RALEIGH, N.C. — Brent Burns, Brady Skjei and Jalen Chatfield scored to give Carolina another productive offensive outing from its blueliners while Frederik Andersen was strong in net to help the Hurricanes beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 on Thursday night.
Burns and Skjei each scored during a three-goal second period for Carolina, while Chatfield added a third goal from a defenseman for the Hurricanes.
Carolina entered the game with 20 goals and 67 points from defensemen since Nov. 25, which was third in the NHL behind Winnipeg and the New York Rangers.
Teuvo Teravainen added a short-handed goal in the second period while Martin Necas scored in the third, helping the Hurricanes blow the game open after a scoreless first period against Marc-Andre Fleury.
DUCKS 5, BLUE JACKETS 3: Cam Fowler, Trevor Zegras and Adam Henrique each had a goal and an assist and Anaheim overcame a three-goal deficit to win at Columbus, snapping a five-game losing streak. The Ducks scored three times in the second period before putting in the third-period winner. It was Anaheim’s fifth multi-goal comeback this season, tying it with New Jersey for the NHL lead.
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BLACKHAWKS 4, FLYERS 1: Jonathan Toews had a goal and an assist, Petr Mrázek made 38 saves and Chicago won for the first time in the regular season in Philadelphia in more than 26 years. Before Thursday, Chicago hadn’t won a regular-season game in Philadelphia since Nov. 9, 1996.
BRUINS 3, RANGERS 1: Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves to help Boston win at New York for its eighth victory in nine games.
MAPLE LEAFS 4, JETS 1: Auston Matthews scored twice early in the second period, Ilya Samosonov made 37 saves and host Toronto beat Winnipeg.
PANTHERS 6, CANADIENS 2: Florida exploded for five goals in the second period — including four on the power play — to win at Montreal.
SABRES 3, ISLANDERS 2: Dylan Cozens scored 12 seconds into overtime, and host Buffalo beat New York.
BLUES 5, PREDATORS 2: Robert Thomas and Brendan Saad each had a goal and an assist, sending host St. Louis to a victory over Nashville Predators.
CAPITALS 4, COYOTES 0: Darcy Kuemper stopped 27 shots and Dylan Strome scored twice to lead Washington over host Arizona.
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