RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Martin Necas had two goals and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the St.
Louis Blues 4-1 on Sunday. Andrei Svechnikov and Eric Robinson also scored for the Hurricanes, who’ve won two straight following a 1-2 road trip. Robinson added two assists.
Pyotr Kochetkov made 29 saves. Necas has a 13-game points streak since he was kept off the scoresheet Oct. 19 at St.
Louis. Jake Neighbours opened the scoring for St. Louis, but the Blues lost for the fifth time in six games (1-4-1).
CAPITALS 5, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored three goals Sunday night to continue his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s career record, and former Golden Knight Logan Thompson saved 40 shots in his first game back at T-Mobile Arena as Washington beat Vegas. Jakob Chychrun and Jakub Vrana also scored goals for the Capitals, and Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas each had two assists. Brett Howden and Keegan Kolesar scored for the Golden Knights, and Ilya Samsonov stopped 20 shots.
Ovechkin now has 866 goals, 29 from surpassing The Great One as the NHL career leader. It was his 31st career hat trick and his 176th career multigoal game, behind only Gretzky’s 189. Ovechkin also extended his record to 315 power-play goals.
Both goals also were his first against former Capitals goalie Samsonov. RANGERS 2, KRAKEN 0 SEATTLE (AP) — Alexis Lafreniere and Zac Jones scored as New York beat Seattle. Jonathan Quick stopped 24 shots for his second straight shutout .
