Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each scored twice, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves, and the Winnipeg Jets won their seventh straight, 6-3 over the Rangers on Tuesday night in New York.
Gabriel Vilardi and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets, who have now won 15 of their first 16 games.
Will Cuylle, Alexis Lafreniere and Kaapo Kakko scored for the Rangers, who dropped their second straight home game following last Thursday’s 6-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.
Devils 4, Panthers 1 >> Timo Meier scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period, Jacob Markstrom made 33 saves and New Jersey snapped host Florida’s winning streak at seven games.
Senators 3, Maple Leafs 0 >> Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season as Ottawa won in Toronto. Josh Norris, Tim Stutzle and Michael Amadio scored for Ottawa. Artem Zub added two assists.
Judge extends time to indict driver accused of killing Gaudreaus >> The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they were cycling on a rural New Jersey road briefly appeared in court, where the judge extended the window for prosecutors to seek an indictment.
The hearing, in which the judge granted prosecutors 30 additional days in which to seek formal charges in the Gaudreaus’ Aug. 29 deaths, marked the first time the Gaudreau family and the defendant, Sean M. Higgins, 44, faced one another in court. Previously, Higgins appeared at hearings via video from behind bars.
Authorities say Higgins, who is from Woodstown, in southwestern New Jersey, was impaired after he drank five or six beers on the day he drove into the brothers’ bicycles, and that he has a history of road rage and aggressive driving.
Johnny Gaudreau, 31, and Matthew Gaudreau, 29, were killed near their childhood home in South Jersey on the eve of their sister’s wedding. The family, including their father, Guy Gaudreau, declined to comment on the case at the Salem County Courthouse.
Higgins had a blood-alcohol level of .087, which is above the state’s .08 legal limit, and he failed a field sobriety test, police said. He faces preliminary charges of two counts of death by auto, reckless driving, possession of an open container, and consuming alcohol in a vehicle.
Higgins faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of one of the death by auto counts.
Johnny Gaudreau, known as “Johnny Hockey,” played 10 full seasons in the NHL and was set to start his third with the Columbus Blue Jackets. He played his first eight seasons with the Calgary Flames.
Capitals trade for Eller >> The Washington Capitals reunited with veteran center Lars Eller. Washington sent a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2027 third-round pick to Pittsburgh for Eller, who spent seven seasons with the Capitals and helped the club win the franchise’s first Stanley Cup in 2018. Eller, 35, had four goals and three assists in 17 games with Pittsburgh. He was in the second season of a two-year deal he signed with the Penguins in the summer of 2023.