CANADIENS, RED WINGS EXTEND WIN STREAKS TO SIX GAMES

The Canadiens (7-0-1) and Red Wings (6-2-0) each extended winning streaks to six games with victories on Thursday. Montreal remains the only team without a regulation loss in 2016-17.

The Red Wings’ six-game winning streak equals their longest such run over the past five seasons (also Jan. 13-27, 2015). In 2011-12, Detroit posted three winning streaks of at least six games – first from Nov. 19 to Dec. 2 (7-0-0), then from Jan. 12 to 23 (7-0-0) and finally from Feb. 8 to 19 (6-0-0).

NHL MUSINGS

• Jets rookie Kyle Connor, the 17th overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, scored his first career goal (6 GP)
• Maple Leafs rookie Mitch Marner (0-3—3) posted his first career multi-point game
• The Coyotes (2-5-0) have earned each of their wins this season vs. PHI (also Oct. 15 at ARI)
• Flyers captain Claude Giroux notched his League-leading ninth assist to extend his point streak to seven games (0-9—9)
• Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek scored his first career game-winning goal to push his career totals to 2-3—5 in 4 GP
• Red Wings forward Steve Ott played in his 800th career game
• Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr (0-1—1) played in his 1,636th career game to move past Scott Stevens (1,635) into sole possession of seventh place all-time; Dave Andreychuk (1,639) ranks sixth
• The Ducks signed restricted free agent Hampus Lindholm to a six-year contract
• The Blues honored Barret Jackman, who signed a one-day contract with his original club before announcing his retirement in October
• Members of the Flyers Hall of Fame were honored during the first of five Heritage Nights planned for their 50th anniversary season

THURSDAY’S NHL RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
PITTSBURGH 4, NY Islanders 2
Minnesota 4, BUFFALO 0
Arizona 5, PHILADELPHIA 4
TORONTO 3, Florida 2
MONTREAL 3, Tampa Bay 1
Detroit 2, ST. LOUIS 1 (SO)
WINNIPEG 4, Dallas 1
LOS ANGELES 3, Nashville 2 (OT)
SAN JOSE 3, Columbus 1

FRIDAY’S NHL ACTION
All Times Eastern
NY Rangers @ Carolina, 7:30 p.m., TVAS, FS-CR, MSG
Chicago @ New Jersey, 7:30 p.m., MSG+, WGN
Ottawa @ Calgary, 9 p.m., SNF, RDS2, TSN5
Winnipeg @ Colorado, 9 p.m., ALT, TSN3
Edmonton @ Vancouver, 10 p.m., SN360, SN1
Columbus @ Anaheim, 10 p.m., PRIME, FS-O