Macklin Celebrini scored a goal and added an assist on Friday, grabbing sole possession of the league lead in points while carrying the San Jose Sharks to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Winnipeg Jets.
Celebrini, 19, boosted his point total to 23 (nine goals, 14 assists). It was his sixth multi-point game of the season.
Will Smith also scored for the Sharks, who improved to 5-1-1 over their past seven games. Alex Nedeljkovic made 32 saves for his first career win against the Jets (1-2-0).
Josh Morrissey scored the lone goal for the Jets, who have dropped back-to-back road games after starting the season 4-0-0 away from home. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 25 shots in the defeat.
Wild 5, Islanders 2
Kirill Kaprizov produced a goal and an assist as Minnesota prevailed in Elmont, N.Y.
Vincent Hinostroza, Danila Yurov, Brock Faber and Marco Rossi also scored for the Wild, who have won three of their past four. Jesper Wallstedt made 25 saves to improve to 2-0-2 on the season.
Emil Heineman and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored for the Islanders, who have lost two in a row (0-1-1). David Rittich stopped 21 shots.
Rangers 4, Red Wings 1
Artemi Panarin notched a goal and two assists as New York defeated host Detroit to improve to 7-1-1 in road games. The Rangers are just 0-5-1 at home.
New York’s Alexis Lafreniere supplied a goal and an assist, Will Cuylle and Noah Laba also scored, and Mika Zibanejad added two assists. Jonathan Quick made 32 saves for the Rangers, who have won seven straight against the Red Wings.
J.T. Compher scored for Detroit, which had a five-game home winning streak come to an end. Cam Talbot stopped 22 shots. Red Wings forward Patrick Kane returned to action after missing the previous nine games due to an upper-body injury.
Blackhawks 4, Flames 0
Connor Bedard had a goal and three assists and Spencer Knight made 33 saves for his first shutout of the season as Chicago blanked host Calgary.
Tyler Bertuzzi scored two goals and Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, who won their second straight game. It was the sixth career shutout for Knight and his first in parts of two seasons in a Chicago uniform.
Dustin Wolf finished with 23 saves for the Flames, who had a two-game win streak snapped.
–Field Level Media
