WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck finally made the statement he was looking for all season.
Hellebuyck made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season, rookie Patrik Laine scored his NHL-leading 12th goal and the Winnipeg Jets beat the division-leading Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 Tuesday night.
“I’ve been chasing it for a while and now I got the monkey off my back,” Hellebuyck said.
The second year player got his third NHL shutout in a pivotal win for the second-place Jets.
Rookie defenseman Josh Morrissey scored his first career goal, while forwards Chris Thorburn and Nic Petan got their first scores of the season for the second-place Jets.
Nikolaj Ehlers had two assists, helping Winnipeg stretch its points streak to five games.
Devils 2, Stars 1 (OT): Adam Henrique scored 44 seconds into the overtime to give New Jersey their fifth successive victory.
Henrique tapped in a pass from Kyle Palmieri off the rush for New Jersey.
Cory Schneider stopped 23 of 24 shots for the Devils.
Patrick Eaves scored for Dallas.
Antti Niemi stopped 31 of 33 shots in a losing effort for Dallas.
Maple Leafs 6, Predators 2: James van Riemsdyk scored three goals and added an assist while Tyler Bozak had three assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Nashville Predators.
Mitch Marner had a goal and two assists, and Leo Komarov and William Nylander each scored for the Maple Leafs, who had 32 saves from goaltender Frederik Andersen.
James Neal and Viktor Arvidsson scored for the Predators while Marek Mazanec stopped 26 shots.
Flames 1, Wild 0: An early power-play goal by Johnny Gaudreau held up as Calgary snapped a four-game losing skid, beating Minnesota.
Gaudreau’s goal was just the fifth that Calgary managed in the past five games.
Goalie Chad Johnson added 27 saves.
The Wild got 26 saves from goalie Devan Dubnyk.
Blues 4, Sabres 1: Jaden Schwartz and Kyle Brodziak scored 1:35 apart early in the third period to give St. Louis victory over the Buffalo Sabres.
Schwartz broke a 1-1 tie 44 seconds into the third period, scoring off the rebound of a shot by right winger Dmitrij Jaskin.
Brodziak followed with his first goal of the season at 2:19 while left winger Scottie Upshall added an empty-net goal for the final margin.
The victory broke a three-game winless streak for the Blues while the Sabres are winless in their last five games.
Lightning 4, Red Wings 3: Nikita Kucherov’s second goal of the game, with 1:10 left, gave Tampa Bay a win over Detroit.
Captain Steven Stamkos and defenseman Nikita Nesterov also scored for Tampa Bay, who got 25 saves from Ben Bishop.
Defenseman Ryan Sproul got his first career goal and had an assist, Frans Nielsen and captain Henrik Zetterberg scored for Detroit. Petr Mrazek stopped 18 shots.
Panthers 4, Canadiens 3 (OT): Aaron Ekblad scored the overtime winner to lift Florida to a win over Montreal. Alex Petrovic, Kyle Rau and Denis Malgin also scored for the Panthers.
Carey Price made 20 saves for the Canadiens, while Roberto Luongo stopped 34 shots for Florida.
Senators 3, Flyers 2 (SO): Erik Karlsson scored the only goal of a five-round shootout to lead Ottawa to a win over Philadelphia.
Kyle Turris sent the game into overtime with a wraparound goal on Flyers goaltender Steve Mason with 1:59 remaining in regulation.
The Senators also received a goal from Mark Stone in the win.
Blue Jackets 2, Capitals 1 (OT): Columbus’s Cam Atkinson buried a wrist shot off the faceoff in the Capitals zone for the game-winning goal just 37 seconds into overtime.
Rookie Zach Werenski scored his fifth goal of the season.
Other results: Hurricanes 1, Sharks 0; NY Rangers 7, Canucks 2; Avalanche 4, Kings 1; Ducks 4, Oilers 1.
