Derick Brassard, Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes scored in the first period, and the New York Rangers beat the St Louis Blues 6-3 on Thursday night for their seventh straight victory.
J.T. Miller, Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi also scored for New York, which improved to 12-2-2. Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves.
Dmitrij Jaskin, Vladimir Tarasenko and Troy Brouwer scored for St Louis, which had won three in a row. The Blues fell to 11-4-1.
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New York and St Louis entered ranked first and third, respectively, in the NHL in goals against per game, but the first of their two meetings this season was a wild affair.
By the first intermission, the Rangers led 3-1 and the Blues had made a goaltending change.
DEVILS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2
In Chicago, Sergey Kalinin scored a power-play goal with 2:27 left and New Jersey beat Chicago for their second victory over the defending Stanley Cup champions in a week.
With Patrick Kane off for high sticking, Corey Crawford stopped Kyle Palmieri’s shot from the left circle, but Kalinin was alone at the edge of the crease and slipped the rebound in the net.
Adam Henrique and Palmieri scored in the second to put New Jersey ahead, Cory Schneider made 27 saves and the Devils rebounded from a 2-0 loss to St Louis on Tuesday night. New Jersey has won three of four — including a 4-2 win over Chicago on Friday night last week and is 9-3-0 after starting 0-3-1.
Chicago rookie Artemi Panarin scored from a sharp angle with 6:41 left in the third. Kane assisted on that one and scored a 5-on-3 goal in the first to extend his point streak to 11 games.
KINGS 2, ISLANDERS 1
In Los Angeles, Jhonas Enroth stayed unbeaten in a Kings uniform with 31 saves, and Los Angeles beat New York for their 10th victory in 13 games.
Drew Doughty and Milan Lucic scored for the first-place Kings, who put on another strong defensive performance in front of their backup goalie.
Enroth has yielded two goals in his first three starts in place of Jonathan Quick, racking up a 0.979 save percentage. He was outstanding during a prolonged third-period penalty kill for Los Angeles, which have won 10 of 13 meetings with the Islanders since the 2006-2007 season.
Brock Nelson scored an early goal and Jaroslav Halak stopped 20 shots for the Isles, who have lost six of eight. New York has scored more than two goals just once during that stretch.
COYOTES 4, OILERS 1
In Glendale, Max Domi had a goal and an assist, Mike Smith stopped 27 shots and Arizona raced past Edmonton after a slow start.
Edmonton had played the night before, but had the early jump on Arizona, scoring in the opening three minutes of the game.
The Coyotes did not stop once they got rolling and extended their point streak against the Oilers to 19 straight games (16-0-3), including six consecutive victories.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson got Arizona’s offense started with a goal in the first period and Shane Doan scored in the second. Stefan Elliott scored his first goal since joining the Coyotes and Domi put it away with his eighth of the season in the third.
Smith was sharp following a strong performance against Los Angeles on Tuesday night, overcoming Tanner Hall’s early goal with some spectacular saves.
In other NHL action, it was:
‧ Capitals 5, Flyers 2
‧ Maple Leafs 2, Predators 1, SO
‧ Lightning 3, Flames 1
‧ Stars 6, Jets 3
‧ Sabres 3, Panthers 2
‧ Senators 3, Canucks 2
‧ Avalanche 3, Bruins 2
‧ Wild 3, Hurricanes 2, OT
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