James Reimer stopped all 16 shots he faced for his 32nd career shutout and Ridly Greig scored midway through the second period as the surging Ottawa Senators won 2-0 over the lowly host Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.
Tim Stutzle extended his point streak to 13 games by assisting on Brady Tkachuk’s empty-netter for the Senators, who are on the outside of playoff position in the Eastern Conference but won their third straight amid a 5-0-2 stretch. With the result, Ottawa finished a 4-0-1 road stretch.
Reimer was playing in his eighth game since joining Ottawa in January and making his first start since Feb. 5 as backup to Linus Ullmark, was not severely tested throughout the evening. However, he did make a key pad save on Zeev Buium late to preserve the lead for the Senators, who have allowed two or fewer goals five times over the last seven contests.
Kevin Lankinen was solid in making 22 saves for the Canucks. However, his Vancouver teammates were held to fewer than 20 shots on goal for the ninth time this season.
Kings 5, Blue Jackets 4 (OT)
Adrian Kempe scored his second goal of the game at 2:34 of overtime as visiting Los Angeles won at Columbus.
Brian Dumoulin had a goal and two assists, Artemi Panari and Scott Laughton each had a goal and an assist and Anton Forsberg made 28 saves as the Kings improved to 3-4-0 since the Olympic break.
Conor Garland scored twice, Denton Mateychuk had a goal and an assist, Kirill Marchenko also scored and Jet Greaves made 26 saves for the Blue Jackets, who extended their point streak to six games (3-0-3).
Blackhawks 3, Mammoth 2 (OT)
Frank Nazar scored on the power play 2:36 into overtime and Connor Bedard had two assists to lift host Chicago past Utah.
Drew Commesso made 22 saves for the Blackhawks, who stopped a three-game skid while ending the Mammoth’s three-game winning streak. Chicago’s Andrew Mangiapane and Andre Burakovsky also scored.
Vitek Vanecek had 23 saves for the Mammoth, who got first-period strikes from Barrett Hayton and Dylan Guenther.
Rangers 6, Flyers 2
Mika Zibanejad scored twice and added an assist to continue his success against Philadelphia as New York skated to a comfortable road victory.
Zibanejad, who has logged three of his 10 career hat tricks against the Flyers (including one earlier this season), increased his goal total to 25 in 52 career games against Philadelphia. Vincent Trocheck contributed three assists for the Rangers, while Alexis Lafreniere, Noah Laba, Gabe Perreault and Tye Kartye each had a goal and an assist.
Dan Vladar allowed six goals on 24 shots for Philadelphia before Samuel Ersson finished off by saving all three shots he faced. Matvei Michkov and Sean Couturier scored for the Flyers, who had won four of their previous five contests.
Capitals 7, Flames 3
Connor McMichael’s second goal of the game broke a third-period tie and host Washington recovered after blowing a three-goal lead to beat Calgary.
Justin Sourdif scored once in a three-point game and Hendrix Lapierre produced one goal and one assist for the Capitals, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Washington’s Tom Wilson, Ethen Frank and Ryan Leonard added a goal apiece, and goaltender Logan Thompson made 23 saves. Washington is 11-2-1 in its past 14 meetings with Calgary.
Matvei Gridin, Blake Coleman and Yegor Sharangovich tallied for the Flames, who have one win in six games (1-4-1). Goalie Devin Cooley stopped 22 shots.
