Consult the reports of the games played Wednesday in the NHL.
Penguins defeat Canucks 4-1
Tristan Jarry stopped 36 shots for his fourth straight start and the Pittsburgh Penguins edged the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Wednesday night.
Evan Rodrigues, Bryan Rust, Zach Aston-Reese and Brock McGinn scored for the Penguins, who beat their opponents 15-2 in that winning streak.
Jarry repelled 116 of 118 shots he faced in that streak, helping the Penguins out of last place in the Metropolitan Division.
Thatcher Demko made 33 saves for the Canucks.
Bo Horvat scored his sixth goal of the season – Vancouver’s first goal in 147: 58 of playing time.
The Canucks, who have the NHL’s worst shorthanded unit, allowed a man-short goal for the 15e times in 20 games and Vancouver has often left Demko to fend for itself after careless turnovers and bad plays.
Will Graves, Associated Press
Bruins hand Sabers 5-1 loss
PHOTO TIMOTHY T. LUDWIG, USA TODAY SPORTS
The Bruins have won four of their last five games.
Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak and Charlie Coyle all had a goal and an assist on Wednesday helping the Boston Bruins win 5-1 over the Buffalo Sabers.
Mike Reilly and Taylor Hall were the Bruins’ other scorers.
Nick Foligno had two goals and Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves.
Boston was recovering nicely after being shut out by Calgary on Sunday.
The Bruins have won four of their last five games.
Aaron Dell was kicked out after giving up four goals on 22 shots in the first period. Dustin Tokarski blocked 24 pucks.
Kyle Okposo hit the goal for the Sabers, who lost for the fourth time in a row.
The Bruins will host the New York Rangers on Friday.
The Sabers will host the Montreal Canadiens the same evening.
Jonah Bronstein, Associated Press
Panthers win 2-1 over Flyers
PHOTO LYNNE SLADKY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aaron Ekblad scored his sixth goal of the season in overtime.
Aaron Ekblad scored at 2:39 in overtime and the Florida Panthers won their 11th consecutive home game, a team-record to start the season, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 Wednesday night.
Ekblad scored his sixth goal of the season 3 against 3 after a nice exchange with Jonathan Huberdeau.
Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist as Anthony Duclair and Ekblad also had assists for Florida who are 8-2-1 against the Metro Division teams.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves and became the first Panthers goaltender to give his team at least one point in 11 straight starts (9-0-2).
Joel Farabee broke a five-game streak without finding the back of the net with a goal in the first period.
Travis Konecny and Ivan Provorov got assists for the Flyers, who lost their fourth straight game (0-3-1).
Martin Jones made 43 saves.
Bill Whitehead, Associated Press
Merzlikins shine in Blue Jackets win
PHOTO RUSSELL LABOUNTY, USA TODAY SPORTS
Elvis merzlikins
Elvis Merzlikins made 36 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Wednesday.
Merzlikins earned a seventh career shutout.
Gregory Hofmann, Zach Werenski and Andrew Peeke scored, helping Columbus collect a fourth win in five games.
Connor Hellebuyck stopped 29 shots for the Jets, who suffered a fourth straight loss.
Max Domi got an assist on Hoffman’s goal. It was his fourth point in three games since returning to play, after an absence related to the COVID-19 protocol.
Werenski scored at least one point in a sixth straight game.
The Blue Jackets will host the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.
Nicole Kraft, Associated Press