NHL roundup: Auston Matthews' return boosts Leafs
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[February 16, 2023]
Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist in his return after
missing five games with a sprained knee, helping the Toronto Maple
Leafs earn a 5-2 win over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on
Wednesday night.
The Maple Leafs went 2-3-0 while Matthews was out.
William Nylander added a goal and two assists for Toronto while
Rasmus Sandin and John Tavares each chipped in with a goal and an
assist. Conor Timmins added a goal, and the Maple Leafs goalie Ilya
Samsonov made 27 saves.
Sam Lafferty and Philipp Kurashev scored for the Blackhawks, who
have lost the first three games of a four-game trip. Petr Mrazek
stopped 37 shots.
Red Wings 5, Oilers 4 (SO)
Dylan Larkin and Robby Fabbri had a goal and an assist apiece, Pius
Suter scored the decisive goal in the shootout and Detroit edged
host Edmonton.
Moritz Seider and Olli Maatta had Detroit's other regulation goals,
while Ville Husso made 41 saves and stopped three more shots in the
shootout. The Red Wings matched their season high by registering a
fourth straight victory.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two goals and an assist for the Oilers. Leon
Draisaitl and Derek Ryan also scored, while Connor McDavid added two
assists to give him 99 points this season. Jack Campbell made 19
saves.
Avalanche 3, Wild 2
Alexandar Georgiev made 41 saves and Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and
an assist to lead Colorado to a victory over Minnesota in Saint
Paul, Minn.
Andrew Cogliano and Denis Malgin also scored goals for Colorado,
which moved two points ahead of the Wild in the battle for third
place in the Central Division. Devon Toews added two assists as the
Avalanche improved to 9-2-2 over their past 13 games.
Joel Eriksson Ek scored a power-play goal and Kirill Kaprizov also
found the net for Minnesota, which fell to 1-4-1 in the past six
games. Mats Zuccarello had two assists while Marc-Andre Fleury
stopped 16 of 19 shots.
Coyotes 1, Lightning 0 (SO)
Clayton Keller scored the deciding goal in a shootout, and Connor
Ingram set an NHL record in his first career shutout as Arizona beat
Tampa Bay in Tempe, Ariz.
After the Coyotes' Nick Schmaltz and the Lightning's Steven Stamkos
scored in the first round of the shootout and both teams came up
empty in the second round, Keller went forehand-backhand and roofed
home a shot for a 2-1 lead. Ingram then denied Nikita Kucherov for
the win.
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Feb 15, 2023; Toronto, Ontario, CAN;
Toronto Maple Leafs right wing William Nylander (88) battles for the
puck with Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Caleb Jones (82) in front of
Blackhawks goaltender Petr Mrazek (34) during the third period at
Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports
Ingram set a league record by stopping 47 shots in
his first career shutout -- breaking the record held by teammate
Karel Vejmelka, who had 46 on Nov. 29, 2021. Tampa Bay's Brian
Elliott stopped 26 shots.
Sabers 7, Ducks 3
Casey Mittelstadt broke a tie late in the second period and visiting
Buffalo went on to beat Anaheim.
Mittelstadt, Tyson Jost, Peyton Krebs, Alex Tuch and Dylan Cozens
each had a goal and an assist, and Rasmus Dahlin and Jack Quinn each
had two assists for the Sabres, who snapped a four-game slide
(0-3-1). Tage Thompson and Zemgus Girgensons also scored, and Eric
Comrie made 19 saves.
Cam Fowler scored twice, Kevin Shattenkirk had a goal and an assist
and Lukas Dostal made 37 saves for the Ducks, who have been
outscored 20-8 during a three-game losing streak.
Rangers 6, Canucks 4
Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad both collected two goals and one
assist as New York turned back host Vancouver to run its winning
streak to six games.
Chris Kreider and K'Andre Miller also scored for the Rangers, and
Igor Shesterkin made 25 saves.
Andrei Kuzmenko collected one goal and one assist for Vancouver,
while Curtis Lazar, J.T. Miller and Conor Garland also scored. The
Canucks are on a 1-4-1 slide. Lazar and defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson
left due to lower-body injuries, and goalie Arturs Silovs stopped 22
shots in his NHL debut.
--Field Level Media
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