MONTREAL — Jonathan Quick made a season-high 45 saves, Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty scored and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 on Thursday night.
The shutout was Quick’s second of the season. Marian Gaborik added an empty-net goal to help the Kings improve to 20-9-2.
Mike Condon made 17 saves for Montreal and has lost four straight starts.
The Canadiens have lost six of their last seven games and scored just 11 goals over that stretch. They fell to 20-10-3.
Quick was sensational throughout the game. Montreal hit him with 18 shots in the first period en route to a season-high for shots on goal.
BLACKHAWKS 4, OILERS 0: Corey Crawford made 33 saves in his NHL-best fifth shutout and Teuvo Teravainen had two goals and an assist as Chicago won at home.
Jonathan Toews added a goal and two assists in a strong performance by Chicago’s top line, as the Blackhawks won for the third time in four games.
SABRES 3, DUCKS 0: Chad Johnson made 44 saves for his first shutout in nearly 21 months, leading Buffalo to a win at home.
Evander Kane, Jack McCabe and Jamie McGinn scored for the Sabres.
WILD 5, RANGERS 2: Devan Dubnyk made 21 saves in his return to action and Mikko Koivu had two goals and an assist for Minnesota in a win at St. Paul, Minnesota.
FLYERS 2, CANUCKS 0: Steve Mason made 36 saves and Michael Raffl and Sean Couturier each scored, leading Philadelphia to a win at home over slumping Vancouver.
Mason, Philadelphia’s No. 1 goalie who was making his first appearance since Dec. 8, returned to form and earned his first victory in his last eight home starts. Philadelphia has won seven of 10 overall.
PANTHERS 5, DEVILS 1: Brandon Pirri had a goal and two assists while Jussi Jokinen and Logan Shaw each had a goal and an assist as Florida won at Newark, New Jersey.
Al Montoya had 15 saves for the Panthers.
SHARKS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 4: Brent Burns banged the winning goal off Toronto center Peter Holland’s leg 2:13 into overtime, lifting San Jose to a win at Toronto.
Joe Pavelski, Patrick Marleau, Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Matt Nieto scored in regulation for San Jose, and Martin Jones had 28 saves.
FLAMES 3, STARS 1: Karri Ramo stopped 35 shots to help visiting Calgary win its seventh straight.
Sean Monahan, Dougie Hamilton and Mason Raymond scored for Calgary.
NOTES
SENATORS: Forward Zack Smith was fined $2,000 for diving/embellishment in a Dec. 10 game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Smith’s second citation triggered the $2,000 fine.
He was issued a warning against Vancouver on Nov. 12.
RANGERS: Goalie Antti Raanta left Thursday’s game against Minnesota after taking a slap shot off the top of his helmet early in the first period.
Minnesota defenseman Marco Scandella took a hard shot from below the right faceoff circle, hitting Raanta in the forehead area of the helmet.
Raanta staggered a bit and fell forward to the ice. He was down for several minutes before getting up and skating off under his own power.
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