RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the only goal in the shootout to lead the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 National Hockey League victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night.
Martin Fehervary scored for the Capitals, while Darcy Kuemper made 28 saves and stopped all three attempts in the shootout.
Washington improved to 5-0 on the season in the second game of back-to-back sets. The Capitals have earned at least a point in five of their past six games.
Sebastian Aho scored for the Hurricanes, who lost their second straight game. Pyotr Kochetkov made 20 saves.
Elsewhere in the NHL on Sunday:
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DUCKS 5 DEVILS 1
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Adam Henrique scored three goals for his first career hat trick and Anaheim snapped a five-game losing streak.
Alex Killorn had a goal and two assists, Troy Terry had a goal and an assist, and defencemen Pavel Mintyukov and Cam Fowler each had two assists for the Ducks, who were 1-13-0 since their last regulation win on Nov. 14.
John Gibson had 18 saves through two periods and Lukas Dostal stopped all 10 shots he faced in the third. The Ducks announced Gibson was pulled because he was feeling “under the weather.”
Michael McLeod scored for New Jersey, and Akira Schmid finished with 22 saves. The Devils had won two straight and five of six.
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CANUCKS 4 BLACKHAWKS 3
CHICAGO (AP) — Brock Boeser, Ilya Mikheyev and Dakota Joshua scored in the middle period, and Vancouver beat depleted Chicago.
Elias Pettersson also scored as the Canucks shook off a slow start. J.T. Miller and Tyler Myers each had two assists, and Thatcher Demko made 25 saves. Vancouver improved to 6-1-1 in the last eight games.
Nick Foligno had two goals for Chicago, and rookie Connor Bedard had two assists against his hometown team. Cole Guttman scored in the third period, and Petr Mrazek made 22 saves.
The last-place Blackhawks lost their fourth straight game and dropped to 4-13-1 in their last 18.
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GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6 SENATORS 3
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev each had a goal and an assist, and Logan Thompson came off the bench to make 20 saves as Vegas beat Ottawa.
Jonathan Marchessault, Nicolas Roy, Chandler Stephenson and William Karlsson also scored for the Golden Knights. Adin Hill gave up one goal on three shots in his return to the net for the first time since Nov. 30 before leaving with an apparent injury 6:25 into the game.
Josh Norris, Ridly Greig and Brady Tkachuk each scored for the Senators and Joonas Korpisalo made 25 saves. The Senators lost their fourth straight game.
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AVALANCHE 6 SHARKS 2
DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and two assists to extend his point streak to 15 games, and Colorado beat San Jose.
Mikko Rantanen, Ryan Johansen, Valeri Nichushkin and Miles Wood also had goals for the Avalanche. Alexandar Georgiev had 27 saves in rebound game from a poor start last Monday.
MacKinnon’s streak ties his career high and also gives him at least one point in all 16 home games this season. He is second in the NHL in scoring with 47 points, trailing only Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov (52).
Tomas Hertl scored two goals for the Sharks and MacKenzie Blackwood finished with 23 saves.
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