Read reports from Thursday’s NHL games.
The Kraken blanks the Bruins 3-0
Martin Jones was perfect on 27 shots and the Seattle Kraken shut out the Boston Bruins 3-0 on Thursday night.
Jones’ third shutout helped the Kraken to their seventh straight win, which tied a club record. The Seattle squad also inflicted the Bruins’ first regulation-time loss at home this season.
Brandon Tanev, Eeli Tolvanen and Jaden Schwartz moved the ropes for the Kraken, who had gone on a seven-game winning streak earlier this season.
Jones stopped David Pastrnak on a breakaway in the second period to deny the Bruins’ best scoring opportunity.
Linus Ullmark made 28 saves for the Boston squad, which had won its last four outings. She was 19-0-3 at TD Garden this season.
The visitors took a 1-0 lead in the first half when Tanev redirected a snap into the net from Daniel Sprong. Tolvanen doubled Kraken’s lead in the second period.
Jimmy Golen, Associated Press
Red Wings beat Maple Leafs, first in nearly four years
PHOTO PAUL SANCYA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lucas Raymond (23)
Lucas Raymond had a goal and two assists to guide the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.
The Red Wings earned their first win over the Maple Leafs in nearly four years.
The Detroit formation had not beaten their section rival since the 1er February 2019, when they triumphed 3-2 in overtime. The Maple Leafs had won the last nine meetings.
Robby Fabbri, Ben Chiarot and Moritz Seider also found the back of the net for the Red Wings. Ville Husso stopped 32 shots.
Rasmus was the lone scorer for the Maple Leafs, who had won their last three games. Ilya Samsonov gave up three times in 22 shots.
The Torontonians were 18-2-2 against the Red Wings since the start of the 2016-17 season.
Associated Press
Lightning wins 5-4 over Canucks
PHOTO NATHAN RAY SEEBECK, USA TODAY SPORTS
Steven Stamkos was named player of the match at the end of the match.
Steven Stamkos came within a goal of 500 on Thursday, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning win 5-4 over the Vancouver Canucks.
Stamkos hit the mark on a two-man power play in the third period.
He’s about to become the 47e player in history to get 500 goals in the National League.
Corey Perry, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel scored the other goals for the Lightning as they earned their ninth straight win at home.
Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson, Conor Garland and JT Miller replied for the Canucks, who have lost their last five games on the road.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 36 saves for Tampa Bay, while Collin Delia turned aside 30 shots for the Vancouver side.
The Canucks will play their next game Saturday night at Sunrise.
Mark Diddler, Associated Press
Adam Fox touches gives victory to Rangers
PHOTO DANNY WILD, USA TODAY SPORTS
Adam Fox (23) and Mika Zibanejad (93) celebrate the winning goal in overtime.
Adam Fox hit the bull’s eye from 76e second of overtime and the New York Rangers beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Thursday night.
The Stars thought they had done enough in regulation time to win, but defenseman K’Andre Miller hit the target with two tenths remaining.
Rangers had failed to take a single shot on net with an extra player until Miller netted his fifth goal of the campaign.
Igor Shesterkin made 24 saves for the New York squad, allowing just one power-play goal to Tyler Seguin late in the second period.
Jake Oettinger gave up twice on 31 shots in front of the Stars net.
Coming off a 4-3 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night, the Rangers are 13-2-2 in their last 17 games.
Allan Kreda, Associated Press
Winnipeg wins 4-2 at Buffalo
PHOTO JEFFREY T. BARNES, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyle Connor beats goalkeeper Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Kyle Connor broke the tie on a breakaway in the third period on Thursday as the Winnipeg Jets inflicted a 4-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.
Nikolaj Ehlers intercepted a pass from Rasmus Dahlin and handed it over to Connor, who collected his 21e goal of the season at 7:19.
Dylan Samberg, Josh Morrissey and Karson Kuhlman also scored for the Jets, who have won six of their last seven games.
Winning keeper Connor Hellebuyck made 39 saves, 16 more than Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen.
Victor Olofsson and Tyson Jost have scored for the Sabers, who have lost their last three games.
The Jets will be back in action Friday night in Pittsburgh.
Joe Yerdon, Associated Press
Hurricanes win 6-2 against Blue Jackets
PHOTO RUSSELL LABOUNTY, USA TODAY SPORTS
Brett Pesce
Brett Pesce scored twice as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 on Thursday, ending a four-game losing streak.
Seth Jarvis and Jaccob Slevin each added a goal and an assist for Carolina.
The club were unbeaten in 11 games before going through a bad spell.
Brent Burns and Jalen Chatfield scored the other goals for the visitors.
Back after a 29-game absence (lower body), Frederik Andersen made 21 saves.
The Blue Jackets’ response came from Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Kuraly.
Joonas Korpisalo stopped 35 shots for Columbus, which suffered a third straight loss.
Nicole Kraft, Associated Press