NHL roundup: Ex-Devil Adam Henrique powers Ducks with hat trick

 

[December 18, 2023]  Adam Henrique notched his first career hat trick, producing the milestone against his former team Sunday night as the visiting Anaheim Ducks earned a rare win by beating the New Jersey Devils 5-1 in Newark, N.J.

Henrique, who played one game for the Devils during the 2010-11 season then spent the next six-plus seasons with New Jersey, entered Sunday with 26 two-goal efforts in 858 NHL games.

Alex Killorn and Troy Terry also scored for the Ducks, who snapped a five-game skid and won for just the second time in 15 games (2-13-0). Goalie John Gibson earned the victory after making 18 saves in the first two periods before exiting due to illness. Lukas Dostal stopped all 10 shots he faced in the third.

Michael McLeod scored for the Devils, who lost for just the third time in 11 games (8-3-0) but fell to 1-5-1 in the second game of a back-to-back set. Goalie Akira Schmid recorded 22 saves.

Capitals 2, Hurricanes 1 (SO)

Darcy Kuemper made 28 saves to help visiting Washington rally for a shootout win against Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.

Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the lone goal in the shootout and Martin Fehervary scored in regulation for the Capitals, who won for the first time in three games.

Sebastian Aho scored and Pyotr Kochetkov made 20 saves for the Hurricanes, who lost in a tiebreaker for the second straight game.

Avalanche 6, Sharks 2

Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and two assists, Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin, Ryan Johansen and Miles Wood also scored and Colorado beat San Jose Sharks in Denver.

Jonathan Drouin contributed two assists and Alexandar Georgiev turned away 27 shots for Colorado, which has won three of its past four games. MacKinnon has a 15-game point streak -- matching a career high -- and has at least one point in all 16 Avalanche home games this season.

Tomas Hertl had two goals, Mikael Granlund had two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood made 22 saves for San Jose.

Dec 17, 2023; Newark, New Jersey, USA; Anaheim Ducks center Adam Henrique (14) celebrates his third goal of the game with teammates during the third period against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center./Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports

Golden Knights 6, Senators 3

Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev each had a goal and an assist and Mark Stone chipped in with three assists as Vegas cruised to a victory over visiting Ottawa.

Chandler Stephenson, Jonathan Marchessault, Nicolas Roy and William Karlsson also scored for Vegas, which won its ninth in a row against Ottawa. Josh Norris had a goal and assist and Brady Tkachuk and Ridly Greig also scored for Ottawa, which extended its losing streak to a season-high four. Joonas Korpisalo finished with 25 saves.

Logan Thompson, who replaced starter Adin Hill after 6:25 of the first period, made 20 saves. Hill, making his first appearance since leaving a Nov. 30 win at Vancouver with a lower-body injury, left after stopping just two of three shots. Thompson finished despite grimacing and grabbing his right leg after making a save early in the third.

Canucks 4, Blackhawks 3

Second-period goals by Dakota Joshua, Brock Boeser and Ilya Mikheyev erased a deficit and sparked visiting Vancouver to a victory over Chicago.

Elias Pettersson also scored for Vancouver, which is on a 5-0-1 run, J.T. Miller and Tyler Myers collected two assists each and goaltender Thatcher Demko made 25 saves.

Nick Foligno scored twice and Cole Guttman added a goal for the Blackhawks, who are suffering through a four-game losing skid and have collected only two wins in 10 games. Rookie sensation Connor Bedard, who hails from Vancouver, collected two assists and goalie Petr Mrazek stopped 22 shots.

--Field Level Media

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