{"id":57180,"date":"2018-01-22T06:30:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T06:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=57180"},"modified":"2018-01-22T06:30:06","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T06:30:06","slug":"golden-knights-beat-hurricanes-5-1-have-nhls-best-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/nhl\/golden-knights-beat-hurricanes-5-1-have-nhls-best-record.html","title":{"rendered":"Golden Knights beat Hurricanes 5-1, have NHL’s best record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Golden Knights beat Hurricanes 5-1, have NHL’s best record<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

James Neal and Jonathan Marchessault scored to help the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Sunday night, giving the expansion franchise the best record in the NHL.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Golden Knights are 31-11-4, good for 66 points. That’s one ahead of Tampa Bay, which had the night off.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colin Miller had a goal and two assists, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves for Vegas. The Golden Knights finished 2-1-1 on this road trip, including a 4-1 win Thursday at the Lightning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Brendan Leipsic also scored for Vegas, which avenged a 3-2 shootout loss to Carolina in December. Neal got his 21st goal of the season, and Marchessault had his 17th.<\/span><\/p>\n

SHARKS 6, DUCKS 2<\/span><\/p>\n

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Mikkel Boedker had two goals and an assist, Joe Thornton had a goal and an assist, and San Jose beat Anaheim.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Kevin Labanc and Melker Karlsson also scored for the Sharks, who have won five of six. Aaron Dell stopped 33 shots.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nRickard Rakell and Ryan Getzlaf scored for Anaheim. John Gibson stopped only 17 of 22 shots and was replaced after giving up his fifth goal. Anaheim had a four-game home winning streak snapped.<\/span><\/p>\n

Four goals came in the third period.<\/span><\/p>\n

FLYERS 2, CAPITALS 1, OT<\/span><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Travis Konecny scored 27 seconds into overtime, and surging Philadelphia beat Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n

Konecny found space in the middle of the offensive zone and his shot deflected off Washington’s T.J. Oshie and past Braden Holtby for his eighth of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael Raffl also scored for Philadelphia, and Brian Elliott had 27 saves. The Flyers have won three in a row and seven of eight to move into playoff position in the Eastern Conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington has dropped three in a row. Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-best 29th goal, and Holtby made 21 stops.<\/span><\/p>\n

JETS 1, CANUCKS 0<\/span><\/p>\n

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) \u2014 Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, and Winnipeg beat Vancover to extend its home winning streak to six games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Patrik Laine scored his team-leading 21st goal in the first period.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hellebuyck picked up his 25th win for the Jets, who moved into first place in the Central Division, one point ahead of idle Nashville.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anders Nilsson stopped 35 shots for the Canucks, who had lost 5-2 to Edmonton the night before. It was Nilsson’s sixth straight loss.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nhl\/2018\/01\/22\/golden-knights-beat-hurricanes-5-1-have-nhls-best-record\/109697364\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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