NHL NEWS DEC 14 – The Hurricanes, Predators, Sabres and Sharks all rallied from multi-goal deficits en route to victory last night.
Down 5-2 after two periods, the Hurricanes scored six times in the final frame – including five straight goals and three within a span of 1:42 – to rally past the Canucks for their seventh consecutive home win.
Down 3-0 in the second period, the Predators stormed back with six unanswered goals – powered by multi-point efforts from Mike Fisher (2-0—2), Ryan Johansen (1-1—2), Viktor Arvidsson (0-2—2) and Colin Wilson (0-2—2) – to improve to 10-2-2 at Bridgestone Arena this season.
The Sabres scored four straight goals – including tallies 12 seconds apart by Jack Eichel (2-1—3) and Brian Gionta – to erase a 2-0 deficit in the second period and improve to 14-1-1 in their past 16 home games against the Kings (dating to Dec. 17, 1993; LAK: 1-12-3). Eichel has collected 5-3—8 in seven games since returning to action on Nov. 29 and has 6-8—14 in his past 12 contests dating to last season.
Trailing 2-0 in the third period, Justin Braun and Joe Pavelski scored 2:07 apart to tie the game and set the stage for Logan Couture’s clinching goal in the shootout. The Sharks improved to 12-1-2 in their past 15 meetings with the Maple Leafs dating to Dec. 21, 2002 (TOR: 1-10-4), including seven straight wins in Toronto.
TOP VOTE-GETTERS REVEALED AFTER WEEK TWO OF FAN VOTE
Predators defenseman P.K. Subban is the top vote-getter in the Central Division after two weeks of voting in the 2017 NHL All-Star Fan Vote, joining Canadiens goaltender Carey Price and forwards Sidney Crosby of the Penguins and Connor McDavid of the Oilers, who led their respective divisions after week one.
- Chicago’s Artem Anisimov (1-1—2) registered his third game-winning goal in the past four games to move into a share of the League lead with six this season (tied w/ Jeff Carter)
- Jamie Benn posted his second career four-assist game (also Nov. 14, 2013 at CGY: 1-5—6) as the Stars scored five unanswered goals en route to victory
- Mike Smith made 37 saves to help lead the Coyotes to victory
- Sergei Bobrovsky (33 saves) recorded his sixth consecutive victory – and League-leading 17th win of the season – to push his personal point streak to eight games (7-0-1)
- Ducks forward Corey Perry (3-5—8) extended his point streak to six games, while Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov (0-7—7) and Sharks defenseman Brent Burns (3-2—5) extended their point streaks to five games.
TUESDAY’S NHL RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
BUFFALO 6, Los Angeles 3
Washington 4, NY ISLANDERS 2
Chicago 2, NY RANGERS 1
CAROLINA 8, Vancouver 6
San Jose 3, TORONTO 2 (SO)
Arizona 4, DETROIT 1
NASHVILLE 6, St. Louis 3
MINNESOTA 5, Florida 1
DALLAS 6, Anaheim 2
Columbus 3, EDMONTON 1
WEDNESDAY’S NHL ACTION
All Times Eastern
San Jose @ Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Boston @ Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay @ Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
Philadelphia @ Colorado, 10 p.m.