NHL roundup: Friday
Brandon Saad netted his third career hat trick to snap a 19-game goal drought and lead the host St. Louis Blues past the Ottawa Senators 4-0 Friday.
Jordan Binnington made 20 saves for his 18th career shutout and third of the season.
Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues, who have won four of their last five games to move two games over .500 (in terms of point percentage) for the first time since Oct. 24.
Anton Forsberg made 21 saves in defeat for the Senators, who have lost four of their past five games.
Predators 3, Canucks 0
Juuse Saros made 27 saves to post his fourth shutout of the season as visiting Nashville ended a three-game losing streak with a win over Vancouver.
Steven Stamkos broke the scoreless deadlock, and Gustav Nyquist and Colton Sissons both produced one goal and one assist for the Predators, who snapped a three-game losing streak.
Saros earned his 27th career shutout as the struggling Predators finally picked up a victory in their fourth outing of a six-game road trip. Kevin Lankinen took the net with Vancouver’s No. 1 goalie Thatcher Demko sidelined due to back spasms, and he stopped 16 of the 17 shots he faced.
Panthers 3, Penguins 2 (SO)
Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in the shootout as Florida defeated the visiting Pittsburgh in Sunrise.
Panthers backup goalie Spencer Knight made 29 saves for the win. In the shootout, he stopped Rickard Rakell and Sidney Crosby — the two players who beat him in regulation. In regulation, Florida got goals from Matthew Tkachuk and Gustav Forsling.
The Penguins’ Tristan Jarry made 31 saves through overtime, but he was able to stop just 1 of 3 in the shootout.
Blackhawks 4, Canadiens 2
Nick Foligno scored two goals and Arvid Soderblom stopped 38 shots to lift Chicago past visiting Montreal, ending the Blackhawks’ five-game losing streak.
Tyler Bertuzzi and Patrick Maroon also scored as Chicago ended Montreal’s three-game winning streak.
Emil Heineman scored on a power play with 10:15 left in the game to bring Montreal within a goal, but the Blackhawks held on for their first win since Dec. 19. Their losing streak matched a season high and included three straight defeats by four goals.
Oilers 3, Ducks 2
Leon Draisaitl scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:35 left to give host Edmonton its eighth win in the last nine meetings with Anaheim.
Draisaitl scored from the bottom of the right circle to extend his point streak to 13 games (11 goals, 14 assists). Darnell Nurse had a goal and an assist, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored and Stuart Skinner made 27 saves for the Oilers, who have won two in a row following back-to-back road losses to the Ducks and Los Angeles Kings last weekend.
Brett Leason and Jackson LaCombe scored and Lukas Dostal stopped 23 shots for the Ducks, who failed in a bid to win four in a row for the first time this season.
–Field Level Media
