NHL roundup: Mammoth’s Logan Cooley scores 4 vs. Vegas

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Logan Cooley scored a career-high four goals and also had an assist to lead the Utah Mammoth to a 5-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night in Salt Lake City.

It was the first four-goal game in Mammoth history and the first four-goal game in the NHL this season.

Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist, Nate Schmidt added two assists and Karel Vejmelka made 33 saves for Utah, which won its second straight game.

Ivan Barbashev scored a goal and Carl Lindbom stopped 19 of 22 shots for Vegas, which had a six-game point streak snapped (3-0-3). It was just the second regulation road defeat of the season (5-2-4) for the Golden Knights.

Devils 4, Red Wings 3

Jacob Markstrom made 32 saves as New Jersey held on for a win over Detroit in Newark, N.J.

The Devils are 8-0-1 at home this season, joining the league-leading Colorado Avalanche (8-0-2) as the only teams without a regulation loss on home ice. Connor Brown, Timo Meier and Nico Hischier each had a goal and an assist. Cody Glass scored New Jersey’s other goal.

Alex DeBrincat, Dylan Larkin and James van Riemsdyk scored for the Red Wings, who are 1-2-0 in their last three games. Moritz Seider had two assists and Cam Talbot stopped 15 of 19 shots.

Lightning 3, Flyers 0

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves for his first shutout this season, Brandon Hagel notched two goals and an assist and Tampa Bay blanked visiting Philadelphia.

Nikita Kucherov, hurt on Saturday, returned to the lineup and assisted on all three tallies as the Lightning improved to 12-3-0 in their last 15. Anthony Cirelli scored and had an assist for Tampa Bay.

Philadelphia goalie Samuel Ersson stopped 15 of 17 shots as the club had its two-game winning streak snapped and was shut out for the first time this season.

Capitals 5, Blue Jackets 1

Jakob Chychrun scored twice while Tom Wilson and John Carlson each had a goal with an assist as Washington rolled to a home victory over Columbus.

Justin Sourdif added two assists and Logan Thompson stopped 22 of 23 shots for the Capitals, who broke the game open with three goals in the second period to win for the fourth time in five games.

Denton Mateychuk scored early for the Blue Jackets, who are 1-2-1 in their past four games Elvis Merzlikins turned aside 26 shots.

Rangers 3, Blues 2

Vladislav Gavrikov set up two goals as New York defeated visiting St. Louis to snap a four-game losing streak.

Vincent Trocheck, Alexis Lafreniere and Adam Edstrom scored for the Rangers, who earned just their second home victory in 10 tries this season (2-7-1). Adam Fox earned two secondary assists for New York, and Igor Shesterkin made 19 saves.

Dylan Holloway and Brayden Schenn scored for the Blues, who have won just one of their past six games (1-2-3). Joel Hofer stopped 17 shots.

Panthers 8, Predators 3

A.J. Greer scored twice and added an assist in Florida’s convincing win over host Nashville.

Sam Reinhart and Carter Vergaeghe each had a goal and two assists, Evan Rodrigues contributed a goal and an assist while Jesper Boqvist, Sam Bennett and Gustav Forsling also scored for the Panthers, who have won three of their last four. Uvis Balinskis had two assists, and Daniil Tarasov made 36 saves.

Filip Forsberg, Fedor Svechkov and Nick Blankenburg recorded the goals for the Predators, who lost for the eighth time in nine games (1-6-2). Juuse Saros stopped 11 shots before being replaced by Justus Annunen, who made seven saves.

Kings 2, Senators 1

Brandt Clarke scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 6:10 left in the third period and Los Angeles held on for a win against visiting Ottawa.

Warren Foegele also scored and Joel Edmundson assisted on both goals for the Kings, who improved to 2-4-3 at home this season. Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves.

Fabian Zetterlund tallied and Leevi Merilainen made 20 saves for the Senators, who fell to 2-1-0 on a seven-game road trip.

–Field Level Media