Eberle’s 2 help Isles rout Pens
Jordan Eberle scored twice in the second period to help the New York Islanders pull away from the Penguins for a 6-3 victory last night in Pittsburgh.
The Penguins held a ceremony before the game to honor the victims of Saturday’s synagogue shooting in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Squirrel Hill. It included an 11-second moment of silence in memory of the 11 slain.
Eberle scored his second and third goals for the Islanders, who swept a three-game road trip. Brock Nelson scored his sixth of the season and fifth goal in five games, while Tom Kuhnhackl, who won two Stanley Cups in Pittsburgh, scored his first with the Islanders. Andrew Ladd and Matt Martin also scored for New York, which has won 4-of-6 after starting the season 2-3.
The Islanders are playing eight of their first 11 games on the road for the first time in team history.
Robin Lehner stopped 23-of-25 shots, but he left the game after the second period. Thomas Greiss stopped 12 shots. No reason was immediately given for the change.
Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Dominik Simon scored for Pittsburgh, which ended its four-game winning streak. The Penguins outscored the opposition 23-6 during a perfect four-game Canadian road trip.
Crosby has six goals and nine points in his past four games after going his first six games without a goal. Malkin has an eight-game point streak.
Pens players wore a special “Stronger than Hate” patch, which incorporated the team logo and the Star of David, and the Islanders wore a similar decal on their helmets.
Stars 4, Canadiens 1 — Devin Shore had a goal and two assists, Ben Bishop made 34 saves and Dallas beat Montreal for its first road win of the season.
Esa Lindell and Miro Heiskanen also scored, and Alexander Radulov added an empty-netter for Dallas.
Predators 4, Golden Knights 1 — Ryan Hartman scored twice in a 57-second span and Juuse Saros made 23 saves to lead host Nashville past Vegas.
Calle Jarnkrok and Viktor Arvidsson also scored, and Kevin Fiala had a pair of assists for the Predators, who have won two of their past three.
Red Wings 5, Blue Jackets 3 — Tyler Bertuzzi scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period and Jimmy Howard had 34 saves as Detroit won in Columbus.
Bertuzzi poked in a rebound off Sergei Bobrovsky’s stick with 3:24 left in the game after the Blue Jackets had scored three goals in the period to tie the score.
Flames 2, Sabres 1 — Matthew Tkachuk scored with 55.3 seconds left in the third, Johnny Gaudreau followed with an overtime goal and Calgary rallied in Buffalo. Gaudreau finished a pretty 2-on-1 rush 2:40 into OT
Lightning 8, Devils 3 — Brayden Point had a career-high five points with a goal and four assists, defenseman Braydon Coburn scored twice, and host Tampa Bay rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat New Jersey. Tampa’s Steven Stamkos scored his 350th career goal.
Elsewhere in the NHL — The San Jose Sharks activated center Joe Thornton from injured reserve yesterday.
Thornton was placed on the injured list Oct. 7 because of swelling in his surgically repaired right knee.