pair of assists.
Tyler Seguin and Mattias Janmark scored for the Stars, but it wasn't
enough as Dallas saw its two-game winning streak snapped. Ben Bishop
kept his team within striking distance with 27 saves.
Predators 2, Blues 1
Pekka Rinne stopped 29 shots and Nashville got goals from Craig
Smith and Calle Jarnkrok in a win over St. Louis.
The win moved the Predators past the Blues into first place in the
Central Division.

The Blues fell behind 2-0 after the first two periods before ruining
Rinne's bid for his fourth shutout of the season on a goal by
Vladimir Sobotka, who deflected a shot by Kyle Brodziak with 6:23 to
go in the third period.
Rangers 1, Capitals 0 (SO)
Mats Zuccarello and Mika Zibanejad scored during a shootout as New
York defeated Washington.
Both backup goaltenders kept the game scoreless through regulation
and overtime.
The Rangers' Ondrej Pavelec turned aside 27 shots through the first
60 minutes, three more in overtime and two during the shootout. The
Capitals Philipp Grubauer stopped 37 shots, including 18 in the
third period and one in overtime. Grubauer was beaten on both of New
York's shootout attempts.
Bruins 5, Senators 1
Riley Nash scored his first two goals since Nov. 28 and added an
assist, and Boston came out of the holiday break with a convincing
victory over Ottawa.
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Arizona Coyotes defenseman Alex Goligoski (33) (bottom right) scores
past Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov (1) with right wing
Christian Fischer (36) and defenseman Samuel Girard (49) in front of
the net in the second period at the Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit:
Ron Chenoy-USA

Nash matched his career high for points in a single game. Tuukka
Rask made 25 saves to go to 9-0-1 in his past 10 starts. David
Backes and Danton Heinen both posted a goal and an assist, and Kevan
Miller scored his first goal in 35 games, and defenseman Matt
Grzelcyk had two assists for Boston.
Thomas Chabot scored the lone goal for the Senators on a slap shot.
Islanders 3, Sabres 2 (OT)
Mathew Barzal scored 1:08 into overtime as New York mounted a late
comeback to beat Buffalo.
Josh Bailey forced overtime by scoring with 1:09 left in regulation
for the Islanders, who won two straight for the first time this
month. Jason Chimera scored in the second period and Jaroslav Halak
made 35 saves.
Zemgus Girgensons and Kyle Okposo scored for the Sabres, who have
lost 11 of 14 (3-7-4). Robin Lehner made 31 saves.
Devils 3, Red Wings 1
Rookie Nico Hischier scored two goals, and Cory Schneider made 31
saves as New Jersey extended its winning streak to a season-high
five games with a victory over Detroit.
Hischier, the top pick in the 2017 draft, scored twice in the first
period, the second two-goal game of his young career. The Red Wings
answered back in the second period with a Justin Abdelkader goal but
could not score the equalizer against an exceptionally sharp
Schneider.
The Devils' Sami Vatanen collected an empty-net goal to close out
the scoring in the final minute.

Penguins 5, Blue Jackets 4 (SO)
Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby scored in a shootout as Pittsburgh
overcame three two-goal deficits to beat Columbus.
The Penguins' Jake Guentzel scored with 1:40 left in the third
period to force a 4-4 tie. Conor Sheary, Phil Kessel and Malkin also
scored for the Penguins.
Sonny Milano and Boone Jenner staked the Blue Jackets to a 2-0 lead
in the first before leading scorer Artemi Panarin scored once in the
second and once in the third.
Hurricanes 3, Canadiens 1
Sebastian Aho, the third member of Carolina to put a shot on goal in
a five-second sequence, scored the winning goal against Montreal.
Aho's go-ahead power-play goal came with 10:45 remaining. He added
an empty-netter with 1:24 to play, giving him 10 goals this season.
Teuvo Teravainen opened the scoring for the Hurricanes, who won six
of their last seven games.
Alex Galchenyuk scored for the Canadiens, who began a stretch of
three road games in four nights. Cam Ward, who made a third
consecutive start for the first time this season, was credited with
23 saves.
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