hurricanes 4, blues 1

Martin Necas had two goals and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the St. Louis Blues 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).

The Blues scored 6:05 into the game on Neighbours’ first goal in 10 games before Carolina recorded its first shot on goal.

Svechnikov tied the score with a power-play goal with 25 seconds left in the opening period. Four of his six goals have come on power plays.

capitals 5, golden kngights 2

Alex Ovechkin scored three goals Sunday night to continue his pursuit of Wayne Gretzy’s career record, and former Golden Knight Logan Thompson saved 39 shots in his first game back at T-Mobile Arena as the Washington Capitals 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.

The Golden Knights played a video tribute to Thompson, who played for the club from 2021-24, midway through the first period. He appeared emotional as the crowd roared, repeatedly tapping his heart.

Vegas’ loss left coach Bruce Cassidy still one victory shy of 400.

Thompson is 2-0 against his former team this season, saving 63 of 67 shots.

Jack Eichel extended his point streak to six games. He has two goals and 10 assists over that stretch.

Showing he’s not simply an offensive player, Ovechkin saved a goal in the second period when he got his stick on Ivan Barbashev’s open-net shot. That allow the Capitals to remain in front 3-2.

The Capitals were winless in six previous regular-season trips to T-Mobile before this game. Washington, of course, won the 2018 Stanley Cup in this arena.