National Hockey League Game Capsules
Raleigh, NC (SportsNetwork.com) – Karri Ramo stopped 23 shots to post his first career NHL shutout, as Calgary silenced Carolina, 2-0, on Monday. Ramo had played 48 games with the Lightning from 2006-09, and spent the next four seasons in Russia before the Flames took a chance on the 27-year-old Finn in the offseason. He posted 18 whitewashes for Avangard Omsk in the KHL. Mikael Backlund and Sean Monahan provided offense for the Flames, who put a three-game losing skid to rest. Anton Khudobin was the hard-luck loser after making 27 saves for the Hurricanes, blanked for the second straight game after winning five in a row.
Final Score: Columbus 3, Tampa Bay 2
Columbus, OH (SportsNetwork.com) – Jack Johnson tallied the game-winning goal on the power play to complete a third-period comeback as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-2, at Nationwide Arena. Tampa’s Tyler Johnson went off for hooking with just under four minutes remaining. After a few opportunities on the man advantage, the hosts converted. Johnson launched a shot from the point that beat Anders Lindback with 2:38 to go, propelling his team to their fourth straight victory. Ryan Johansen and Nathan Horton supplied the other two goals for the Blue Jackets, and Sergei Bobrovsky turned aside 26 shots. The Lightning received goals from Alex Killorn and Victor Hedman, while Lindback allowed three goals on 28 shots. Tampa Bay has dropped three of five.
Final Score: Winnipeg 5, Phoenix 1
Winnipeg, MB (SportsNetwork.com) – Paul Maurice’s coaching debut with Winnipeg was a successful one as the Jets took a 5-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Monday. Following a season-worst fifth-straight loss, a 6-3 decision against Columbus on Saturday, Winnipeg fired head coach Claude Noel on Sunday and replaced him with Maurice, who hadn’t coached in the NHL since getting fired by Carolina in November of 2011. Olli Jokinen, Blake Wheeler, Devin Setoguchi, Eric O’Dell and Michael Frolik all scored for the Jets, who got 18 stops from Ondrej Pavelec. Oliver-Ekman Larsson scored the only goal of the game for the Coyotes, who have dropped five of six. Mike Smith allowed all five goals on 38 shots.
Final Score: Los Angeles 1, Vancouver 0
Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Jonathan Quick stopped 28 shots he faced for his second shutout of the season as the Los Angeles Kings took a 1-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday. Dustin Brown scored the only goal of the game early in the third period for the Kings, who have won two of their last three. Eddie Lack stopped 19 shots in the hard-luck loss for the Canucks, who have dropped six of their last seven.
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