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Allen’s shutout lifts Blues

February 17, 2019
Los Angeles Kings’ goaltender Jack Campbell blocks a shot from Boston Bruins’ Jake DeBrusk during their NHL game at Staples Center in Los Angeles Saturday. — Reuters
Los Angeles Kings’ goaltender Jack Campbell blocks a shot from Boston Bruins’ Jake DeBrusk during their NHL game at Staples Center in Los Angeles Saturday. — Reuters

LOS ANGELES — Jake Allen made 32 saves for his second shutout of the season, Vladimir Tarasenko and Zach Sanford scored 57 seconds apart, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 Saturday.

Tarasenko added an assist and Jaden Schwartz also scored to help the Blues to their ninth straight win. It’s the club’s longest winning streak since a nine-game run from Oct. 15-Nov. 5, 2002.

Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots as Colorado lost for the ninth time in 10 games. The Avalanche have dropped six straight at home.

Allen, who made just his second start since Jan. 17, backstopped St. Louis to its second straight shutout win. The Blues have not allowed a goal in 127 minutes, 14 seconds.

Lightning 3, Canadiens 0

Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, and Andrei Vasilevskiy broke the franchise record for career shutouts as host Tampa Bay extended its point streak to nine games (7-0-2) by blanking Montreal.

Yanni Gourde and Tyler Johnson also scored for the Lightning, who have a league-leading 92 points and extended their winning streak to five games. Tampa Bay has outscored its opponents 25-9 during the streak.

Vasilevskiy stopped all 20 shots he faced for his sixth shutout of the season and the 18th of his career, surpassing Ben Bishop for the franchise record. Vasilevskiy has five shutouts in his past 14 starts, including shutouts in each of his past two contests.

Islanders 5, Oilers 2

Ryan Pulock, Valtteri Filppula, Mathew Barzal, Anders Lee and Brock Nelson scored for New York, which beat Edmonton in the Islanders’ final regular-season game at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders have won five of six. The Oilers have lost four straight and 10 of 11 (1-8-2).

Robin Lehner made 34 saves for the Islanders, who will play their final 12 regular-season games and any first-round home playoff games at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. Beyond that, all subsequent home games will be played at Barclays Center, where New York is 12-6-2 this season.

Golden Knights 5, Predators 1

Max Pacioretty scored two goals, and Malcolm Subban made 29 saves as Vegas snapped a franchise-record, five-game home losing streak by beating Nashville in Las Vegas.

Coyotes 2, Maple Leafs 0

Darcy Kuemper earned his second shutout of the season, and Alex Galchenyuk and Josh Archibald scored second-period goals as Arizona defeated Toronto in Glendale.

Sharks 3, Canucks 2

Joe Pavelski scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, and goalie Martin Jones beat his hometown team for the second time in a week as host San Jose defeated Vancouver.

Blue Jackets 5, Blackhawks 2

Artemi Panarin recorded two goals and an assist as Columbus won for the fifth time in its past six games in defeating host Chicago.

Flames 5, Penguins 4

Calgary got points from 12 players and broke a four-game losing streak by edging host Pittsburgh.

Hurricanes 3, Stars 0

Petr Mrazek tallied 33 saves and provided his second shutout this month as Carolina won its third straight, blanking Dallas in Raleigh.

Senators 4, Jets 3 (OT)

Ryan Dzingel scored 3:44 into overtime as Ottawa completed a season sweep of host Winnipeg. Dzingel received a saucer pass from Chris Tierney before beating Laurent Brossoit to lift the Senators, who posted a 5-2 win over the Jets on Feb. 9.

Flyers 6, Red Wings 5 (OT)

Travis Konecny scored his second goal of the game 1:27 into overtime, and host Philadelphia pulled out the win over Detroit after giving away a four-goal lead in the third period.

Bruins 4, Kings 2

Tuukka Rask made 23 saves to improve to 11-0-2 in his past 13 starts, and Boston won its fifth straight game, beating host Los Angeles.


February 17, 2019
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