Check out the reports of the games played on Thursday in the NHL.
Posted at 10:12 p.m.
Updated at 10:27 p.m.
Blue Jackets beat Carolina 6-0
Yegor Chinakhov scored twice, Elvis Merzlikins made 31 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 6-0 on Thursday.
The 20-year-old Russian’s second goal came on a flurry of three goals in 67 seconds early in the third period.
Merzlikins got a second shutout this season.
Emil Bemstrom, Patrik Laine, Jack Roslovic and Cole Sillinger were the other scorers.
Eric Robinson and Jake Bean each provided two assists.
Columbus will play again Saturday night at Sunrise.
Frederik Anderson allowed four goals on 28 shots and then Jack LaFontaine blocked one of three shots in his NHL debut.
The Hurricanes will host Vancouver on Saturday afternoon.
The Canadian Press
The Lightning defeat the Canucks 4-2
PHOTO CHRIS O’MEARA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevskiy celebrates his victory with his teammates.
Steven Stamkos scored his 18th goal of the season, a season high for the Lightning, and the Tampa Bay squad beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Thursday night.
Anthony Cirelli, Boris Katchouk and Brayden Point also threaded the needle for the Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves.
Katchouk gave the Lightning a 3-1 lead in the third period on a two-man run against the goaltender. Moments later, Vasilevskiy frustrated Elias Pettersson on a breakaway.
Matthew Highmore and Tyler Motte both had a goal and an assist for the Canucks, who are 8-2-1 since Bruce Boudreau replaced Travis Green as head coach.
Thatcher Demko stopped 17 shots for Vancouver, which returned to action Tuesday night in a 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers.
Motte reduced the lead to 3-2 with just 4:14 left in the game. Point, however, sealed the outcome of the meeting in an empty net.
Mark Diddler, The Canadian Press