Cole Perfetti and Mark Scheifele also scored for the Jets, who
rallied from an early two-goal deficit. Goaltender David Rittich
made 19 saves in the victory.
Christian Fischer scored both goals for the Coyotes, and goalie
Karel Vejmelka kept them in the game with 32 saves at Arizona
State University's new 5,000-seat venue.
The winner came after Coyotes defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere
turned the puck over at the offensive blue line, giving
Winnipeg's Pierre-Luc Dubois a breakaway down the left wing.
Dubois got to the faceoff circle before sending a pass across
the slot to Wheeler for a one-timer as Vejmelka tried to
scramble across the crease.
Islanders 6, Hurricanes 2
Josh Bailey scored a go-ahead goal in his 1,000th NHL game as
New York beat Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.
Brock Nelson posted two third-period goals, while Oliver
Wahlstrom and Matt Martin scored earlier for the Islanders, who
have won back-to-back games. Zach Parise had a short-handed goal
into an empty net. Mathew Barzal and Anthony Beauvillier each
posted two assists and goalie Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves just
two nights after shutting out the New York Rangers.
Martin Necas and Brent Burns scored for the Hurricanes, who
hadn't played a home game in more than two weeks. Carolina's
Frederik Andersen stopped 26 shots.
Canucks 5, Penguins 1
Andrei Kuzmenko and Bo Horvat each had a goal and an assist and
Spencer Martin made 34 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a
5-1 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.
After going 0-5-2 in their first seven games, the Canucks have
picked up victories on consecutive days. Vancouver got its first
win Friday, beating the Seattle Kraken 5-4.
Ilya Mikheyev had two assists for Vancouver. Tanner Pearson,
Oliver Ekman-Larsson and J.T. Miller scored the Canucks' other
goals. Rickard Rakell scored for the Penguins, and Tristan Jarry
stopped 24 shots.
Bruins 4, Blue Jackets 0
Boston scored three goals in the second period and Linus Ullmark
made 30 saves en route to a win over host Columbus.
Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk and David Pastrnak
all scored for the Bruins, who have won five consecutive games
and improved to 8-1-0.
Elvis Merzlikins made 25 saves over the first two periods before
Daniil Tarasov entered the Blue Jackets net in relief. Tarasov
stopped all six shots he saw in the third.
Golden Knights 4, Ducks 0
Logan Thompson made 29 saves for his second shutout of the
season to help lead Vegas past Anaheim in Las Vegas for its
third straight victory.
It was the third career shutout for Thompson, who improved to
4-2-0 on the season while also becoming the first goaltender in
the NHL with two shutouts this season.
Reilly Smith and William Karlsson each had a goal and an assist,
and Chandler Stephenson and Nicolas Roy also scored goals for
Vegas. John Gibson stopped 14 of 18 shots for the Ducks, who
dropped their seventh straight game. He was pulled after the
second period.
Devils 1, Avalanche 0
Vitek Vanecek made 24 saves and Jack Hughes scored a
third-period goal to give New Jersey a shutout win over visiting
Colorado in Newark, N.J. The Devils are 5-1-0 in their past six
games.
After a scoreless 40 minutes, Hughes broke the deadlock 2:59
into the third period. On a New Jersey power play, Hughes
collected his third goal of the season, firing a quick shot from
the circle that beat a screened Pavel Francouz (22 saves).
Colorado saw its two-game winning streak end, and the Avalanche
took just their second shutout loss since the start of the
2021-22 season.
--Field Level Media
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