Logan Stankoven scored two goals and Roope Hintz had a pile of career four assists when the Dallas stars defeated visiting Los Angeles Kings 6-2 on Friday night.
Jason Robertson had one goal and two assists, while Sam Steel had one goal and one assist. Thomas Harley contributed two assists and Jake Oettinger made 29 rescues for the stars, who have won four of their last five matches.
Warren Foegele and Trevor Moore scored and Darcy Kuemper made 26 rescues for the kings, who have dropped two in a row (0-1-1).
Maple Leafs 3, Rangers 2
Matthew Knies scored the tiebreaking goal with 13:39 left after a missplay behind the net by goalkeeper Igor Shesterkin when the visit Toronto recorded a victory over New York.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored a power-play goal early in the first period and William Nylander counted on a successful bounce in the opening minute of the other when Maple Leafs won his fourth straight match. Toronto is 7-1-0 in the last eight matches. Toronto goalkeeper Anthony Stolz made 33 rescues.
Mika Zibanejad scored and helped Will Cuylle’s short -handed goals, but Rangers could not win his third straight and remained four points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the Second Jokcard of the Eastern Conference. Shesterkin stopped 14 shots.
Avalanche 5, Wild 2
Ross Colton had two goals and one assist, Jonathan Drouin and Jack Drury did 52 seconds apart, and Colorado turned off Minnesota in Denver.
Valeri Nichushkin also scored, Oliver Kylington contributed two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 18 shots for Colorado. Avalanche improved to 2-0 on his six-game home tooth and even pulled with nature for third place in the central division, although Minnesota has a game in his hand.
The NHL’s leading goal scorer, Nathan Mackinnon, had an assist to expand his home to 16 matches. Mats Zuccarello and Vinnie Hinostroza had goals and Filip Gustavsson made 25 rescues for Minnesota, which has lost three straight.
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