Daily News (Los Angeles)

Canucks win in a battle of first-place teams

Elias Pettersson and Nils Hoglander each scored twice, Thatcher Demko made 39 saves and the Vancouver Canucks defeated the New York Rangers 6-3 on Monday night in battle of first-place teams.

JT Miller and Brock Boeser also scored goals while and Pettersson, Boeser and Filip Hronek had two assists apiece for host Vancouver, which won for the third time in four games.

After missing the playoffs for three straight seasons, the Canucks lead the Pacific Division with a 2611-3 record. The Rangers lead the Metropolit­an Division.

AVALANCHE 4, BRUINS 3, SO >>

Valeri Nichushkin scored the only goal in the shootout, and Colorado beat visiting Boston.

Matt Murray stopped 23 shots for his first career NHL shutout, and Dallas scored two short-handed goals to snap a three-game losing streak with a win at Minnesota.

Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist to lead Pittsburgh to a victory at Philadelph­ia in a scrappy contest.

Matt Murray stopped 23 shots for his first career NHL shutout, and Dallas scored two short-handed goals to snap a three-game losing streak with a win at Minnesota.

STARS 4, WILD 0 >>

PENGUINS 4, FLYERS 1 >>

STARS 4, WILD 0 >> LEAFS SIGN NYLANDER TO $92 MILLION EXTENSION >>

William Nylander agreed to a $92 million, eight-year contract extension with the Maple Leafs. It is the largest contract in franchise history by total value and includes a no-movement clause.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

PACIFIC DIVISION

Vancouver Vegas Kings Edmonton Seattle Calgary Ducks

San Jose

GP W

40 40 36 36 39 40 39 40

CENTRAL DIVISION

Winnipeg Colorado Dallas Nashville St. Louis Arizona Minnesota Chicago 26 23 20 20 16 17 13

9

GP W

39 41 39 40 38 38 39 40

Monday's results

Vancouver 6, N.Y. Rangers 3 Pittsburgh 4, Philadelph­ia 1 Dallas 4, Minnesota 0 Colorado 4, Boston 3, SO

Today's games

26 26 23 22 20 19 17 12

L OT Pts GF GA

11 12 10 15 14 18 25 28 3 5 6 1 9 5 1 3 55 155 105 51 133 112 46 122 91 41 131 113 41 106 115 39 121 131 27 97 130 21 80 164

L OT Pts GF GA

9 12 11 17 17 17 18 26 4 3 5 1 1 2 4 2 56 132 94 55 152 130 51 142 120 45 126 125 41 109 120 40 114 114 38 116 127 26 94 151

Kings at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

San Jose at Toronto, 4 p.m.

Seattle at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

Vancouver at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

ATLANTIC DIVISION

Boston Florida Toronto Detroit Tampa Bay Montreal Buffalo Ottawa

GP W

39 39 37 40 41 39 40 35 24 25 20 20 19 17 17 14

L OT Pts GF GA

8 12 10 16 17 17 19 21

METROPOLIT­AN DIVISION

N.Y. Rangers Carolina

N.Y. Islanders Philadelph­ia New Jersey Washington Pittsburgh Columbus

GP W

39 26 40 22 39 18 40 20 38 21 38 19 39 20 41 13

Ducks at Nashville, 5 p.m. Columbus at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Florida at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Boston at Arizona, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Wednesday's games

7 2 7 4 5 5 4 0 55 133 105 52 123 99 47 133 120 44 144 136 43 134 143 39 111 137 38 120 134 28 116 125

L OT Pts GF GA

11 2 54 132 112 13 5 49 137 122 11 10 46 121 130 14 6 46 117 113 15 2 44 135 136 13 6 44 94 117 15 4 44 121 106 19 9 35 126 150

Montreal at Philadelph­ia, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Vegas at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Returned G Alex Stalock to San Diego (AHL). Recalled D Jackson LaCombe from San Diego. Recalled G Calle Clang from Tulsa (ECHL) to San Diego.

Placed C Kevin Rooney on waivers.

CALGARY FLAMES:

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS:

Signed C William Nylander to an eight-year contract extension.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer COLORADO RAPIDS:

Transferre­d M Max Alves to Cuiabá Esporte Clube (Brazil).

Named Laurent Courtois

CF MONTREAL:

head coach.

FC CINCINNATI:

Acquire $75,000 in 2024 general allocation money (GAM) from Colorado Rapids in exchange for the discovery priority for M Djordje Mihailovic.

At Hobart Internatio­nal Tennis Centre Hobart, Australia

Surface:

Hardcourt outdoor

WOMEN'S SINGLES

Round of 32

Arantxa Rus, Netherland­s, def. Linda Fruhvirtov­a, Czech Republic, 6-3, 5-7,

6-3. Varvara Gracheva (8), Russia, def. Peyton Stearns, United States, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlov­a, Slovakia, def. Camila Osorio, Colombia, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5. Elise Mertens (1), Belgium, def. Danielle Collins, United States, 6-2, 6-3. Daria Saville, Australia, def. Anna Blinkova, Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Zhu Lin (3), China, def. Lucia Bronzetti, Italy, 7-5, 6-1. Caroline Dolehide, United States, def. Mayar Sherif, Egypt, 6-1, 6-4. Viktoriya Tomova, Bulgaria, def. Martina Trevisan, Italy, 6-3, 6-3. Sofia Kenin

(6), United States, def. Greet Minnen, Belgium, 6-3, 6-3. Tatjana Maria (9), Germany, def. Nadia Podoroska, Argentina, 6-1, 4-3, ret.