Casey Desmith made 35 rescues to help the visiting Dallas stars win their sixth match in a row, a 3-1 decision against Seattle Kraken on Monday night.
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Matt Duchene, Wyatt Johnston and Mikael Granlund made for the stars (49-21-4, 102 points), who moved within four points from first place Jets in Central Division with eight matches left for both. Star Esa Lindell and Mason Marchment recorded two assists.
Kaapo Kakko scored and Philipp Grubauer made 28 rescues for the Kraken (31-38-6, 68 points), which has lost five out of six (1-4-1).
Flyers 2, Predators 1
Matvei Michkov and Travis Konecny had two assists each, Ryan Poehling and Jamie Drysdale got the goals, and Philadelphia defeated Nashville for his third straight victory.
Ivan Fedotov made 28 saves in the victory to snap a sex game personal losing line.
The Predators’ Zachary L’Heureux scored his Sida’s lonely goals, with assists from Michael McCarron and Brady Skjei. Justus Annunen stopped 16 shots but dropped his fifth straight start.
Devils 3, Wild 2 (SO)
Nico Hischier scored his fourth goal in two matches and New Jersey defeated Minnesota in a shootout at Newark, NJ, to swipe a home-and-home set.
Luke Hughes had a goal and an assist for the devils, and Jacob Markstrom made 27 rescues. Paul Cotter and Jesper Bratt scored for New Jersey in Shootout.
Vinnie Hinostroza and Matt Boldy scored nature, and Filip Gustavsson stopped 26 shots. Mats Zuccarello and Boldy did not succeed with shooting attempts for Minnesota.
Flames 3, Avalanche 2 (SO)
Ryan Lomberg and Adam Klapka did 32 seconds from each other during the third period, Yegor Sharangovich had the only goal in Shootout and Calgary gathered to beat Colorado in Denver.
Lomberg and Klapka added an assist each and Dan Vladar made 28 rescues through overtime and another in Shootout for Calgary, which is five points back by the second Jokcard of the Western conference.
Cale Makar and Logan O’Connor each met a goal, Nathan Mackinnon had an assist to stretch his homecoming trim for 25 games and Scott Wedgewood turned away 25 shots for Colorado. The avalanche has dropped two straight.
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