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The Canucks rallied after falling behind 3-0 and losing
defenseman Tucker Poolman, who was removed late in the first
period and placed in the NHL's COVID protocol as the game
continued. Poolman was the fourth Canuck to land in the COVID
protocol on Tuesday, joining Juho Lammikko, Luke Schenn and Brad
Hunt.
Vancouver ran its winning streak to five games, dating to when
Bruce Boudreau took over as coach. The Canucks trailed 3-0 after
the first period, but Horvat started and finished the comeback,
with Elias Pettersson and rookie Vasily Podkolzin also scoring.
Eric Robinson scored twice and Max Domi registered his seventh
goal for Columbus.
Maple Leafs 5, Oilers 1
Auston Matthews scored two goals and extended his point streak
to 10 games as visiting Toronto dealt Edmonton its sixth
straight loss.
Morgan Rielly added a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs,
who have won two in a row. Wayne Simmonds and TJ Brodie also
scored for Toronto, Ondrej Kase added two assists and Jack
Campbell made several big saves while stopping 35 shots.
Colton Sceviour scored for the Oilers, and Mikko Koskinen made
20 saves.
Blues 4, Stars 1
Justin Faulk scored the go-ahead goal in his first game out of
COVID-19 protocol to lead visiting St. Louis past Dallas.
Colton Parayko, Ryan O'Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored
for the Blues, who snapped their six-game road winless streak.
They have earned points in nine of their past 10 games (6-1-3).
Charlie Lindgren made 33 saves to earn the victory.
Riley Damiani scored in his NHL debut and Jake Oettinger made 24
saves for the Stars, who lost their fourth straight game and saw
their eight-game home winning streak end.
Sabers 4, Jets 2
Rasmus Dahlin scored twice and Buffalo snapped a seven-game
slide with a win against host Winnipeg.
Jeff Skinner and Anders Bjork also scored for the Sabres, who
were 0-5-2 during their skid. Tage Thompson and Victor Olofsson
each had two assists, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 34 saves.
Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist, Nikolaj Ehlers
scored and Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for the Jets, who are
winless in their past two.
Penguins 5, Canadiens 2
Evan Rodrigues had a goal and two assists to lead Pittsburgh
past visiting Montreal for its fifth straight win.
Kasperi Kapanen, Mike Matheson, Brian Dumoulin and Brian Boyle
also scored and Sidney Crosby added two assists for the
Penguins. Tristan Jarry made 28 saves to improve to 8-1-1 over
his past 10 starts.
Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist and Jesse Ylonen scored
for the Canadiens, who fell to 0-6-1 in their past seven. Jake
Allen made 26 saves.
Flyers 6, Devils 1
Cam Atkinson produced three goals and an assist to lift host
Philadelphia past New Jersey.
The four-point game tied Atkinson's career high, and the hat
trick was the seventh of his career. Travis Sanheim and Oskar
Lindblom each added one goal and one assist for the Flyers, who
won their third in a row following a 10-game losing streak.
Justin Braun also scored, and Carter Hart made 26 saves.
P.K. Subban scored the lone goal for the Devils. Goaltender
Mackenzie Blackwood was pulled to begin the third period after
allowing five goals on 22 shots. Akira Schmid stopped seven of
the eight shots he faced in his second NHL game.
Senators 8, Panthers 2
Josh Norris scored two goals and Drake Batherson tallied four
points in Sunrise, Fla., as Ottawa hammered the top home team in
the NHL.
Anton Forsberg made 33 saves to win his fifth straight game.
Batherson scored a goal and recorded three assists. Ottawa also
got a goal each from Austin Watson, Dylan Gambrell, Tim Stutzle,
Brady Tkachuk and Nick Paul.
Florida, which dropped to 14-2-0 at home, got goals from
Jonathan Huberdeau and Sam Reinhart, and rookie goalie Spencer
Knight made 30 saves.
Lightning 3, Kings 2 (OT)
Mathieu Joseph scored at 3:25 of overtime as Tampa Bay beat
visiting Los Angeles for the ninth straight time.
After goalies Jonathan Quick (27 saves) and Andrei Vasilevskiy
(28 saves) made incredible one-on-one saves in the first half of
the three-on-three session, Joseph led an odd-man rush from the
right side and fired a shot on Quick. The netminder made the
initial stop, but the puck hit his leg and trundled in for the
winner.
Victor Hedman and Taylor Raddysh scored for the Lightning. Los
Angeles got goals from Drew Doughty and Viktor Arvidsson.
Golden Knights 4, Bruins 1
Max Pacioretty scored twice to extend his goal streak to seven
games and Chandler Stephenson had three assists as Vegas coasted
past host Boston for its fifth win in six games.
Jonathan Marchessault and Shea Theodore added goals for the
Golden Knights, and Robin Lehner made 23 saves. Pacioretty has
scored 10 goals in seven December games, recording three
multi-goal games.
Patrice Bergeron scored for the Bruins, and rookie Jeremy
Swayman stopped 21 of 25 shots to take his third straight loss.
Red Wings 2, Islanders 1
Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 33 shots as host Detroit downed New
York to end a three-game losing streak.
Dylan Larkin and Michael Rasmussen scored for Detroit, while
Anders Lee scored for the Islanders. Ilya Sorokin made 37 saves
for New York, which had won two of its previous three games
following an 11-game losing skid.
The Islanders were missing center Mathew Barzal, who leads his
team with 17 points, after he was placed in COVID-19 protocol.
Avalanche 4, Rangers 2
Valeri Nichushkin had two goals, Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar
also scored, and Colorado beat New York in Denver.
Nazem Kadri had three assists, Nathan MacKinnon had two assists
and Darcy Kuemper made 26 saves for Colorado, which has won five
straight.
Ryan Strome and Julien Gauthier scored goals and Alexandar
Georgiev stopped 27 shots for the Rangers.
Kraken 3, Sharks 1
Ryan Donato scored against his former team and Chris Driedger
made 33 saves as expansion Seattle won at San Jose.
Brandon Tanev and Calle Jarnkrok also tallied for the Kraken,
who snapped a three-game winless streak (0-2-1). Jarnkrok added
an assist.
Logan Couture scored and James Reimer stopped 27 of 29 shots for
the Sharks, who sustained their fourth loss in their past six
games.
--Field Level Media
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