Vancouver Canucks earn crucial win over New York Islanders in hunt for playoffs
NEW YORK (AP) — Kiefer Sherwood had two goals and one assist, Thatcher Demko finished with 26 saves and the Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Islanders 5-2 on Wednesday night.
Aatu Raty, Derek Forbort and Teddy Blueger also scored for Vancouver.
Casey Cizikas and Tony DeAngelo scored for New York and Ilya Sorokin made 15 saves before getting pulled early in the third period. Marcus Hogberg had five saves in relief.
DEVILS 5, BLACKHAWKS 3
CHICAGO (AP) — Luke Hughes had three assists, Jesper Bratt chipped in with two and New Jersey ended their three-game losing streak with a win over Chicago.
Nathan Bastian, Timo Meier, Ondrej Palat, Dawson Mercer and Stefan Noesen scored for the Devils. Bratt has four assists in his last three games and a career-high 84 points this season. Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves.
Nico Hischier extended his point streak to eight games with an assist on Noesen’s empty-net goal. Hischier has four goals and five assists since March 11.
DUCKS 6, BRUINS 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Leo Carlsson scored twice, Jackson LaCombe had a goal and an assist and Anaheim beat Boston, extending the Bruins winless streak to seven games.
Nikita Nesterenko, Cutter Gauthier and Mason MacTavish also scored for the Ducks, Alex Killorn had a pair of assists and John Gibson made 23 saves.
David Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie had goals for Boston while Joonas Korpisalo had 31 stops.
STARS 4, OILERS 3
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Jason Robertson had a natural hat trick in the second period and Dallas held off short-handed Edmonton.
Edmonton stars Connor McDavid (lower-body injury) and Leon Draisaitl (undisclosed) sat out for the second straight game. The Oilers then lost goalie Stuart Skinner in the third period after he was inadvertently kneed in the head by Mikko Rantanen.
Robertson had his second hat trick of the season and fifth of his career. Wyatt Johnston also scored as the Stars raced to a 4-0 lead. Roope Hintz assisted on Robertson’s three goals and Jake Oettinger stopped 42 shots. Dallas is 4-0-2 in its last six games.
