Bernier makes 39 saves as Avs top Pens
Islanders beat Caps to end winless streak
PITTSBURGH — Jonathan Bernier stopped 39 shots and Mark Barberio scored in the third period, helping the Colorado Avalanche top the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Monday night.
Blake Comeau added an empty netter against his former team as Colorado won its second straight after a string of six losses in seven games. It was Comeau’s seventh of the season.
Barberio put the Avalanche ahead to stay 6:17 into the third. His slap shot off the rush hit Pittsburgh forward Riley Sheahan in front and got past goaltender Tristan Jarry.
Bernier was on track for his second shutout of the season before Phil Kessel scored his 15th goal for Pittsburgh at 19:48. Bernier beat the Penguins for just the second time in 10 career games. ISLANDERS 3, CAPITALS 1: In New York, Jaroslav Halak made 31 saves after getting a vote of confidence from his coach, and New York beat Washington to snap a fivegame winless streak.
Brock Nelson, Andrew Ladd and John Tavares scored goals for the Islanders, who built a 3-0 lead early in the second period and ended Washington’s fourgame winning streak.
It was the second time this season that Halak held an opponent to a single goal and the third time New York has allowed one goal as a team. Halak’s strong performance came after coach Doug Weight sternly defended his goaltenders following the team’s skate Monday morning. New York was 0-3-2 over its last five games.
DUCKS 3, HURRICANES 2: In Anaheim, Calif., Logan Shaw had a goal and an assist, and Jakob Silfverberg returned from a five-game injury absence to score the tiebreaking goal late in the second period of Anaheim’s victory over Carolina.
Derek Grant also scored and John Gibson made 28 saves for the Ducks, who won for just the
third time in 11 games. The injury-plagued team was boosted by the simultaneous returns of Silfverberg and captain Ryan Getzlaf, who had missed 19 games after getting hit in the face with a puck. PANTHERS 2, RED WINGS 1
(OT): In Detroit, Mike Matheson scored his first goal of the season and Florida won in overtime for the first time this season, taking a decision from Detroit.
Matheson drove the rebound of a Nick Bjugstad shot into the net behind Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard at the 2:02 mark of the overtime period for the winner. Florida improved to 1-2 in OT, rallying from a 1-0 third-period deficit for the victory.
Vincent Trocheck also scored for the Panthers, while Henrik Zetterberg scored for the Wings, who are 0-5 in overtime.
JETS 5, CANUCKS 1: In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mathieu Perreault scored two goals and added an assist to help Winnipeg halt a three-game losing streak with a victory over Vancouver.
The win was the Jets’ seventh straight victory at home and they have points in their last 11 games (10-0-1) at Bell MTS Place.
The Canucks have lost three straight in regulation for the first time this season.
Dmitry Kulikov, Josh Morrissey and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for Winnipeg (18-8-5). Ehlers’ 14th of the season was on the power play.
Brock Boeser scored his team-leading 16th goal for the Canucks. STARS 2, RANGERS 1 (SO): In New York, Jason Spezza scored in the shootout, and the Dallas Stars snapped a threegame losing streak by defeating the New York Rangers.
Kari Lehtonen made 24 saves for Dallas in the opener of its four-game East Coast road trip against the Metropolitan Division. Julius Honka scored in the second period.
The Stars had a 1-0 lead before Rick Nash tied it for the Rangers when he tipped in Brady Skjei’s wrist shot with 3:41 left in regulation. Nash made contact with Lehtonen but the Stars goalie was well outside the blue paint. Coach Ken Hitchock challenged the play, but the referees ruled there was no goaltender interference.