Saros makes Predators-record 64 saves, beats Hurricanes

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Nashville goalie Juuse Saros made a franchise record with 64 saves, and Mark Jankowski hit 5-06 in the third period to give the Predators their first lead in a 5-3 win over the Carolinas to procure Hurricanes on Thursday evening.

Saros stopped all 28 shots in the third.

Filip Forsberg, Mattias Ekholm, Cody Glass and Colton Sissons also scored for Nashville.

Paul Stastny, Brady Skjei and Jordan Staal scored for Carolina.

The Hurricanes, who were on a franchise-record 11-game winning streak against the New York Rangers on Tuesday night, have lost straight games for the first time since Nov. 6-9.

CAPITAL LETTER 6, BLUE JACKETS 2

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — TJ Oshie scored twice and Washington used a four-goal second half to beat Columbus for its seventh straight win.

Washington has won 12 of their last 15 games, with points in eight straight. Columbus has lost nine of its last 10.

Oshie, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Martin Fehervary and Garnet Hathaway all scored in the second period, and Oshie and Alex Ovechkin added goals in the third period. Dylan Strome contributed three assists, Evgeny Kuznetsov had two assists and Darcy Kuemper made 25 stops.

Johnny Gaudreau and Gavin Bayreuther scored for Columbus, Emil Bemstrom had two assists. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 31 strokes on his first start since December 13.

Ranger 4, Canadian 1

MONTREAL (AP) — Filip Chytil scored twice in the second half and New York scored three times in under six minutes to beat the slithering Montreal.

Chris Kreider was shorthanded and defender Braden Schneider also scored for the rising Rangers, who clinched their third straight win and improved to 11-2-1 in their last 14 games. Jaroslav Halak made 17 saves.

Joel Armia scored for Montreal. The Canadians have lost seven games in a row.

BLUES 5, DEVIL 3

NEWARK, NJ (AP) — Ivan Barbashev equalized late in the second half and set up Brandon Saad’s go-ahead early in the third in St. Louis’ win over New Jersey.

Robert Thomas scored twice, Jordan Kyrou added a goal and Jordan Binnington made 36 saves to help the Blues improve to 7-2-3 in their last 12 games.

Jack Hughes, who has six goals in his last four games, scored twice for New Jersey, and Nico Hishier scored with a two-man lead with 7:51 left. Akira Schmid, who was called off from Utica earlier in the day because of a hand injury suffered by Mackenzie Blackwood, made 14 saves.

OCTOPUS 5, MAPLE LEAVES 1

TORONTO (AP) — Vince Dunn had a goal and two assists, Martin Jones had 26 stops and Seattle beat Toronto for their third straight win.

Jared McCann had a goal and an assist to help Seattle improve to 21-12-4. Eeli Tolvanen opened the scoring for the Kraken on the power play, with Matty Beniers and Alex Wennberg scoring more goals.

John Tavares scored a power play goal for Toronto and Matt Murray made 21 saves. The Maple Leafs fell to 23-9-7.

FLYERS 6, COYOTES 2

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — All-Star Kevin Hayes scored one of five goals for Philadelphia in the second half, and Morgan Frost had four assists to push the Flyers past Arizona for their fourth straight win.

Hayes was a surprise pick as the Flyers’ pick for All-Star Weekend, earning preference over standout winger Travis Konecny or goaltender Carter Hart.

Konecny scored his 20th goal of the season to start scoring for the Flyers in the second. Joel Farabee, Wade Allison and Ivan Provorov also provided the 5-2 lead that kept their hot streak going. James van Riemsdyk made it 6-2 in the third game and helped the Flyers score at least three goals in eight games in a row.

Hart stopped 21 shots. Michael Carcone scored late in the first half to give Arizona a 1-0 lead and Nick Ritchie answered Konency’s goal early in the second for a 2-1 lead.

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