Logan Stankoven scored two goals and Roope Hintz had a career-high four assists as the Dallas Stars defeated the visiting Los Angeles Kings 6-2 on Friday night.

Jason Robertson had a goal and two assists, while Sam Steel had a goal and an assist. Thomas Harley contributed two assists and Jake Oettinger made 29 saves for the Stars, who have won four of their last five games.

Warren Foegele and Trevor Moore scored and Darcy Kuemper made 26 saves for the Kings, who have dropped two in a row (0-1-1).

Maple Leafs 3, Rangers 2

Matthew Knies scored the tiebreaking goal with 13:39 left following a misplay behind the net by goaltender Igor Shesterkin as visiting Toronto recorded a victory over New York.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored a power-play goal early in the first period and William Nylander tallied on a fortuitous bounce in the opening minute of the second as the Maple Leafs won their fourth straight game. Toronto is 7-1-0 over the past eight games. Toronto goalie Anthony Stolarz made 33 saves.

Mika Zibanejad scored and assisted on Will Cuylle’s short-handed goal, but the Rangers were unable to win their third straight and remained four points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot. Shesterkin stopped 14 shots.

Avalanche 5, Wild 2

Ross Colton had two goals and an assist, Jonathan Drouin and Jack Drury scored 52 seconds apart, and Colorado knocked off Minnesota in Denver.

Valeri Nichushkin also scored, Oliver Kylington contributed two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 18 shots for Colorado. The Avalanche improved to 2-0 on their six-game homestand and pulled even with the Wild for third place in the Central Division, though Minnesota has a game in hand.

The NHL’s leading scorer, Nathan MacKinnon, had an assist to extend his home point streak to 16 games. Mats Zuccarello and Vinnie Hinostroza had goals and Filip Gustavsson made 25 saves for Minnesota, which has dropped three straight.

–Field Level Media