Friday in the NHL | Hurricanes win 5th straight game

Antti Raanta closes the door to the Senators

Antti Raanta made 32 saves en route to a third shutout in 21 outings this season as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Friday.

Brent Burns, Seth Jarvis, Martin Necas and Brady Skjei scored for the Hurricanes, who won their fifth straight game. Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho each had two assists.

The Senators were shut out for the second time this season. However, they suffered a second loss in regulation time for the first time in more than a month.

Both of those losses came against two of the NHL’s best teams. The Senators lost 3-1 to the Boston Bruins on Monday.

Cam Talbot returned to action after a nine-game absence with a lower-body injury. He stopped 26 shots.

Bob Sutton, Associated Press

The Jets suffer a heavy loss at home against the Avalanche 5-1

The Colorado Avalanche scored four goals on their first five shots in their 5-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday.

Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and JT Compher each had a goal and an assist.

Bowen Byram and Matt Nieto also scored for the Avalanche (32-19-5), which is on a fourth straight win.

Alexandar Georgiev made 26 saves for the Avalanche, which also won a fourth straight game on the road.

Mason Appleton scored the only goal for the Jets (35-23-1).

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 21 of the 26 shots he faced before being replaced by David Rittich to start the third period. Rittich made 10 saves.

The Avalanche led 4-1 after the first period and 5-1 after the second.

MacKinnon opened the scoring for the Avalanche 19 seconds into the game by scoring his 20^e goal of the season in a breakaway.

The Jets tied at 3:12 on the power play after Appleton deflected a shot from Nate Schmidt.

Rantanen made it 2-1 just 80 seconds later with his 37^e goal of the season.

He was followed by Compher three minutes later and Byram scored to make it 4-1 at 10:58.

The Jets changed their defensive pairings to start the second period, but Nieto went in front of the net and caught a pass from Compher to make it 5-1 at 10:59.

Judy Owen, The Canadian Press

Nylander gives Maple Leafs a 2-1 win over the Wild

William Nylander scored 1:05 into overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night.

David Kampf scored the other goal for the Maple Leafs (36-15-8). Ilya Samsonov made 24 saves. Nylander added an assist to give him 70 points this season.

Brandon Duhaime replied for the Wild (32-21-6). Filip Gustavsson stopped 22 shots as the Wild saw their four-game winning streak come to an end after beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-0 on Thursday.

The Wild opened the scoring in the first period on a bizarre streak that saw Duhaime’s pass ricochet off the skate of Calle Jarnkrok of the Leafs, ultimately trumping Samsonov.

The Leafs responded before the end of the period when Kampf scored his sixth goal after a Nylander pass behind the net.

Nylander stole the puck from Frédérick Gaudreau before deceiving Gustavsson to score the winning goal in overtime.

The Canadian Press

The Kings score three goals in the second period and beat the Islanders 3-2

Phillip Danault, Arthur Kaliyev and Gabriel Vilardi scored in the second period and the Los Angeles Kings ended a narrow two-game losing streak by beating the New York Islanders 3-2 on Friday.

Jonathan Quick stopped 16 shots and added a 370^e victory on his record.

Quick climbed to 19^e rank in NHL history in this regard, ahead of Tom Barrasso and Pekka Rinne. He ranks third among American goaltenders, behind only John Vanbiesbrouck (374) and Ryan Miller (391).

Noah Dobson and Adam Pelech hit the target for the Islanders, who had won their previous two games. Ilya Sorokin made 25 saves.

The Kings’ three goals came in a 5:34 interval and put them up 3-0.

Scott Charles, Associated Press