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McDavid leads

Oilers past

Maple Leafs 6-4

By The Associated Press with 8:34 to go in regula-
TORONTO (AP) — Con- tion. The goal gave the Oil-
nor McDavid had a daz- ers a 6-3 lead.
zling goal and three assists, Mike Smith made 31 saves
and the Edmonton Oilers in the victory.
cooled off the Toronto Ma- ISLANDERS 1, AVALANCHE 0
ple Leafs with a 6-4 victory UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) —
on Monday night. Semyon Varlamov stopped
Oscar Klefbom, Darnell 32 shots against his former
Nurse, Kailer Yamamoto, team, earning his second
Alex Chiasson and Leon shutout of the season and
Draisaitl also scored for the leading the Islanders to the Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) scores against Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender
Oilers (22-17-5), who were win. Michael Hutchinson (30) during third-period NHL hockey game action in Toronto, Monday, Jan.
making their third stop on a Anders Lee scored for New 6, 2020.
five-game road trip. York, which had lost five Associated Press
Jason Spezza, Frederik of seven overall and four
Gauthier, Pierre Engvall straight at Nassau Colise- Ehlers had a goal and an one-year, two-way con- Gustav Nyquist also scored,
and Auston Matthews um. assist, powering Winnipeg tract on Friday. Defense- and Elvis Merzlikins made 35
scored for the Maple Leafs Varlamov got his 27th to the victory. man Ben Chiarot scored saves for the Blue Jackets,
(24-14-5), who were 9-0-1 in career shutout in his first Andrew Copp and Josh twice for Montreal, which who are 5-0-3 in their past
their last 10 games. matchup with the Ava- Morrissey also scored for has lost six in a row. Carey eight road games.
McDavid got the puck at lanche since signing a four- Winnipeg, which had Price stopped 24 shots. Alex Iafallo scored to ex-
Toronto's blue line and used year deal with the Islanders dropped five of six. Cap- BLUE JACKETS 4, KINGS 2 tend his point streak to
his speed to cleanly beat last summer. tain Blake Wheeler had two LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scott seven games but the Kings
Morgan Rielly 1-on-1 with Philipp Francouz had 32 assists, and Connor Helle- Harrington and Nathan lost for the third time in four
a fake to the inside before saves for Colorado, which buyck made 29 saves. Gerbe scored in the sec- games. Sean Walker had
going wide and snapping had won two in a row. Ilya Kovalchuk picked up ond period and Columbus a goal and an assist, and
the puck into the top cor- JETS 3, CANADIENS 2 an assist in his Canadiens went on to beat Los An- Jonathan Quick made 20
ner on Michael Hutchinson MONTREAL (AP) — Nikolaj debut. He agreed to a geles. Kevin Stenlund and saves.q

Predators hire former Devils

coach John Hynes as new coach

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Poile fired Laviolette and that left New Jersey in last
The Nashville Predators assistant coach Kevin Mc- place in the Metropolitan
have hired former New Carthy on Monday after Division and with the NHL’s
Jersey Devils coach John the Predators (19-15-7) second-worst record.
Hynes as the third coach in had dropped four of five. New Jersey hired Hynes
franchise history after firing They are 11th in the West- before the 2014-15 sea-
Peter Laviolette. ern Conference standings son, and he led the Devils In this Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, file photo, New Jersey Devils
head coach John Hynes talks to reporters after an NHL hockey
The Predators announced with 45 points. to six more points than in game against the Florida Panthers in Newark, N.J.
the hiring Tuesday before “This is a tremendous op- their previous season. He Associated Press
a morning skate. Nashville portunity to join an organi- guided the Devils to the
hosts Boston on Tuesday zation with a history of suc- 2018 playoffs for the first ing with players like Patrick Trophy and made it to
night. cess, a team with immense time since 2012 in a sea- Kane, Jimmy Howard, Phil the second round of the
“John Hynes is a bright talent and a phenomenal son when Taylor Hall won Kessel, Jimmy Hayes and playoffs in 2018. They were
young coach and great fan base,” Hynes said. “This the Hart Trophy for scoring Jason Zucker. eliminated in the first round
leader who has a track organization has a strong a career-best 93 points in The native of Warwick, a year ago.
record of both effectively foundation, from its own- 76 games. He also helped Rhode Island, was coach Poile traded away defen-
developing young players ership and executives to develop Nico Hischier, the when the Americans won seman P.K. Subban, Nash-
and successfully motivat- the entire front-office staff, No. 1 overall pick in 2017. the 2004 World Junior ville’s highest-paid player,
ing veterans,” Nashville and I’m excited to come Hynes was head coach Championship, their first and signed free-agent
general manager David in and try to maximize this in the AHL of Wilkes-Barre/ medal there since 1997. forward Matt Duchene to
Poile said in a statement. team’s abilities.” Scranton for five seasons Laviolette went 248-143-60 a $56 million, seven-year
“We love his coaching re- Hynes, 44, was 150-149-5 as after being an assistant in 5 1/2 seasons with Nash- contract on July 1. But
sume and are confident head coach with the New coach. He also spent nine ville, reaching the playoffs the Predators sputtered
that he has learned from Jersey Devils, who fired seasons on the staff of each of his first five sea- through the first half of this
every stop during his ca- him Dec. 3 despite signing the USA Hockey National sons. The Predators lost to season. They hadn’t won
reer, and has the best skill him to a multiyear exten- Team Development pro- Pittsburgh in six games in more than two straight
set to get the maximum sion last January. He was gram, including as head the 2017 Stanley Cup Final. games since a four-game
potential out of our team.” let go after a 9-13-4 start coach from 2003-09 work- They won the Presidents’ streak in late October. q