TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller scored in the shootout, and Connor Ingram stopped 47 shots for his first career shutout as the Arizona Coyotes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Ingram made several stops on shots from point-blank range in the final 90 seconds of overtime and then stopped Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov in the shootout as the Coyotes extended their season-high point streak to seven games (4-0-3).
Brian Elliott made 26 saves for Tampa Bay, which had won three in a row and six of eight. The Lightning came in off an emotional 4-3 overtime win at Colorado on Tuesday night in a rematch of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final.
AVALANCHE 3, WILD 2
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Denis Malgin scored for the second consecutive night and Nathan MacKinnon got his fifth goal in five games since the All-Star break to lead Colorado.
Andrew Cogliano also scored for Colorado, which recovered from a shootout loss at home to Tampa Bay the previous night. Alexandar Georgiev had 41 saves.
Kirill Kaprizov scored his 31st goal and Joel Eriksson Ek added his 21st of the season for Minnesota, which has lost five of six since the All-Star break. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 16 shots.
MAPLE LEAFS 5, BLACKHAWKS 2
TORONTO (AP) — William Nylander had a goal and two assists, Ilya Samsonov stopped 27 shots and Toronto Leafs beat Chicago for its fifth win in eight games.
Auston Matthews, John Tavares and Rasmus Sandin each added a goal and an assist, and Conor Timmins also scored for the Maple Leafs.
Sam Lafferty and Philipp Kurashev each had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, who have lost three straight and dropped to 2-5-1 in their last eight games. Petr Mrazek finished with 37 saves.
RED WINGS 5, OILERS 4 (SO)
EDMONTON (CP) — Pius Suter scored the shootout winner as the Detroit Red Wings kept up their second-half surge with a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.
Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider, Robby Fabbri and Olli Maatta scored for the Red Wings (25-20-8), who have now won four straight.
Ville Husso made 41 saves between regulation and overtime.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a pair of goals and Leon Draisaitl and Derek Ryan also replied for the Oilers (30-19-6), who have dropped two in a row.
Jack Campbell stopped 19-of-23 shots leading up to the shootout.
RANGERS 6, CANUCKS 4
VANCOUVER (CP) — Artemi Panarin scored twice and notched an assist as the New York Rangers stretched their win streak to six games Wednesday, downing the Vancouver Canucks 6-4.
Mika Zibanejad also had two goals and a helper for the Rangers (32-14-8), while Chris Kreider and K'Andre Miller found the back of the net as well.
Andrei Kuzmenko scored and contributed an assist for the beleaguered Canucks (21-30-4), who lost their third straight. Curtis Lazar, J.T. Miller and Conor Garland also replied for the home side, and Elias Pettersson put up a pair of assists.
New York's Igor Shesterkin stopped 25-of-29 shots and Arturs Silovs made 22 saves for Vancouver in his NHL debut.
SABRES 7, DUCKS 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tage Thompson scored his 36th goal of the season, Casey Mittelstadt had the go-ahead goal late in the second period and the Buffalo Sabres snapped a four-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.
Alex Tuch had a goal and two assists while Peyton Krebs, Dylan Cozens , Tyson Jost and Mittelstadt each had a goal and an assist for Buffalo, which trailed 3-2 in the second period before scoring five straight goals.
Zembus Girgensons also scored and Rasmus Dahlin and Jack Quinn each had two assists as the Sabres had 14 of their 18 skaters record at least one point. Eric Comrie stopped 19 shots.
Anaheim defenseman Cam Fowler had the fourth two-goal game in his 13-year career, Kevin Shattenkirk had a goal and an assist while Derek Grant had two assists. Lukas Dostal made 37 saves for the Ducks, who have dropped three straight games while being outscored 20-8.
