Tarasenko became the fifth player to score 500 career points for
the Blues, joining Bernie Federko, Brett Hull, Brian Sutter and
Garry Unger.
David Perron and Marco Scandella also scored for the Blues, who
won for just the second time in their past seven games (2-3-2).
Robert Thomas had two assists and Ville Husso made 35 saves to
earn the victory.
Brad Hunt scored and Jaroslav Halak made 25 saves for the
Canucks, who saw their four-game points streak (2-0-2) snapped.
Oilers 6, Coyotes 1
Ryan McLeod scored twice in a career-best, three-point game
while Leon Draisaitl notched one goal and one assist as host
Edmonton topped Arizona.
Connor McDavid, Warren Foegele and Zach Hyman also tallied for
the Oilers, who have won seven straight home games. Jesse
Puljujarvi collected two assists and goaltender Mikko Koskinen
made 31 saves.
Clayton Keller replied for the Coyotes, who have lost six
straight games (0-5-1). Karel Vejmelka stopped 30 of 35 shots
before being pulled after two periods. Josef Korenar made six
saves in relief.
Hurricanes 6, Capitals 1
Martin Necas collected two goals and an assist to fuel visiting
Carolina to a convincing victory over Washington.
Brady Skjei had a goal and an assist while Brett Pesce, Derek
Stepan and Sebastian Aho had a goal apiece as the Hurricanes
improved to 3-0-1 in their past four games. Max Domi, Teuvo
Teravainen and Vincent Trocheck each notched two assists and
Frederik Andersen made 25 saves to help Carolina defeat
Washington for the first time in four meetings this season.
Tom Wilson scored for the Capitals. Washington goalie Vitek
Vanecek yielded five goals on 23 shots in two periods before
being relieved by Ilya Samsonov to start the third. Washington
forward Evgeny Kuznetsov saw his career-high, 12-game point
streak (seven goals, eight assists) come to a halt.
Sabres 6, Blackhawks 5
Tage Thompson broke a tie with 12 seconds left in the third
period to give visiting Buffalo a comeback win against Chicago.
Victor Olofsson had two goals and an assist while Thompson and
Alex Tuch each had a goal and an assist for the Sabres, who are
4-0-2 in their past six games. Vinnie Hinostroza and Kyle Okposo
added goals and Rasmus Dahlin and Dylan Cozens each had two
assists.
Alex DeBrincat notched a goal and an assist and Jonathan Toews,
Sam Lafferty, Calvin de Haan and Seth Jones also scored for the
Blackhawks, who blew a 4-0, second-period lead.
Kraken 6, Kings 1
Adam Larsson recorded the tiebreaking goal near the midway point
of the first period and Chris Driedger made 36 saves as visiting
Seattle beat Los Angeles.
Two nights after Seattle fell 4-2 at Los Angeles, the Kraken
scored 14 seconds into the contest through Alex Wennberg and
wound up with 14 players recording at least one point. Victor
Rask, Jordan Eberle, Jared McCann and Daniel Sprong also scored
to help the Kraken earn their third victory in four games.
Arthur Kaliyev scored for the Kings, who lost for the first time
in three meetings with the Kraken.
--Field Level Media
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