Jonathan Toews had two goals and an assist as the Chicago Blackhawks’ struggling power play scored twice in a 6-3 victory over the stumbling Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.
The Blackhawks broke a three-game losing streak with their highest scoring game of the season.
Andrew Brunette, Steve Montador, Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa also had goals for Chicago, who lost 3-0 at St Louis on Tuesday. Montador added an assist, while Nick Leddy and Brent Seabrook both had two assists. Corey Crawford made 27 saves.
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The Blue Jackets have by far the worst record in the NHL. They have lost three in a row and been outscored 19-6.
Bruins 6, Oilers 3
In Boston, Brad Marchand scored twice, while Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist as Boston won their fourth straight game by beating Edmonton.
Joe Corvo had three assists, while Jordan Caron scored his first goal of the season for Boston (7-7). Stanley Cup champions the Bruins are at .500 for the first time since they were 1-1.
Ryan Smyth scored twice for Edmonton, including a power-play goal that got the Oilers within 4-3 with 4 minutes, 42 seconds left, but Milan Lucic answered on the power play for Boston with 2 minutes, 47 seconds remaining. Lucic has scored in five straight games.
Marchand added an unassisted goal 34 seconds later, giving Boston 24 goals during their longest winning streak of the season.
Maple Leafs 3, Blues 2, SO
In St Louis, Missouri, Phil Kessel scored the lone shootout goal for Toronto, while Ben Scrivens stopped all three St Louis shooters in a victory over St Louis.
John-Michael Liles and Kessel scored first-period, power-play goals, while Scrivens made 37 saves for Toronto. Tyler Bozak added a pair of assists.
The Blues got goals from Jason Arnott and Patrik Berglund. Jaroslav Halak stopped 20 shots.
The Maple Leafs took advantage of undisciplined penalties by the Blues in the first period, scoring on two of three power-play chances.
Kessel netted his NHL-leading 12th goal of the season.
Panthers 5, Jets 2
In Winnipeg, Canada, Kris Versteeg had three goals and an assist as Florida bolstered their already strong start with a victory over Winnipeg.
Jason Garrison and Mike Santorelli also scored to help Florida build a 4-0 lead after two periods. Brian Campbell added three assists as the Panthers won their second consecutive game and stretched their point streak to six games.
Tim Stapleton and Andrew Ladd had goals for the Jets, who were sluggish and unable to mount an attack in the first two periods. Coming off a season-high, seven-game road trip, Winnipeg went more than 23 minutes without a shot during one span and had only 10 shots through two periods.
Canadiens 3, Coyotes 2, OT
In Glendale, Arizona, Josh Gorges scored 1 minute, 45 seconds into overtime as Montreal edged past Phoenix.
Brian Gionta had a goal and an assist, while Travis Moen also scored for the Canadiens, who snapped a two-game losing streak.
Mikkel Boedker and Raffi Torres scored for the Coyotes, who lost for the second time in three games, but have earned points in seven of eight.
The Canadiens were playing without left wing Michael Cammalleri, who hurt his knee on Tuesday against Edmonton.
In other games, it was:
‧ Avalanche 4, Islanders 3, OT
‧ Sharks 3, Wild 1
‧ Canucks 3, Kings 2
Shohei Ohtani and his wife arrived in South Korea with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates yesterday ahead of their season-opening games with the San Diego Padres next week. Ohtani, wearing a black training suit and a cap backwards, was the first Dodgers player who showed up at the arrival gate of Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul. His wife, Mamiko Tanaka, walked several steps behind him. As a crowd of fans, many wearing Dodgers jerseys, shouted his name and cheered slogans, Ohtani briefly waved his hand, but did not say anything before he entered a limousine bus with his wife. Fans held placards
Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying yesterday advanced to the quarter-finals at the All England Open, beating Kim Ga-eun of South Korea 21-17, 21-15. With the win, Tai earned a semi-final against China’s He Bingjiao, who beat Michelle Li of Canada 21-9, 21-9. Defending champion An Se-young defeated India’s P.V. Sindhu 21-19, 21-11. An on Wednesday cruised into the second round, unlike last year’s men’s winner, Li Shifeng, who suffered a shock defeat. South Korea’s An, the world No. 1, overcame Taiwan’s Hsu Wen-chi 21-17, 21-16 to set up the match against Sindhu. In other women’s singles matches, Taiwan’s Sung Shuo-yun lost 21-18, 24-22 against Carolina Marin of
EYEING TOP SPOT: A victory in today’s final against Storm Hunter and Katerina Siniakova would return 38-year-old Hsieh Su-wei to the world No. 1 ranking Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens on Thursday secured a spot in the women’s doubles finals at the BNP Paribas Open after dispatching Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the US and Australia’s Ellen Perez 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) at Indian Wells. Hsieh and her Belgian partner Mertens, who won the Australian Open in late January, coasted through the first set after breaking their opponents’ serve twice, but found the going tougher in the second. Both pairs could only muster one break point over 12 games, neither of which were converted, leaving the set to be decided by a tiebreaker. Hsieh and Mertens took a 6-3 lead,
DOUBLES PAYBACK: Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Martens avenged their defeat in the quarters at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open against Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei on Wednesday advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. Hsieh and partner Elise Mertens of Belgium dispatched Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani 6-1, 6-4 to set up a clash against Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the US and Australia’s Ellen Perez for a spot in the final of the WTA 1000 tournament. Hsieh and Martens made a blistering start to their rematch after they lost to Schuurs and Stefani in the quarter-finals at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open last month, winning three games without reply at the start of the first set