Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves for his first shutout of the season in likely his final game in Montreal, helping the Minnesota Wild beat the Canadiens 4-0 on Thursday night.
The 40-year-old Fleury, from Sorel-Tracy about 50 miles northeast of Montreal, is retiring after the season. He has 76 career shutouts — three at Bell Centre, where more than 100 friends and family cheered him Thursday.
Liam Ohgren and Devin Shore each scored their first goal of the season. Marco Rossi had a goal and an assist and Frederick Gaudreau added an empty-netter.
ISLANDERS 3, FLYERS 0: Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves for his third shutout of the season, Marc Gatcomb scored his first NHL goal and New York won its sixth straight game with a victory over Philadelphia. Simon Holmstrom and Kyle Palmieri also scored for the Islanders, who leapfrogged the Flyers and the idle New York Rangers in the Metropolitan Division standings and are three points out of a wild-card spot.
It was the 21st career shutout for Sorokin, who won his fifth straight game and has allowed just four goals in that span. New York has outscored opponents 21-7 during its streak.
The Flyers were blanked for the second consecutive game. Ivan Fedotov made 25 saves for Philadelphia.
SENATORS 5, CAPITALS 4, OT: Alex Ovechkin moved within 19 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, scoring on a late power play in Washington’s overtime loss to Ottawa. Ovechkin scored his 23nd goal of the season to push his career total to 876. Gretzky scored 894 goals in the NHL.
JETS 6, BRUINS 2: Mark Scheifele scored his 30th and 31st goals of the season and Western Conference-leading Winnipeg beat Boston. Vladislav Namestnikov had a goal and assist, and Nikolaj Ehlers, Parker Ford and Kyle Connor also scored for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 27 shots.
HURRICANES 3, BLACKHAKWS 2: Mikko Rantanen scored his first goal with Carolina, helping the Hurricanes beat Chicago. Seth Jarvis and Jaccob Slavin also scored for the Hurricanes, who won for the sixth time in seven games. Pyotr Kochetkov made 18 saves.
WILD 4, CANADIENS 0: Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves for his first shutout of the season in likely his final game in Montreal, helping Minnesota beat the Canadiens. The 40-year-old Fleury, from Sorel-Tracy about 50 miles northeast of Montreal, is retiring after the season.
Liam Ohgren and Devin Shore each scored their first goal of the season. Marco Rossi had a goal and an assist and Frederick Gaudreau added an empty-netter.
BLUE JACKETS 2, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1: Cole Sillinger, who missed the previous three games because of an upper-body injury, scored on a rebound 52 seconds into overtime to give Columbus the victory over Vegas.
RED WINGS 3, OILERS 2, SO: Dylan Larkin tied the score in the second period and scored in a shootout to help Detroit beat Edmonton.
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