Tuesday in the NHL | Blackhawks win 4-2 over Blue Jackets

Alex DeBrincat scored twice while Calvin de Haan netted his first goal in nearly a year to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a second straight win on the opposing rinks, 4-2 over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Jackets have lost four of their last five outings and suffered a seventh straight home loss to the Hawks.

Connor Murphy scored the other goal for the winners, who benefited from 24 saves from Marc-André Fleury, who thus collected his 11th victory of the season.

Shorthanded Boone Jenner and Gus Nyquist were the only ones to beat him. Nyquist added a mention of assistance.

Joonas Korpisalo stopped 16 shots in the loss, his third in four games.

Thanks to his two goals, DeBrincat has now scored a point or more in 11 straight games against the Jackets, a streak dating back to the start of the 2018-19 season. He’s the Blackhawks’ top maverick with 25 goals.

Haan’s last goal was scored on January 22, 70 games ago.

Nicole Kraft, Associated Press

Kucherov signs Buffalo hat trick

Nikita Kucherov had a hat trick and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Buffalo Sabers 6-1 on Tuesday.

Steven Stamkos had one goal and two assists for the Lightning, who have been beaten just once in four games.

Ondrej Palat was the winners’ first scorer, scoring at least one point in a fourth straight game.

Anthony Cirelli hit the Lightning’s other goal. He became his sixth player with at least 10 goals this season.

Alex Killorn had three assists and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 17 shots, en route to his 20^e gain.

Vinnie Hinostroza scored for the Sabers, who were losing a sixth straight game.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen left after giving in twice in nine shots, injuring his lower body. Malcolm Subban turned away 23 pucks.

Associated Press

Canucks bow to Panthers

Sam Reinhart scored two goals and collected three points to lead the Florida Panthers to a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks, who have lost their first game in 60 minutes since Bruce Boudreau became their coach. chief.

Boudreau and the Canucks were 8-0-1 since December 6. The team was 8-15-2 when Boudreau replaced Travis Green.

Shorthanded Aleksander Barkov scored his 15^e goal of the season, a high for the Panthers, while Aaron Ekblad has scored once and was complicit in two more goals. Maxim Mamin completed the scoring, while Frank Vatrano and Anton Lundell both added two assists to their records.

Goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky has been quite busy. He blocked 42 of the 44 shots directed at him.

The Panthers are 6-0-1 in their last seven outings.

Jason Dickinson and Juho Lammiko scored both goals for the Canucks. Thatcher Demko completed the game with 21 saves.

Paul Gereffi, Associated Press

Avalanche beaten by Predators in overtime

Matt Duchene completed an overtime brace and the Nashville Predators beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-4 on Tuesday.

Duchene has registered his 16^e goal of the season at 3:01 on the power play. The Avalanche had had too many players on the ice.

Luke Kunin also scored twice for the Preds, who won a fifth straight game.

Tanner Jeannot also hit the mark, Roman Josi had three assists and Juuse Saros made 40 saves.

Cale Makar had one goal and three points in a losing cause.

Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Andre Burakovsky and Nathan MacKinnon also scored for Colorado, defeated for the first time in six games.

Darcy Kuemper blocked 27 shots.

Nazem Kadri registered two assists. He has amassed at least one point in eight straight games, totaling 14 points during the streak.

Jim Diamond, Associated Press