Penguins rout Jets to make it 3 straight
WINNIPEG: Sam Lafferty, Jake Guentzel and Zach Aston-Reese each scored twice as the Pittsburgh Penguins won their third game in a row, defeating the Winnipeg Jets 7-2 on Sunday.
Dominik Simon also scored for the Penguins and goaltender Tristan Jarry made 27 saves.
Mathieu Perreault and Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Goalie Laurent Brossoit stopped 21 of 28 shots.
Lafferty, who was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League last week due to a rash of injuries to Penguins forwards, scored his first NHL goal in a 7-4 victory on Saturday at Minnesota. Lafferty has three goals and two assists in four games so far.
At San Jose, Tomas Hertl netted one goal and one assist while Logan Couture collected two assists to lead the Sharks to their second straight win with a 3-1 victory over the Flames.
Martin Jones made 32 saves for the Sharks.
Despite the visitors holding the early momentum, San Jose’s Timo Meier opened the scoring 3:04 minutes into the affair, converting on the first shot on goal against Flames goalie Cam Talbot. Couture fired the puck to the front of the net from the corner and the puck banked off Meier’s skate and past Talbot for Meier’s first goal of the season.
At Los Angeles, Paul Stastny had two goals and two assists and Max Pacioretty added a goal and two assists to lead Vegas to a victory 5-2 over the Kings.
It was the 250th goal of Pacioretty’s career. Reilly Smith and Mark Stone also scored goals for Vegas, who converted all three of their power-play chances. The Golden Knights had entered the contest just 3 of 17 on the power play.