NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A free-wheeling Jack Hughes had a goal and two assists and the New Jersey Devils beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on Thursday night for their fourth win in five games.Jesper Bratt had two goals — the last a game-clincher into an empty net — and an assist, and Ondrej Palat and defenceman Jonas Siegenthaler also scored as the Devils extended the Canadiens’ winless streak to five games (0-4-1). Devils goalie Jacob Markstrom finished with 21 saves.Alex Newhook scored twice for Montreal and Brendan Gallagher also had a goal. Sam Montembeault had 22 saves.The Devils never trailed after Hughes set up Bratt and Palat in the opening period for a 2-0 lead.TakeawaysCanadiens: This is a young, exciting team that creates scoring chances. Their defence is weak and has trouble clearing its zone. The Canadiens have given up 58 goals in 14 games.Devils: Hughes was dancing all over the ice with his skating. This is the first time he looked like he did early last season, before shoulder and knee injuries limited…

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand scored a backhand off of his own rebound with 20 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Bruins to a 4-3 win over the Flames on Thursday night.It was Marchand’s second OT winner of the season and redeemed a penalty he committed that led to a power-play goal during the opening minute of the third period.Hampus Lindholm, Pavel Zacha and Cole Koepke scored Boston's other goals, and David Pastrnak had two assists. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 34 shots for the Bruins.Calgary got goals from Tyson Barrie, Yegor Sharangovich and Nazem Kadri. The Flames trailed 3-1 going into the third period before Sharangovich scored with a man advantage and Kadri evened it at 9:55. Dustin Wolf made 34 saves for the Flames.TakeawaysFlames: Calgary opened the season with four straight wins, but have won only three games in its last 10.Bruins: Korpisalo made his fifth start of the season in goal and is now 3-2. Key momentWith a shootout looming, Boston’s Elias Lindholm forced a turnover along the boards that led…

Sam Steel had a goal and an assist in the Stars’ 3-1 win over the Blackhawks on Thursday night in their first game since returning from Finland.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jack Roslovic had two goals and an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win.Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin and Eric Robinson also scored for Carolina, and Jalen Chatfield had three assists. Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 35 shots.Blake Lizotte scored for Pittsburgh and Alex Nedeljkovic had 14 saves. The Penguins lost for the eighth time in 10 games.The Hurricanes needed just 52 seconds to get on the scoreboard with Martinook tipping in a pass by Jordan Staal. Two of Carolina’s first three shots got past Nedeljkovic, who spent his first four NHL seasons with Carolina.Roslovic scored at 8:47 in the first period and then again at 9:27 in the second to put the Hurricanes up 3-0. PANTHERS 6, PREDATORS 2SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Carter Verhaeghe had two goals and an assist, Aleksander Barkov had three assists for the second time in less than a week and Florida beat Nashville for their sixth straight victory.Sam Reinhart got his 11th…

WINNIPEG - Connor Hellebuyck stopped 35 shots for his third shutout this season and 40th of his career as the Jets blanked the Colorado Avalanche 1-0 on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks overcame the loss of top scorer Brock Boeser to beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Thursday night.Boeser, who scored a career-high 40 goals last season and leads Vancouver with six goals this year, did not return after taking an illegal check to the head from Kings forward Tanner Jeannot.Conor Garland scored on the subsequent five-minute power play after Jeannot received a match penalty, tying the score at 1. Jake DeBrusk and J.T. Miller also scored, and Kevin Lankinen made 25 saves.Quinton Byfield and Vladislav Gavrikov scored for Los Angeles, and Darcy Kuemper finished with 19 saves.Kings defenceman Mikey Anderson also left the game because of injury. He was cut badly after taking Filip Hronek’s shot to the face late in the second period.TakeawaysCanucks: If Boeser is out for any length of time, it would be terribly damaging to Vancouver’s hopes of reaching the playoffs in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2011-12…

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