NEW YORK (AP) - Mika Zibanejad had three goals and three assists in New York’s seven-goal second period and the Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 9-0 on Wednesday night.
Pavel Buchnevich had two goals and two assists - all in the second period - and Brendan Lemieux, Artemi Panarin, Jacob Trouba and Filip Chytil also scored in the Rangers’ most decisive victory since beating New Jersey 9-0 on March 31, 1986.
Alexandar Georgiev stopped 26 shots for his sixth career shutout.
The Rangers were without head coach David Quinn and assistants Jacques Martin, David Oliver and Greg Brown were due to NHL COVID-19 protocols. Hartford Wolf Pack coach Kris Knoblauch and associate head coach Gord Murphy, and Rangers associate general manager Chris Drury were behind the bench.
Brian Elliott started in goal for Philadelphia and allowed five goals on 13 shots before being replaced midway through the second period as the Flyers lost for the third time in four games.
Zibanejad scored three consecutive goals in a 10:10 span of the second for his fifth career hat trick. The Swedish center also topped 400 career points.
OILERS 7, FLAMES 3
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - NHL scoring leader Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists and Edmonton beat Calgary to split the two-game series.
McDavid has 18 goals and leads the NHL with 38 assists and 56 points.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jesse Puljujarvi, Dominik Kahun, Darnell Nurse, Zack Kassian and Alex Chiasson also scored to help the Oilers rebound from a 4-3 loss Monday night in the series opener.
Tyson Barrie had a career-high four assists, and Leon Draisaitl had three for the Oilers. Mike Smith made 30 saves.
Elias Lindholm, Mikael Backlund and Johnny Gaudreau scored for Calgary in the Flames’ first loss since Darryl Sutter returned as coach. Sutter directed the Flames to three straight victories after taking over for the fired Geoff Ward.
KINGS 4, BLUES 1
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Drew Doughty, Carl Grundstrom and Trevor Moore scored in a dominant first period, leading Los Angeles past St. Louis.
Moore had a goal and an assist for his first multipoint game of the season, while captain Anze Kopitar scored an empty-net goal from the opposite goal line and added an assist. Cal Petersen made 19 saves to end his five-start losing streak.
Los Angeles and St. Louis were scheduled for two consecutive games at Staples Center this week, but Monday’s game was postponed after a blizzard stranded the Kings in Denver, where they had just lost back-to-back games to the Avalanche.
Mike Hoffman scored for the Blues. They have lost five straight.
JETS 4, CANADIENS 3, OT
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - Nikolaj Ehlers scored at 55 seconds of overtime to push Winnipeg past Montreal.
Kyle Connor scored twice, Blake Wheeler connected on the first shot of the game, and Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves. Pierre-Luc Dubois added three assists to help the Jets rebound from a 4-2 loss to Montreal on Monday night in the series opener.
Brendan Gallagher and Phillip Danault each had a goal and an assists for the Canadiens, and Tyler Toffoli forced overtime with 1:25 left and goalie Carey Price off for an extra attacker. Price had 26 saves.
KNIGHTS 5, SHARKS 4
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Ryan Reaves broke a tie during a run of four straight Vegas goals in the third period and the Golden Knights rallied to beat San Jose.
Cody Glass, Nicolas Hague and Alec Martinez also scored over a roughly eight-minute span when Vegas erased a 3-1 deficit. The Golden Knights improved to 13-1-3 in 17 regular-season meetings with San Jose, including 5-0-0 this season.
Shea Theodore also scored for Vegas, and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 shots.
Matt Nieto, Mario Ferraro, Kevin Labanc and Evander Kane scored for the Sharks.
CANUCKS 3, SENATORS 2, SO
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Adam Gaudette scored in a shootout to lift Vancouver past Ottawa.
Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist, Brock Boeser also scored in regulation and Thatcher Demko made 30 saves for Vancouver.
The Canucks have won three straight - also beating Ottawa 3-2 in overtime Monday night - and six of seven to improve to 15-16-3.
Ryan Dzingel and Josh Norris scored for the Senators. They lost goaltender Joey Daccord to an injury in the third period.
Daccord, who had his first NHL victory Sunday against Toronto, left at 5:07 of the third period. He appeared to twist a knee when he went down in the net, and grimaced while being helped off the ice. Filip Gustavsson took over for his NHL debut.
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