Crosby powers Pens past Isles
Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists, Tristan Jarry stopped 31 shots for his second shutout of the season and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Islanders, 4-0, last night in New York.
Daniel Sprong had two goals and an assist, Evgeni Malkin also scored and Dominik Simon added two assists for the Penguins, who had dropped 4-of-6 and were coming off a 4-0 loss at home to Carolina the previous night. The twotime defending Stanley Cup champions pulled within one point of the Hurricanes for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference and will host the Bruins tomorrow night.
Jaroslav Halak finished with 31 saves as the Islanders lost their season-high fifth straight — all in regulation — while getting outscored 25-8 during the skid.
The Islanders lost right winger Josh Bailey to a lower-body injury early in the first period and he did not return. Bailey leads the team with 38 assists and is tied with captain John Tavares for tops with 50 points.
Red Wings 4, Panthers 2 — Anthony Mantha and Gustav Nyquist scored in the third period to lift host Detroit past Florida for its fourth straight victory.
The Red Wings blew a 2-0 lead and had been outplayed for most of the night, but Mantha gave Detroit the lead back on the power play, and Nyquist added a breakaway goal with 4:38 remaining.
Andreas Athanasiou and Tomas Tatar also scored for Detroit. Mike Matheson and Aleksander Barkov scored for the Panthers, who had their game vs. the Bruins on Thursday night postponed because of severe weather. They were able to make it from there to Detroit to play last night’s game.
Golden Knights 5, Blackhawks 4 — Reilly Smith had a goal and two assists, and visiting Vegas topped Chicago for its ninth win in 10 games.
Jonathan Marchessault and William Karlsson each had a goal and an assist as expansion Vegas got the win in its first trip to Chicago. Alex Tuch and Cody Eakin also scored, and Malcolm Subban made 28 saves.
Senators 6, Sharks 5 — Matt Duchene scored his second goal of the game seven seconds into overtime and host Ottawa capped a four-goal comeback with a win over San Jose.
Down 5-2 to start the third period, the Senators got goals from Derick Brassard, Duchene and Mike Hoffman. Ryan Dzingel and Mark Stone also scored for Ottawa, and Craig Anderson made 30 saves.
Tomas Hertl led the Sharks with two goals. Melker Karlsson, Chris Tierney and Brett Burns also scored. Aaron Dell stopped 37 shots.
Jets 4, Sabres 3 — Blake Wheeler and Jacob Trouba each had a goal and an assist as host Winnipeg extended its point streak to five games with a victory over Buffalo.
Wheeler has a point in five straight games, with five goals and three assists during that span.
Elsewhere in the NHL — New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider will undergo surgery to have a portion of a rib removed and will be out indefinitely.