{allcanada} Oilers’ Ingram celebrates birthday with 27-save shutout, 3-0 win against Kraken

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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Connor Ingram celebrated his 29th birthday Tuesday by making 27 saves for his second shutout of the season as the Edmonton Oilers extended their winning streak to four games by beating the Seattle Kraken 3-0.

Max Jones, Kasperi Kapanen and Connor McDavid scored for the Oilers who have won six of their last eight.

Edmonton moved two points back of Pacific Division-leading Anaheim and three points up on third place Vegas. The Oilers are now 28-5-5 when scoring first this season.

The Kraken have lost six of their last seven and remain two points out of a wild-card playoff position.

Philipp Grubauer made 21 stops for Seattle.

Bobby McMann, who leads Seattle in goals and points since coming over in a deadline trade with Toronto - seven goals, four assists in eight games - had his goal scoring streak stopped at three games. He had a chance to match the second-longest goal streak in franchise history.

McDavid extended his goal streak to five games. He leads the NHL in goals since Dec. 1 with 32. The Oilers captain in now one point back of Dale Hawerchuk for the third-most points by a player before age 30. Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux are first and second on that lofty list.

Edmonton has been a regular pest for Seattle, as no team has recorded more victories over the Kraken than the Oilers. Edmonton came into the contest with a 14-4-0 record all-time against Seattle including going 7-1-0 at home and had outscored them 76-50.

Kraken: Host the Utah Mammoth on Thursday.

Oilers: Host the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.

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{allcanada} Connor scores OT goal as Jets defeat Blackhawks 4-3

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CHICAGO (AP) Kyle Connor scored 33 seconds into overtime to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.

Josh Morrissey, Isak Rosen and Cole Perfetti also scored, and Mark Scheifele added three assists for the Jets, who were coming off a 4-2 win over the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche.

Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice and Anton Frondell also scored for Chicago, which has lost four in a row.

Bertuzzi's wrist shot 9:46 into the third period sent the game to overtime.

Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves in the win for the Jets. Spencer Knight made 20 saves for the Blackhawks.

The Jets won 66.7% of the faceoffs in the game.

Jets: Visit Dallas on Thursday.

Blackhawks: Start their final road trip of the season at Edmonton on Thursday.

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{allcanada} Duren’s 31 points helps Pistons beat Raptors, clinch first division title in 18 years

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DETROIT (AP) — Jalen Duren had 31 points and nine rebounds as the Detroit Pistons defeated the Toronto Raptors 127-116 to clinch the Central Division title on Tuesday night.

Duren is averaging 23.4 points and 10.5 rebounds in seven games since Cade Cunningham sustained a lung injury on March 17 in 130-117 win over Washington. The Pistons are 6-2 without their star, including a 114-110 overtime loss in Oklahoma City on Monday - a game Duren sat out.

Daniss Jenkins scored 21 for the Pistons, who have won seven of nine, and Duncan Robinson added 19 points. Detroit won its first division title since 2007-08.

RJ Barrett had 24 points for Toronto, who had won six of nine, including a 119-108 home win over the Pistons on March 15. Brandon Ingram added 22 points.

Toronto missed its first 10 shots, but was able to get back into the game with defense and rebounding. The Raptors turned 13 Detroit turnovers into 23 points and pulled down nine offensive rebounds.

On one possession late in the first quarter, Collin Murray-Boyles pulled down five straight offensive rebounds before RJ Barrett hit a 3-pointer on the sixth shot.

Detroit needed a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from Jenkins to lead 59-54 at the half. The Pistons opened the third quarter with a 27-12 run to go ahead 86-66 and led 100-81 going into the fourth.

Duren had 10 of Detroit's 41 points in the quarter, with Jenkins and Robinson each scoring eight. The Pistons shot 70% (14 of 20).

Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff rested his starters for most of the fourth quarter.

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Raptors: Host Sacramento on Wednesday.

Pistons: Host Minnesota on Thursday.

 

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{allcanada} Canadiens extend winning streak to 6 games with a 4-1 win over the Lightning

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Jakub Dobes stopped 36 shots and the Montreal Canadiens won their sixth straight game, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Juraj Slavkovsky, Mike Matheson and Cole Caufield each had a goal and an assist. Nick Suzuki added an empty-net goal as the Canadiens moved to within two points of Tampa Bay for second place in the Atlantic Division.

Dobes won his fourth consecutive start and recorded his sixth consecutive game allowing two-or-fewer goals.

Jake Guentzel scored for Tampa Bay, which lost in regulation for the first time in nine games. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 19 saves.

Slavkovsky converted a one-timer with one second remaining on a 5-on-3 power play to give Montreal a 1-0 lead at 12:25 of the first period. Tampa Bay answered 1:16 later when Zemgus Girgensons protected the puck to allow the team to change behind him before Guentzel picked up a rebound and circled from behind the net and put a puck back across the grain.

The Canadiens regained the lead when Anthony Cirelli tried to one-touch a pass up ice that ended up on the stick of Mike Matheson. Montreal quickly transitioned the other way as Slafkovsky carried down the left wing and found Caufield wide open across the ice and the net wide open at 12:49 of the second period.

Caufield recorded his 300th career point on the play in his 360th game to become the fastest Montreal player to reach the mark since Mark Recchi in 1998.

Matheson and Suzuki added late empty-net goals.

Canadiens: At the New York Rangers on Thursday

Lightning: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday

 

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