Tuesday in the NHL | A first win in six games for the Flyers

Noah Cates scored the decisive goal at 2:36 in the third period on Tuesday, guiding the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory at the expense of the Florida Panthers.

Cates scored for the first time since October 24, ending a 22-game drought.

The Flyers ended a five-game losing streak. They hadn’t played since January 27.

Travis Konecny ​​scored the other goal for the Flyers, while Samuel Ersson made 20 saves.

For the Panthers, Carter Verhaeghe scored and Anthony Stolarz blocked 23 shots.

Florida was undefeated in four games.

Sam Reinhart saw his streak of games with at least one point end at 13 games.

The Flyers will host the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.

Colby Guy, Associated Press

Thanks to a double, Elias Lindholm helps the Canucks win against the Hurricanes

Elias Lindholm scored two power play goals in similar circumstances in his first game with the Vancouver Canucks and JT Miller added the game-winning goal in a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.

Lindholm, a veteran center who began his career with the Hurricanes, scored in the first period and the second period. Lindholm’s performance helped the Canucks pick up a point in the standings in a 12^e match in a row.

Miller scored his 22^e of the season, the only goal of the match at even strength, after four minutes of play in the third period.

Defenseman Quinn Hughes and forward Brock Boeser had two assists each. Goaltender Thatcher Demko stopped 22 pucks, including 12 in the third period.

Jordan Martinook and Sebastian Aho provided the response for the Hurricanes, who lost after collecting three consecutive victories. In his first game with the Hurricanes since January 11, Pyotr Kochetkov blocked 16 shots.

The Canucks acquired Lindholm last week in a trade with the Calgary Flames. He played five seasons with the Hurricanes who selected him in the 2013 draft.

Lindholm’s first goal came with 2:37 left in the first period, when he deflected a Hughes slap shot. He added his 11^e of the season in the second period by deflecting another offering from Hughes, the leader among NHL defensemen with 64 points.

Martinook’s goal, scored during a power play, gave the Hurricanes the lead in the first period.

Aho’s goal came 62 seconds after Lindholm’s second, also on the power play.

Bob Sutton, Associated Press

Andrei Kuzmenko makes a good impression on the Flames

Andrei Kuzmenko scored in his first game with the Flames and Calgary won 4-1 at the expense of the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.

Kuzmenko was acquired less than a week ago in the trade involving Elias Lindholm.

Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and two assists.

Connor Zary and Noah Hanifin scored the other goals for the Flames, while Nazem Kadri had three goals.

Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves. He was only beaten by Pavel Zacha, during a Bruins power play.

Boston had just five shots in the middle period as the club began a seven-game homestand.

Jeremy Swayman blocked 25 shots.

The two teams will play again on Thursday.

The Flames will be in New Jersey, while the Bruins will host the Vancouver Canucks.

Doug Alden, Associated Press

A sixth shutout for Tristan Jarry of the Pittsburgh Penguins

Tristan Jarry stopped 24 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Tuesday.

Jarry leads the National League with six shutouts in 2023-24.

He has 19 in his career.

Bryan Rust, Jeff Carter and Kris Letang found the back of the net.

Jarry improved his career record against Winnipeg to 5-0.

Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves for the Jets, who lost their fourth straight game.

Before this streak, the club had won 10 times in 11 outings.

Rust and Carter scored on the power play.

The Penguins collected more than one power play goal for the first time since December 18.

Jake Guentzel got an assist, competing in a 500^e game in the NHL.

For the Jets, their leading scorer Mark Scheifele was back after a six-game absence (lower body).

The two teams will cross swords again Saturday evening in Winnipeg.

Dan Scifo, Associated Press

Jake Oettinger blocks 47 shots as the Stars snatch a 2-1 victory over the Sabers

Jake Oettinger stopped 47 shots, Sam Steel found the back of the net midway through the second period and the Dallas Stars beat the Buffalo Sabers 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Matt Duchene scored the other goal for the Stars, who celebrated the 1300^e Joe Pavelski’s NHL game and who earned a fourth straight victory.

Pavelski, a 39-year-old Wisconsin native, became the seventh hockey player from the United States to reach this milestone, and the 69th^e in NHL history.

The Stars, who began a three-game road streak, improved to 5-0-1 in their last six outings, and 9-2-1 in their last 12 meetings.

Tage Thompson scored the only goal for the Sabres, who wasted a fourth opportunity this season to score a third straight win. The Sabers have not won three consecutive games since their last such streak, between April 6 and 10 last season.

In the loss, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves.

Duchene gave the Stars the lead at 3:58 of the opening period, and the Texas team never trailed despite the fact that the Sabers led 32-12 in shots on goal after 40 minutes, and 48-30 at the end of the match.

Steel scored the game-winning goal with 10:56 left in the second period, and just over three minutes after Thompson’s tying goal.

Steel’s goal was enough for Oettinger, who stopped a Casey Mittelstadt shot from the left faceoff circle with 10 seconds left in regulation.

Oettinger improved to 6-2 in his last eight games since returning from a 12-game absence with a lower-body injury.

John Wawrow, Associated Press

John Marino scores key goal as Devils beat Avalanche

John Marino scored at 17:43 in the third period on Tuesday as the New Jersey Devils handed the Colorado Avalanche a 5-3 loss.

Vitek Vanecek made 35 saves for the Devils, who had lost their last two games.

Before Marino’s fourth goal of the season, Colorado had tied the game with two goals in 29 seconds early in the third period.

Jesper Bratt, Dawson Mercer, Chris Tierney and Erik Haula had New Jersey’s other goals.

Bratt leads his team with 52 points, including 20 goals.

Nico Hischier took part in two goals.

Jack Hughes missed an 11^e consecutive match (upper body). He’s been skating with the club lately, though.

Defensemen Cale Makar and Samuel Girard provided two of the Avalanche goals, with the other coming from Mikko Rantanen.

Colorado has 42 goals and 158 points coming from defensemen, highs in the National League.

Jonathan Drouin got two assists.

Nathan MacKinnon was held off the scoresheet for the first time in 15 games.

Allan Kreda, Associated Press