Jesper Boqvist scored two goals and Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves in the Florida Panthers’ 4-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club on Wednesday in Salt Lake City.
Sam Reinhart and Eetu Luostarinen also scored and Matthew Tkachuk had two assists for the Panthers, who have alternated losses and wins for six games. Bobrovsky improved to 18-9-1 this season.
Boqvist logged the third multigoal game in his six NHL seasons, but his second in his last five games. Logan Cooley collected Utah’s only goal, and Karel Vejmelka stopped 29 of 31 shots.
The Utah Hockey Club are 1-5-2 in their past eight games, including an 0-3-1 mark on home ice. No team in the NHL has fewer home points (14) than Utah, from a home record of 5-8-4.
Blackhawks 3, Avalanche 1
Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist to back a 35-save effort from Petr Mrazek and lift host Chicago to a win over Colorado.
Ilya Mikheyev and Frank Nazar also scored for Chicago, which ended an eight-game point streak for Colorado (7-0-1).
Juuso Parssinen scored an unassisted goal and Avalanche goaltender Trent Miner had 17 saves in his first NHL start. Miner appeared in relief during a Nov. 15 loss against Washington. He rejoined the team this week after Scott Wedgewood (lower body) was placed on injured reserve.
Capitals 2, Canucks 1 (OT)
Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice, including the game-winner with 41 seconds left in overtime, as Washington defeated visiting Vancouver.
Logan Thompson made 30 saves for the Capitals, who have alternated wins and losses over their last eight games. Connor McMichael, Aliaksei Protas and Matt Roy each had an assist.
Conor Garland scored for the Canucks, who have lost three straight (0-1-2) and four of six (1-2-3). Kevin Lankinen stopped 16 of 18 shots. Quinn Hughes and Kiefer Sherwood assisted on Garland’s tally.
Flames at Kings, ppd.
The NHL postponed the scheduled game between visiting Calgary and Los Angeles because of the wildfires raging in Southern California. A makeup date has not yet been announced.
–Field Level Media
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