SportNHL roundup: John Gibson shines as Ducks down Jackets

John Gibson made 38 saves in his season debut as the host Anaheim Ducks snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night.

Brett Leason, Jackson LaCombe, Leo Carlsson and Isac Lundestrom scored goals for Anaheim, which picked up just its second win in the past eight games. It also marked the first time since a 5-4 overtime win against Utah on Oct. 16 that the Ducks scored four goals in a game.

Gibson, making his 467th career start in his 12th season, picked up his 194th career victory for the Ducks. The 31-year-old had missed the start of the season after undergoing emergency appendectomy surgery in September.

Kirill Marchenko had a goal and an assist and Yegor Chinakhov also scored for Columbus, which lost its fifth straight game. Daniil Tarasov finished with 26 saves.

Blackhawks 2, Wild 1 (OT)

Philipp Kurashev scored 1:50 into overtime and Petr Mrazek made 32 saves as host Chicago defeated Minnesota.

Mrazek outdueled Minnesota counterpart Filip Gustavsson (20 saves) to help Chicago end a 12-game winless streak against its Central Division rival.

Matt Boldy scored for the Wild, tying the game at 1 in the third period. Jason Dickinson had put the Blackhawks up in the first with his second goal of the season.

Sharks 1, Devils 0

Mackenzie Blackwood made 44 saves against his former team as San Jose hung on to beat New Jersey in Newark, N.J.

Nico Sturm scored on a fortuitous bounce in the first period as the Sharks won for the fifth time in seven games after their season-opening, nine-game losing streak. Sturm’s goal was enough for Blackwood, who withstood a constant barrage from the Devils and constantly limited rebound opportunities.

Jake Allen made 26 saves for the Devils, who had their season high in shots on goal and were blanked for the second time this season. New Jersey fell to 5-2-0 in its past seven games and was unable to win a fourth straight contest.

–Field Level Media