The Montreal Canadiens beat Los Angeles 4-1 on Wednesday to continue the Kings’ disappointing slide after a strong start to the NHL season.
Andrei Kostitsyn had a goal and an assist, while Lars Eller scored his first goal in 21 games with Montreal late in the second to put the Canadiens up by three. Michael Cammalleri and Tomas Plekanec also scored for the Habs.
Alec Martinez scored his first NHL goal in his season debut for Los Angeles.
FLYERS 6, WILD 1
In St Paul, Minnesota, Danny Briere, Ville Leino and Andreas Nodl each had a goal and an assist as Philadelphia routed Minnesota.
James van Riemsdyk, Jeff Carter and Jody Shelley also scored for Philadelphia.
Patrick O’Sullivan had the lone goal for Minnesota.
LIGHTNING 5, RANGERS 3
In Tampa, Florida, Steven Stamkos scored a goal and had two assists, as Tampa Bay stretched a winning streak to five by beating New York.
Stamkos also has 17 assists for a league-leading 38 points in 22 games. The center has had a point in all but three games.
Ryan Malone added two goals for the Lightning. He entered with just three goals in 33 previous games against the Rangers.
New York got third-period goals from Steve Eminger, Brian Boyle and Derek Stepan after falling behind 5-0. The Rangers went more than 15 minutes without a shot from late in the first period, and were outshot 25-7 through 40 minutes.
CAPITALS 3, HURRICANES 2
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Brooks Laich scored a power-play goal on a deflection with 7:58 left as Washington snapped a three-game losing streak by beating Carolina.
Nicklas Backstrom scored two goals for the Capitals, who blew a 2-0 lead in the third period before recovering.
Sergei Samsonov and Eric Staal scored 4:01 apart in the third period to pull the Hurricanes even at 2-2.
THRASHERS 5, RED WINGS 1
In Atlanta, Andrew Ladd scored a short-handed goal to help Atlanta win its third straight game and beat Detroit.
Defenseman Dustin Byfuglien added a power-play tally while Anthony Stewart, Chris Thorburn and Bryan Little also scored for Atlanta.
Todd Bertuzzi scored for the Red Wings.
CANUCKS 4, AVALANCHE 2
In Vancouver, Ryan Kesler’s disputed goal 3:52 into the third period stood up as Vancouver topped Colorado.
Alex Burrows added an insurance goal with 6:53 left, and Kevin Bieksa and Daniel Sedin also scored as the Canucks snapped a four-game losing streak to move into a tie with Colorado atop the Northwest Division.
Matt Duchene scored, and defenseman John-Michael Liles had a goal and an assist for the Avalanche.
BLUES 2, PREDATORS 1, SO
In Nashville, Andy McDonald scored 9 seconds into the game and in the fifth round of the shootout to send St Louis over Nashville.
Jerred Smithson drew the Predators into a 1-1 tie 22 seconds into the second period.
No one scored in the first four rounds of the shootout.
In the fifth round, McDonald slipped a backhand through the pads of Pekka Rinne.
Sergei Kostitsyn was Nashville’s fifth shooter, but his wrist shot hit the post, giving the Blues the win.
In other games it was:
Penguins 1, Sabres 0
Stars 2, Senators 1
Bruins 3, Panthers 1
Blue Jackets 4, Islanders 3, OT
Devils 2, Flames 1, SO
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