Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists as the Dallas Stars defeated the visiting San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Friday to run their points streak to nine games (7-0-2).
Since the start of the 2015-16 season, the Stars are 12-1-0 in 13 home games against the Sharks.
Sam Steel, Jason Robertson and Miro Heiskanen also scored for Dallas, and Wyatt Johnston had two assists. Jake Oettinger stopped 16 of 17 shots in the Dallas net, giving him a fifth consecutive victory.
Yaroslav Askarov stopped 20 of 23 shots for the Sharks, who are on a two-game skid. Collin Graf recorded San Jose’s only goal.
Ducks 4, Capitals 3 (SO)
Beckett Sennecke and Ross Johnston each had a goal and an assist and Anaheim defeated visiting Washington in a shootout.
Troy Terry and Mason McTavish scored in the shootout for the Ducks, who rallied three times from one-goal deficits in regulation. Cutter Gauthier added a goal and Ville Husso made 18 saves as Anaheim bounced back from a 7-0 home loss to the Utah Mammoth on Wednesday.
Tom Wilson, Ethen Frank and Aliaksei Protas scored for the Capitals, who had won six straight and were finishing up a four-game road trip. Logan Thompson made 35 saves. Anthony Beauvillier scored Washington’s lone shootout goal.
Golden Knights 3, Devils 0
Akira Schmid made 24 saves en route to his second shutout of the season as Vegas earned prevailed in Newark, N.J.
It was the third career shutout for Schmid, who improved to 10-2-4, a career high for wins in a season. Schmid, a fifth-round draft pick by New Jersey in 2018 and who went 14-18-3 in three seasons with the Devils (2021-24), was facing his former club for the first time in his career.
Shea Theodore had a goal and assist, Jack Eichel notched two assists and Tomas Hertl and Ivan Barbashev also scored goals for Vegas, which won its third straight. Jacob Markstrom finished with 22 saves for the Devils, who took their fourth consecutive loss.
Mammoth 4, Canucks 1
Karel Vejmelka stopped 31 of 32 shots and Kevin Stenlund and Mikhail Sergachev each had a goal and an assist to spark Utah to a win over host Vancouver.
Vejmelka had his second straight strong outing after blanking Anaheim two nights earlier. Nick Schmaltz and John Marino also scored for the Mammoth, who won their second straight game, which was preceded by a four-game losing streak.
Arshdeep Bains scored and Kevin Lankinen made 14 saves for the Canucks, who opened a four-game homestand by taking their fourth straight defeat.
Jets 4, Sabres 1
Eric Comrie made 34 saves to help Winnipeg to a win against visiting Buffalo.
Kyle Connor, Tanner Pearson and Cole Koepke scored for the Jets, who won for just the second time in their past eight games.
Jason Zucker scored and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 19 saves for the Sabres, who have lost two in a row after winning four of six.
–Field Level Media
