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NHL Roundup: Jets beat Rangers 7-3 for seventh straight win
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NHL Roundup: Jets beat Rangers 7-3 for seventh straight win

NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each scored twice, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves and the Winnipeg Jets earned their seventh straight victory, 6-3 over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each scored twice, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves and the Winnipeg Jets earned their seventh straight victory, 6-3 over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

Gabriel Vilardi and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets, who have now won 15 of their first 16 National Hockey League games.

Will Cuylle, Alexis Lafrenière and Kaapo Kakko scored for the Rangers, who lost their second consecutive home game after last Thursday. 6-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabers.

Hellebuyck improved to 12-1-0 this season.

Scheifele scored 57 seconds into the game before Cuylle tied the game at 13:07 of the first period.

Vilardi gave the visitors the lead on a power play at 8:58 before Lafrenière tied the game again at 12:51 of the second.

Connor gave the Jets the lead for good at 16:03 of the second. Scheifele scored again 1:08 into the third period – his ninth of the season – before Kakko cut the lead to 4-3 just 32 seconds later. Namestnikov scored his fifth at 13:08 and Connor completed the scoring into an empty net with 20 seconds left.

Elsewhere in the NHL on Tuesday:

SENATORS 3 MAPLE LEAFS 0

TORONTO (AP) — Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season as the Ottawa Senators blanked the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0.

Josh Norris, Tim Stutzle and Michael Amadio scored for Ottawa. Artem Zub added two assists.

Anthony Stolarz stopped 38 shots for Toronto, which saw its three-game winning streak snapped.

The teams met for the first time since Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly cross-checked Ridly Greig high after the Senators forward fired a slap shot into an empty net on a breakaway in a victory 5-3 on February 10. Rielly was suspended five games for the incident.

DEVILS 4 PANTHERS 1

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Timo Meier scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period, Jacob Markstrom made 34 saves and New Jersey ended Florida’s seven-game winning streak.

Jack Hughes scored in the first period for the Devils, Paul Cotter gave New Jersey a 3-1 lead with 15:07 to play and Dougie Hamilton and Jesper Bratt each had two assists. Ondrej Palat scored into an empty net to cap off the victory.

It was career game No. 498 for Markstrom. Only 80 goalies have reached the 500-game mark in NHL history.

Sam Reinhart scored his 12th goal for Florida and Spencer Knight made 20 saves for the Panthers. Florida played without a striker Sam Bennett, a late scratch with an undisclosed upper body issue.

BRUINS 3 BLUE 2

ST. LOUIS (AP) — David Pastrnak scored with 1:47 left as the Boston Bruins scored three goals in the third period to come back for a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues.

Pastrnak’s shot from the left circle sailed past Jordan Binnington’s pads and slid just over the goal line.

Morgan Geekie and Charlie McAvoy also scored for the Bruins who trailed 2-0 after two periods. Geekie returned to the lineup after playing the last three games healthy.

Boston was outscored 16-5 in the third period and was 0-7-0 this season when trailing after two starts.

Jeremy Swayman made 20 saves as Boston won for the fourth time in its last six games.

OILERS 4 ISLANDERS 3 (OT)

EDMONTON, Alta. (AP) — Leon Draisaitl scored two goals, including the winner in overtime, and Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists to go one point shy of 1,000 for his career as the Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Islanders 4-3.

McDavid, who has seven points in his last two games, fed the puck to Draisaitl who scored on goaltender Ilya Sorokin from a difficult angle 1:52 into overtime.

Evan Bouchard had a goal and two assists for the Oilers.

Anders Lee had two goals and Kyle Palmieri also scored for the Islanders.

Stuart Skinner made 19 saves for the Oilers, while Sorokin made 38 saves for the Islanders.

KRAKEN 5 BLUE JACKETS 2

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken scored twice in 10 seconds as part of a four-goal second period, coming back from a two-goal deficit to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2.

Brandon Tanev scored on a breakaway 7:13 into the second period, and Eeli Tolvanen followed with a power play goal at 7:23 to give the Kraken the lead. Tye Kartye and Will Borgen also scored for Seattle in the second period. Jared McCann added a late empty-net goal and Joey Daccord made 38 saves.

Columbus took an early lead with its two quick goals, as Sean Kuraly and Zachary Aston-Reese scored 22 seconds apart with about six minutes left in the first period. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 28 shots for the Blue Jackets, who have lost six in a row.

CANUCKS 3 FLAMES 1

VANCOUVER, BC (AP) — Elias Pettersson tied the score on a power play early in the second period and assisted on Erik Brannstrom’s goal in the third as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Calgary Flames 3-1.

Pius Suter also scored for the Canucks while JT Miller had two assists. Vancouver goaltender Kevin Lankinen stopped 28 shots.

Justin Kirkland scored for Calgary and Flames goalie Dan Vladar made 29 saves.

Brannstrom’s goal was his first as a Canuck since being acquired in an Oct. 6 deal with Colorado.

Swedish rookie Jonathan Lekkerimaki, 15th pick in the 2022 draft, played his first game with the Canucks, taking Brock Boeser’s place on the power play with the first unit. Boeser is recovering from an upper body injury after being hit in the head by Tanner Jeannot of the Los Angeles Kings last Thursday.

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