NHL-Highlights of Friday's National Hockey League games

Feb 19 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Friday's National Hockey League games. Canadiens 3, Flyers 2 Paul Byron scored the shootout winner to lift the Montreal Canadiens to 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night at the Bell Centre. Dale Weise and Max Pacioretty scored in regulation for Montreal. Nick Cousins and left winger Michael Raffl connected for the Flyers. Mike Condon stopped 35 shots for the Canadiens. Michal Neuvirth made 30 saves for Philadelphia. Flames 5, Canucks 2 TJ Brodie tied a career high with three points to lead Calgary over Vancouver at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Brodie set up three goals to equal a feat he accomplished Nov. 2, 2014, during a 6-2 road win for the Flames over the Montreal Canadiens. Mikael Backlund, Michael Frolik and Joe Colborne combined for six points as each member of the line contributed a goal and an assist. Mark Giordano and Josh Jooris also scored for the Flames. Adam Cracknell and Jake Virtanen scored for the Canucks, who have lost four straight games, all by the same 5-2 score. Islanders 1, Devils 0 Jaroslav Halak made 27 saves to record his third shutout of the season in leading the New York Islanders to a win over New Jersey at the Prudential Center. The shutout was the 39th in Halak's career, and his third in 17 games against the Devils. Center Casey Cizikas scored New York's lone goal. Cory Schneider stopped 23 of 24 shots for the Devils. Hurricanes 5, Sharks 2 Jeff Skinner scored two third-period goals and Cam Ward has now gone 10 straight starts without a regulation loss as Carolina defeated San Jose. Joakim Nordstrom, Chris Terry and Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes. Tomas Hertl and Brent Burns scored for the Sharks. Sabres 4, Blue Jackets 0 Jamie McGinn had his first two-goal game of the season, powering Buffalo to a win over Columbus in Nationwide Arena. David Legwand and Sam Reinhart also scored for Buffalo, which was won three of its last four. Robin Lehner finished with 35 saves for his fourth win of the season and just his third shutout in 98 career NHL starts. (Compiled by Amlan Chakraborty)