Avalanche beat Flyers 3-2; referee stretchered off ice

By The Associated Press on November 19, 2024.

Colorado Avalanche's Ivan Ivan (82) and Philadelphia Flyers' Sean Couturier (14) reach for the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Cale Makar scored two goals, Casey Mittelstadt scored one and Justus Annunen had 24 saves to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night in a game where a referee was stretchered off the ice.

Makar is off to a sensational scoring start for a defenceman. He beat Aleksei Kolosov for his seventh and eighth goals of the season and now has 27 points in 19 games.

Leading 2-0 in the third, Mittelstadt scored his seventh goal of the season.

Owen Tippett and Tyson Foerster scored for the Flyers in the third to bring it to 3-2.

BLUE JACKETS 5, BRUINS 1

BOSTON (AP) – Mathieu Olivier scored short-handed in a three-goal first period that ended with the Boston fans booing their own team off the ice, and last-place Columbus won.

Justin Danforth also scored a short-handed goal, making it 4-1 midway through the third period. Yegor Chinakhov made it 5-1 with about six minutes left, bringing out more boos and sending most of the remaining fans to the exits.

James van Riemsdyk and Dmitri Voronkov also scored for Columbus, and Elvis Merzļikins stopped 29 shots.

Charlie Coyle scored Boston’s only goal, and Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves as the Bruins lost their third straight game.

CANADIENS 3, OILERS 0

MONTREAL (AP) – Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots as Montreal blanked Connor McDavid and Edmonton.

Brendan Gallagher, Kaiden Guhle and Jake Evans – into an empty net – scored for Montreal, which matched its longest winning streak of the season with a second consecutive victory.

Montembeault earned his second shutout of the campaign after a 48-save showing against Toronto in the season-opener.

Calvin Pickard made 22 saves for Edmonton. The Oilers lost their second in a row after falling 4-3 in overtime to Toronto on Saturday.

Gallagher deflected a hard pass from Mike Matheson into the top right corner to open the scoring with 31 seconds left in the second period.

DUCKS 4, STARS 2

DALLAS (AP) – Brett Leason had a goal and two assists for a career-high three points, Lukas Dostal stopped 34 shots and Anaheim held on to beat Dallas.

Olen Zellweger, Cutter Gauthier and Jackson LaCombe also scored for the Ducks, who saw a 3-0 lead in the third period shrink to one goal before getting consecutive wins for the first time this season. Dostal won for the first time since Oct. 29, snapping a personal 0-4-1 streak.

Esa Lindell and Matt Duchene scored for the Stars, who snapped a three-game winning streak and lost at home for the first time in eight games this season. Casey DeSmith finished with 24 saves.

After Lindell and Duchene pulled Dallas within one goal midway through the third, LaCombe’s backhander with 5:28 left restored Anaheim’s two-goal lead.

Leason charged down the right side and beat DeSmith to the far post for a 2-0 lead at 5:44 of the first period. He has two goals this season, both in the last four games.

CAPITALS 6, UTAH 2

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Alex Ovechkin scored twice, tying an NHL record, before leaving with an apparent leg injury to propel Washington to a victory over Utah.

Ovechkin scored on Connor Ingram, making Ingram the 178th different goaltender he’s scored on in his 20-year NHL career, tying a league record held by Jaromir Jagr. He left the ice 5:30 into the third with an apparent left leg injury.

Charlie Lindgren had 24 saves for the Capitals. Dylan Strome and Brandon Duhaime both tallied a goal and an assist.

Jack McBain and Nick Bjugstad scored for Utah. Karel Vejmelka replaced Ingram in the net during the second period. They combined for 18 saves.

Utah struck first when McBain tapped home the puck 3:05 into the first.

Strome tied it on an unassisted wrap-around. Nic Dowd snapped the puck in from close range just 10 seconds later to put the Capitals in front. Ovechkin’s long-distance blast past Ingram’s glove extended Washington’s lead with 8:55 left in the first. He struck again on a 40-foot slap shot on a power play 5:38 into the second to put the Capitals up 4-1.

SHARKS 5, RED WINGS 4, OT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Rookie sensation Macklin Celebrini scored 46 seconds into overtime, and San Jose beat slumping Detroit.

William Ecklund had two goals, and Luke Kunin and Tyler Toffoli also scored for San Jose. who have won two straight and are 3-1-2 in their last six games. Mackenzie Blackwood finished with 16 saves.

Dylan Larkin had a goal and had an assist, and Alex DeBrincat, Marco Kasper and Michael Rasmussen also scored for Detroit, which has lost five of six. Cam Talbot stopped 29 shots.

Detroit trailed 4-3 with 2:06 left in regulation when DeBrincat tied it on a power-lay goal.

Celebrini, the 2024 No. 1 overall draft pick, then won it in the extra period with his fourth goal of the season and first career overtime score.