PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 Valeri Nichushkin scored the eventual game-winner early in the second period, Nathan MacKinnon had an assist to add to his NHL-leading points total and the Colorado Avalanche hung on for a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Brent Burns and Brock Nelson also scored for Colorado, which improved to 21-2-6 with a league-leading 48 points. The Avalanche were playing their third game in four days while Philadelphia had the last three days off.<\/p>\n
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Sean Couturier and Travis Konecny had the goals for Philadelphia, which lost for just the third time in the last nine games. The Flyers were playing the third contest of a season-long, six-game homestand.<\/p>\n
Burns netted the first of three straight Avalanche goals on a wrist shot midway through the first period. Nelson put Colorado ahead 2-1 with 52 seconds remaining in the period when he scored on a power play on a scrum in front. MacKinnon originally was credited with the goal before being awarded the primary assist. He now has 49 points.<\/p>\n
Nichushkin finished a 2-on-1 by beating Samuel Ersson on the blocker side on a wrist shot from the circle to make it 3-1 with 18:13 to play in the second. Ersson made 25 saves.<\/p>\n
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PANTHERS 4, ISLANDERS 1<\/p>\n
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Carter Verhaeghe stayed red-hot with his sixth goal in his last six games, Seth Jones scored for the second consecutive game and Florida closed out a homestand by topping New York.<\/p>\n
Uvis Balinskis got a rare goal for the Panthers, who finished off a three-game, four-day stint with five points \u2014 going 2-0-1. Florida wrapped up a stretch where it played 11 out of 12 games at home, going 5-5-1 in those home contests.<\/p>\n
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Sam Reinhart added an empty-netter for Florida.<\/p>\n
Mathew Barzal got his ninth goal for the Islanders, who had won three straight and were 7-1-0 in games when he had scored this season. No. 1 overall pick Matthew Schaefer had an assist on that goal, giving him 21 points through 30 games of his rookie season.<\/p>\n
SHARKS 4, HURRICANES 1<\/p>\n
Raleigh, N.C. (AP) \u2014 Macklin Celebrini set up San Jose\u2019s first two goals to tie for the NHL assists lead and added an empty-netter, helping the Sharks beat Carolina for their first road victory over the Hurricanes since 2018.<\/p>\n
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Celebrini tied Edmonton star Connor McDavid for the assists lead with 28, and moved a point ahead of McDavid for second in the scoring race with 43 \u2014 six behind Nathan MacKinnon of Colorado.<\/p>\n
The Sharks had lost six in a row in Raleigh since a 3-1 victory Feb. 4, 2018 \u2014 when Celebrini was 11 years old.<\/p>\n
Collin Graf, John Klingberg and Alexander Wennberg also scored, and Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 29 shots against his former team.<\/p>\n
Jordan Staal scored for the Hurricanes, and Pyotr Kochetkov made 18 saves in his first loss in five starts this season. The Hurricanes dropped to 3-3-0 with a game left on their homestand.<\/p>\n
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STARS 3, PENGUINS 2, SO<\/p>\n
DALLAS (AP) \u2014 Mikko Rantanen\u2019s final-round score was the only goal of the shootout and Jake Oettinger made 27 saves as Dallas beat Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
After Rantanen beat Tristan Jarry stick side, Oettinger stopped Kris Letang to end the game and record his league-high 14th win.<\/p>\n
Defenseman Miro Heiskanen scored 6-on-5 to tie the score 2-2 with 1:49 left in regulation and Jamie Benn also scored for the Stars, who have won three consecutive games and are 8-0-2 in their last 10 games.<\/p>\n
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Dallas\u2019 45 points are second in the league but three behind NHL-best Colorado in the Central Division.<\/p>\n
Thomas Novak and fourth-liner Connor Dewar scored for the Penguins, who are 0-4 in shootouts this season. Jarry, who stopped 21 shots, lost for the first time in his last five starts.<\/p>\n
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