NHL roundup: Blake Wheeler’s 5-point night leads Jets’ surge

Captain Blake Wheeler collected two goals and three assists to fuel the visiting Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday.

It was the second career five-point night for Wheeler, who had one goal and four assists in the Jets' 5-2 win over Colorado on Nov. 9, 2018. Winnipeg's Mark Scheifele recorded one goal and two assists, Kyle Connor added one of each and Pierre-Luc Dubois also tallied for the second time in as many nights.

Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 34 shots for the Jets, who scored three times on the power play to improve to 3-1-1 in their last five games.

Mikael Granlund and Matt Duchene each scored early in the first period for the Predators, who yielded five unanswered goals en route to losing their second straight game. Juuse Saros made 38 saves.

Canucks 3, Maple Leafs 2

Juho Lammikko scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Thatcher Demko made a career-best 51 saves as host Vancouver held off Toronto.

J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser each had a goal and an assist for the Canucks.

Auston Matthews and Ondrej Kase scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost the first two games of a three-game trip. Petr Mrazek stopped 21 shots.

Blues 5, Blackhawks 1

Oskar Sundqvist scored a goal and earned an assist as St. Louis handled visiting Chicago.

David Perron, Dakota Joshua, Vladimir Tarasenko and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues, who snapped their two-game losing streak. Ville Husso made 15 saves to earn the victory.

Dylan Strome scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for the Blackhawks, who are 2-6-2 in their last 10 games.

Red Wings 4, Flyers 2

Thomas Greiss made 32 saves to lead host Detroit past Philadelphia, its second victory against the Flyers in four days.

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