UNDATED (AP) — Two of the NHL’s best offenses combined for just two goals in Raleigh on Thursday.
The Hurricanes and Avalanche were scoreless before Ethan Bear tallied with 5:40 remaining to send Carolina to a 2-0 victory. The tiebreaking goal came after the Hurricanes and Avalanche had come up empty on a combined 68 shots to that point. Sebastian Aho added an empty-netter to secure the Canes’ eighth win in 10 games.
Antti Raanta had 36 saves for his second shutout this season. Darcy Kuemper finished with 35 saves for the Avs, who entered with a league-best 87 before losing for the fourth time in five games.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— Sam Reinhart recorded his sixth career hat trick in the Panthers’ fifth straight win, 6-3 over the Flyers. Carter Verhaeghe tallied twice against his former team and Florida scored three power-play goals to tie a season high.
— Johnny Gaudreau also notched his sixth career hat trick and extended his point streak to seven games as the Flames won for the 15th time in 18 games, 4-1 against the Lightning. Jacob Markstrom stopped 30 shots for Calgary, which is 13-1-1 in its last 15 at home.
— Jakob Chychrun notched his second goal of the game at 2:17 of overtime to give the Coyotes a 5-4 victory over the Maple Leafs. Alex Galchenyuk had a goal and an assist for Arizona, which won its fourth in a row after blowing a 4-1 lead in the third period.
— The Bruins pulled out a 4-3 win over the Blackhawks on David Pastrnak’s goal with 17.2 seconds left in regulation. Pastrnak finished with two goals and an assist in Boston’s eighth win in 10 games.
— The Blues’ four-game losing streak is over after Robert Thomas scored twice to lead a 6-2 romp over the Rangers. Ville Husso made 27 saves to improve to 14-4-3 on the season.
— Matt Duchene had two goals and an assist in the Predators’ third win in a row, 4-1 over the Ducks. Filip Forsberg had a goal and two assists to back Juuse Saros, who handled 27 shots.
— Craig Anderson stopped 30 shots and Victor Olofsson scored the go-ahead goal on the power play with 3:44 remaining in the Sabres’ 3-1 win over Jack Eichel and the Golden Knights. Eichel was mostly booed Thursday night in his first visit to his former home.
— Shootout goals by Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Fiala pushed the Wild past the Red Wings, 6-5. Matt Boldy scored twice to help Minnesota withstand two-goal performances by Jakub Vrana and Lucas Raymond.
— Anders Lee registered his first career hat trick and Ilya Sorokin collected his sixth shutout of the season to highlight the Islanders’ 6-0 assault on the Blue Jackets. Brock Nelson, Josh Bailey and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored for New York in New York’s second win in three games.
— Kyle Connor scored his team-leading 35th goal late in the second period to snap a tie and lead the Jets to a 2-1 victory over the Devils. Brenden Dillon also scored and Eric Comrie made 33 saves in Winnipeg’s fourth time in six games.
— Tomas Hertl scored 1:13 into overtime to give the Sharks their first win in four games, 4-3 versus the Kings. Brent Burns and Nick Bonino supplied power-play goals to support Zach Sawchenko, who made 33 saves to get his first career win.
— Ottawa wasted a 3-0 lead before Josh Norris scored his second of the night on the power play for a 4-3 victory over the Kraken. Brady Tkachuk and Parker Kelly also scored to help the Senators open a five-game homestand with a victory.
Flyers give Ristolainen extension
UNDATED (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers have signed defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen to a five-year contract extension worth $25.5 million.
The 27-year-old Ristolainen is in his first season with the Flyers and has two goals with 11 assists in 49 games while averaging just over 21 minutes of ice time. He leads the team with 177 hits, which ranks third among NHL defensemen
Elsewhere in the NHL:
— The Golden Knights sent home starting goalie Robin Lehner to further evaluate a lower-body injury. Coach Pete DeBoer didn’t provide details on the injury except to say it’s not related to the upper-body injury which led to Lehner missing five games late last month.
— The Maple Leafs will be without No. 1 goaltender Jack Campbell for at least the next two weeks because of a rib injury.
