Avalanche 2, Blackhawks 0

Nazem Kadri and Mikko Rantanen scored, Pavel Francouz made 23 saves for his third career shutout and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Monday night to extend their franchise-record home winning streak to 16 games.

It was the seventh straight victory overall for the Avalanche, who tied the 1976 Boston Bruins for the fifth-longest home winning streak in NHL history. “It’s just a feather in our cap for the guys,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “Guys understand that we have this streak at home and they want to keep it going.”

After the Blackhawks outshot the Avalanche 10-8 in a scoreless first period, Colorado broke through on a power play in the second.

With defenseman Seth Jones in the penalty box for interference, the Avalanche got off several shots in quick succession that goalie Marc-Andre Fleury stopped before Kadri gathered in a short pass from Nathan MacKinnon and unleashed a slap shot from the top of the left circle. Fleury dropped to his knees to block it, but the puck trickled through at 11:24.

“It was big when we scored that one goal and kind of shut them down,” Francouz said. “In the third we were patient and it paid off.”

Rantanen added to the Avalanche lead at 6:41 of the third. Gabriel Landeskog sent a pass across the slot and, with a backhand flip, Rantanen lifted the puck over a fallen Fleury.

“I thought we had some chances early on, some good looks,” said Blackhawks star Patrick Kane. “Would have been nice to take a lead, play with a lead against a team like that. Their goalie played well but I still think we could have created a little bit more and had a little bit more of a push at the end.”

The Blackhawks have struggled to generate offense recently, scoring only four goals in their last three games.

“We’re not getting enough net presence, guys hanging around the net,” interim coach Derek King said. “We’re getting opportunities. It’s not a lack of chances. We need to get a little more traffic in front of the net.”

An empty-net goal by Colorado in the final moments was waved off for offside.

Flyers 3, Stars 1

Keith Yandle tied the NHL record for consecutive games played with 964 and Philadelphia tied a franchise record with their 12th straight winless game, losing to Dallas.

Jacob Peterson scored the go-ahead goal with 3:25 left and Joe Pavelski added an empty-netter to seal the win.

The Flyers have lost all 12 games over that span, matching a mark for futility set during the 1998-99 season when they lost eight games and tied four over a 12-game stretch. There are no ties to save them from this indignity.

The Flyers can hit their all-time worst streak — and Yandle can take his spot in history — on the road Tuesday against the New York Islanders.

Golden Knights 1, Capitals 0

Robin Lehner made 34 saves for his first shutout of the season, backstopping Vegas to a victory over Washington.

Making his sixth consecutive start, Lehner recorded his first shutout since April 16 and the 17th of his NHL career. The Capitals were shut out for the first time this season in their 43rd game.

Michael Amadio scored the Golden Knights’ only goal, and they won a second consecutive game after losing their previous three.

The Capitals lost for the seventh time in their past 10 games. Vitek Vanecek allowed only Amadio’s goal on 29 shots, and the power play was not able to cash in on several opportunities.

Wild 8, Canadiens 2

Connor Dewar got his first career goal and added an assist when Nico Sturm scored 22 seconds later, helping Minnesota match its franchise record for goals.

Jared Spurgeon, Marcus Foligno, Mats Zuccarello, Matt Boldy, Jordie Benn and Kevin Fiala also scored as Minnesota dominated NHL-worst Montreal to ease Cam Talbot’s return to the net after an injury.

Mike Hoffman gave the Canadiens the lead by slamming a pass to the slot past Talbot’s glove just 1:23 into the game, but Spurgeon tied it less than two minutes later.

Talbot made 14 saves in two periods for his first win since Dec. 9. Kaapo Kahkonen, who went 5-0-1 during Talbot’s absence, took over for the third period and gave up a goal to former teammate Rem Pitlick.

Flames 7, Blues 1

Matthew Tkachuk had a career-high five assists, Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and three assists, and Calgary routed St. Louis.

Tkachuk ended a four-game goal-scoring streak but was happy to spread the wealth. Four of his assists came in the second period, when Calgary outshot St. Louis 18-2. Tkachuk has 17 points (four goals, 13 assists) in 13 career games against his hometown team.

Nikita Zadorov, Chris Tanev, Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan, Blake Coleman and Adam Ruzicka also scored for Calgary (19-12-6), which won for just the second time in seven games. Jacob Markstrom made 20 saves.

Tyler Bozak scored for St. Louis (25-12-5), which had won six of its previous seven. Jordan Binnington stopped 28 of 35 shots before being replaced by Ville Husso to start the third. Husso stopped all 13 shots he faced.