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Tanner Pearson scored early in the third period for the Canucks,
who have won nine of their past 10 games, with much of the
winning run coming after Bruce Boudreau replaced fired head
coach Travis Green on Dec. 6.
Thatcher Demko had 22 saves for the Canucks, who defeated the
Ducks for the first time in three tries this season.
Sam Carrick scored a first-period goal for the Ducks, and John
Gibson made 35 saves.
Flyers 3, Kraken 2 (OT)
Ivan Provorov scored on a breakaway 2:14 into overtime as
Philadelphia won at Seattle.
James van Riemsdyk tallied twice for the Flyers, who extended
their season-high points streak to six games (5-0-1). Martin
Jones, filling in with goaltender Carter Hart, who played his
junior hockey in nearby Everett, Wash., in the league's COVID-19
protocol, made 34 saves for the win.
Yanni Gourde and Jeremy Lauzon scored for Seattle and Philipp
Grubauer stopped 19 of 22 shots. The Kraken fell to 1-4-2 in
their past seven games.
Panthers 4, Rangers 3
Carter Verhaeghe scored the go-ahead goal with 9:29 left in the
third period as Florida rallied to beat New York in Sunrise,
Fla.
The Panthers entered the third trailing 2-1, but they tied the
score on a goal by MacKenzie Weegar and went ahead on
Verhaeghe's wrist shot. Anthony Duclair followed with Florida's
third goal of the period. Anton Lundell scored Florida's other
goal, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves to earn the win.
Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad each had one goal and one
assist for New York. Chris Kreider also scored, and Igor
Shesterkin stopped 28 shots.
Devils 4, Sabres 3
Jack Hughes scored the tiebreaking goal 4:28 into the third
period and collected two assists in the first period as visiting
New Jersey ended a six-game losing streak with a victory over
Buffalo.
Dougie Hamilton, Jesper Bratt and Yegor Sharangovich also scored
for New Jersey, with Bratt adding two assists and Sharangovich
contributing one helper. Devils goalie Mackenzie Blackwood
stopped 19 shots in his return from a neck injury.
Tage Thompson scored twice in the opening 3:17 of the second and
Ethan Prow also scored in his NHL debut for Buffalo. Ukko-Pekka
Luukkonen recorded 38 saves.
Capitals 5, Predators 3
John Carlson had a goal and three assists and Evgeny Kuznetsov
scored a short-handed goal to give Washington a win over
visiting Nashville.
The result snapped the Predators' seven-game win streak, tied
for the third-longest run in franchise history. Carlson recorded
the first four-point game of his NHL career. Carl Hagelin had an
assist and an empty-net goal for Washington, while Dmitry Orlov
had two assists.
Yakov Trenin, Luke Kunin, and Filip Forsberg scored for the
Predators. Dante Fabbro collected two assists.
Blues 4, Oilers 2
Vladimir Tarasenko and Jordan Kyrou had a goal and two assists
each to lift St. Louis past visiting Edmonton.
Robert Thomas and Brandon Saad also scored and Jordan Binnington
made 26 saves for the Blues, who are 6-1-2 in their past nine
games overall and 9-0-1 in their past 10 home games. St. Louis'
Craig Berube earned his 200th NHL coaching victory.
Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard scored for the Oilers, who lost
for the seventh time in their past nine games. Mike Smith
returned from his leg injury to make 29 saves for Edmonton in
his first start since Oct. 19.
--Field Level Media
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