COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Damon Severson broke a scoreless tie in the third period, Elvis Merzlikins stopped 28 shots for his first shutout of the season and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New York Islanders 2-0 Wednesday night .

It was the first time this season the Blue Jackets (5-3-1) had won two games in a row, but they have collected seven of a possible eight points in their last four games.

After both goaltenders turned away great shots in the first two periods, Severson’s shot from a sharp angle on the right came off the skate of New York defenseman Ryan Pulock and into the net at 5:43 of the period. third. It was Severson’s second goal of the season.

Semyon Varlamov made 24 saves for the Islanders (3-5-2), but was pulled for a sixth skater with 2:30 remaining. Justin Danforth then scored into an empty net 27 seconds later.

JETS 6, RED WINGS 2

DETROIT (AP) — Kyle Conner had a goal and two assists to surpass 500 career points, and Winnipeg beat Detroit.

Neal Pionk scored two goals for the Jets while Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist, and Nino Niederreiter and Colin Miller also scored. Connor Hellebuyck made 19 saves to help Winnipeg bounce back from its first loss of the season against Toronto on Monday.

Connor, who entered the game with 499 career points, extended his season-opening point streak to 10 games. He has 17 points (nine goals, eight assists) this season.

Dylan Larkin and Alex DeBrincat scored power-play goals for Detroit, which has lost three straight. Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider each had two assists and Alex Lyon made 23 saves.

LIGHTNING 5, AVALANCHE 2

DENVER (AP) — Nikita Kucherov scored the first of Tampa Bay’s three goals in the first 5 1/2 minutes and the Lightning beat Colorado.

Jake Guentzel and Conor Geekie also scored early against goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen, who was making his season debut for Colorado after being claimed off waivers from Winnipeg.

Tampa Bay’s Anthony Cirelli added an empty-net goal with 1:20 left in regulation.

Ivan Ivan fired a Cale Makar shot for a power play goal late in the first period. Makar added a goal in the third period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 33 saves, earning his 299th career victory.

Makar and Nathan MacKinnon were both credited with assists on Ivan’s goal, extending their season-opening point streak to 11 games.

UTAH 5, FLAMES 1

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and two assists, Connor Ingram stopped 30 shots and Utah beat Calgary.

Alexander Kerfoot, Barrett Hayton, Maveric Lamoureux and Clayton Keller also scored to help end Utah’s four-game skid.

Anthony Mantha scored for the Flames, who lost their fourth straight game. Dustin Wolf finished with 23 saves.

Kerfoot and Hayton both scored on long shots to give Utah a two-goal lead in the first. Mantha pulled one back early in the second, only for Lamoureux to counterattack following a takedown and drill a 60-foot slap shot 17 seconds later.

Sergachev took the puck home during a 5-on-3 advantage to give himself a three-goal margin late in the second. Keller’s power play goal in the third period capped the scoring.

KINGS 6, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anze Kopitar had a goal and two assists, including his 800th career assist as Los Angeles beat Las Vegas.

Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist, and Warren Foegele, Alex Laferriere and Joel Edmundson also scored for Los Angeles, which has won three of its last four games. Brandt Clarke added three assists, Mikey Anderson two assists and Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves.

Kopitar’s assist on Fiala’s power play goal at 6:23 of the third period made him the fifth player born outside of North America to reach 800 assists, joining Jaromir Jagr (1,155), Evgeni Malkin (809), Nicklas Lidstrom (878) and Henrik Sedin (830). Kopitar also joins Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby (1,013) and Malkin as well as Detroit’s Patrick Kane (818) as active skaters to reach this milestone.

Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals and Tanner Pearson also scored for Vegas. Ilya Samsonov stopped 20 shots.

DEVILS 6, CANUCKS 0

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Nico Hischier had a goal and two assists, Jacob Markstrom stopped 20 shots for his 21st career shutout as New Jersey dominated Vancouver.

Dawson Mercer and Jack Hughes each had a goal and an assist, and Timo Meir, Ondrej Palat and Tomas Tatar also scored for the Devils. Markstrom’s shutout was his first with New Jersey.

Arturs Silovs finished with 17 saves in his first game since Oct. 15 for Vancouver, which ended a five-game point streak (4-0-1).

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