NHL roundup: Tomas Hertl’s career night spurs Knights’ rout of Sharks
Tomas Hertl collected two goals and three assists, Jack Eichel also scored twice, and the visiting Vegas Golden Knights completed a sweep of their season series with the San Jose Sharks for the third straight season with a 7-2 victory on Sunday night.
It was a career-best five-point game for Hertl and the 46th multi-goal game of Eichel's career. Pavel Dorofeyev scored a goal and had two assists, Mark Stone had three assists and defensemen Zach Whitecloud and Shea Theodore also scored for Vegas, which won its fourth straight game and 11th in a row over San Jose.
The Golden Knights also improved to 16-0-3 all-time in the regular season against the Sharks in games played in San Jose and 31-2-5 all-time. Rookie Carl Lindbom made 18 saves to pick up his second career victory in his eighth NHL game, and Noah Hanifin added two assists for Vegas.
Collin Graf and Alexander Wennberg scored goals for the Sharks, who had a three-game win streak snapped. Yaroslav Askarov finished with 26 saves.
Jets 4, Devils 3
Winnipeg won its second straight game, edging visiting New Jersey after snapping an 11-game slide in its previous outing.
Alex Iafallo, Jonathan Toews, Gabriel Vilardi and Tanner Pearson scored for the Jets. Josh Morrissey and Cole Perfetti each had two assists, while Connor Hellebuyck made 24 stops in net. Pearson scored the game-winner at 6:17 of the third period, the only tally over the final 20 minutes.
Cody Glass notched a pair of goals for the Devils, while Nico Hischier also tallied. Jack and Luke Hughes each had two assists. New Jersey netminder Jake Allen made 18 saves.
Bruins 1, Penguins 0
Viktor Arvidsson scored in the first period and Joonas Korpisalo pitched Boston's first shutout of the season with 27 saves in a win over visiting Pittsburgh.
Korpisalo made 10 saves in each of the first two periods and another seven in the third to earn his second win during the Bruins' current three-game win streak. Arvidsson's goal came on a rebound of a Henri Jokiharju point shot 11 minutes into the game. Casey Middlestadt collected a secondary assist.
The Penguins, who lost their second straight since a six-game win streak, had a 27-18 advantage in shots on goal. Stuart Skinner made 17 saves. Pittsburgh was 0-for-2 on the power play while Boston was 0-for-6.
Predators 3, Capitals 2
Roman Josi had a goal and two assists and host Nashville held on late for a win over Washington.
Steven Stamkos scored his 601st career goal, moving into a tie for 21st in NHL history, and added an assist for the Predators. Justus Annunen made 28 saves, including three in the final minute of the game during 6-on-5 play.
Alex Ovechkin scored in his fourth straight game (five goals) and had an assist and Ethen Frank scored in his second straight game for the Capitals, who have not won consecutive games since Dec. 2-3. Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves.
Blue Jackets 3, Mammoth 2 (OT)
Dmitri Voronkov scored a power-play goal at 1:01 of overtime to lift Columbus over host Utah in Salt Lake City.
Zach Werenski sent a pass to Voronkov, who was driving to the net and redirected it stick side on goalie Vitek Vanecek. Mikael Pyyhtia and Charlie Coyle scored and Kirill Marchenko had two assists for the Blue Jackets, who snapped a four-game losing streak (0-3-1). Jet Greaves made 25 saves.
Jack McBain and Mikhail Sergachev scored and Vanecek made 33 saves for the Mammoth, whose three-game winning streak ended. Clayton Keller had two assists.