Crosby stays hot as Pens top Leafs
Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Bryan Rust had a goal and two assists, and Jason Zucker, Teddy Blueger and Anthony Angello also scored as Pittsburgh moved past Washington into first place in the Metropolitan Division. Tristan Jarry stopped 34 shots while picking up his 13th win in his last 17 games.
Crosby had his 34th career game with at least four points, most among active players. He has seven goals and 16 assists in 13 games since returning from missing 28 games because of core muscle surgery on Jan. 14. He is currently on a five-game point streak with three goals and eight assists in that span.
Auston Matthews scored his 43rd goal for the Maple Leafs and Kyle Clifford scored his seventh of the season and first since he was acquired in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings. The Maple Leafs lost for the third time in four games, and have just three wins in their last nine.
Frederik Andersen stopped 19 shots for Toronto, and has allowed 13 goals in his last three starts.
Flyers 5, Blue Jackets 1 — Travis Konecny had a goal and two assists for Philadelphia.
Kevin Hayes, Sean Couturier, Philippe Myers and Jakub Voracek also scored for the Flyers (33-20-7, 73 points), who moved a point ahead of Columbus (30-1912, 72 points) and into third place in the Metropolitan Division with the win.
Oliver Bjorkstrand scored for the Blue Jackets, who lost their sixth straight.
Philadelphia won despite setting a season low with 15 shots on goal. The Flyers’ Carter Hart stopped 28 of 29 shots.
Red Wings 4, Canadiens 3 — Andreas Athanasiou scored his second goal with 5:15 remaining in regulation to cap Detroit’s three-goal third period and the Red Wings rallied to sweep the season series against the Canadiens, earning four of its NHL-low 15 victories against them.
Red Wings goaltender Jonathan Bernier did not give up a goal in the third period and finished with 19 saves.
Nate Thompson and Jeff Petry scored to give Montreal a 2-0 lead in the first period and Nick Suzuki’s goal put it ahead 3-1 after two periods.
Detroit’s Robby Fabbri had a goal in the first period and teammate Mike Green scored a game-tying goal midway through the third period for his 500th career point.
Carey Price had 21 saves for the Canadiens, who have lost five straight for the third time this season.
Blues 3, Devils 0 — Ivan Barbashev scored twice and St. Louis snapped a seasonworst five-game losing streak.
It was the third multigoal game of Barbashev’s career and first this season. Two of those games have come against the Devils.
Jaden Schwartz also scored and Jordan Binnington made 17 saves for his seventh career shutout and second this season as the defending Stanley Cup champions and Western
Conference leaders won for the first time since Feb. 4.
Louis Domingue made 36 saves for the Devils, who were shut out for the seventh time this season.
Hurricanes 4, Predators 1 — Andrei Svechnikov and Nino Niederreiter each scored in the second period in Carolina’s win.
Jordan Staal scored a goal in the first, and Sebastian Aho added a goal in the third and Justin Faulk had two assists as Carolina won its fourth straight in Nashville. The Hurricanes moved into the second wild card in the Eastern Conference, tying Columbus with 72 points with two games in hand.
Goalie Petr Mrazek made 28 saves and improved to 9-1-0 against the Predators.
Ryan Johansen scored a goal for the Predators, who snapped a three-game winning streak. Nashville hasn’t won four straight since October.
Jets 6, Kings 3 — Blake Wheeler had two goals and an assist in his 700th game in Winnipeg history.
Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and two assists and Patrik Laine scored a goal into an empty net and added one assist. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 31 shots for the Jets, who went 4-2-0 on a sixgame homestand.
Dustin Brown scored twice for the Kings.