Crosby lifts Penguins over Blue Jackets in OT
Sidney Crosby’s power- play goal 2:45 into overtime finished off a frantic rally as the Pittsburgh Pen- guins slipped by the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4 on Tuesday night.
The Penguins trailed the Blue Jackets, who began the night with the NHL’s worst record, by four early in the second period but found a way to win for the fifth time in six games.
Jason Zucker had two goals, and Jake Guentzel and Danton Heinen also scored for the Penguins. Evgeni Malkin had three assists, and Crosby and Rickard Rakell added two each. Casey DeSmith stopped all 15 shots he faced after replacing an ineffective Tristan Jarry early in the second period. Jarry gave up four goals on 12 shots. FLAMES 1, WILD 0 » Tyler Toffoli scored in the sudden death round of the shootout to lift Calgary to a victory at Minnesota.
Toffoli beat Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson five-hole to end Tuesday’s game, which nearly ended in overtime.
Both teams scored in the
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vegas Kings Seattle Edmonton Calgary Vancouver Ducks
San Jose
CENTRAL DIVISION
Dallas Minnesota Colorado Winnipeg Nashville St. Louis Arizona Chicago
GP W
64 65 64 65 65 63 64 65
GP W
64 64 62 64 61 63 64 63
Tuesday’s results
38 37 37 35 29 26 21 19 34 36 35 36 31 27 22 22
L OT Pts
20 20 21 22 23 32 35 34 6 8 6 8 13 5 8 12 82 204 179 82 222 217 80 225 202 78 251 219 71 203 201 57 214 249 50 163 262 50 189 248
L OT Pts
17 21 21 25 23 31 32 36 13 7 6 3 7 5 10 5
Seattle 5, Ducks 2
Toronto 4, New Jersey 3 Florida 2, Vegas 1
Pittsburgh 5, Columbus 4, OT Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 2 Carolina 4, Montreal 3, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, Buffalo 2
GF
GF
GA
GA
81 215 171 79 182 169 76 201 174 75 200 179 69 178 180 59 193 233 54 177 229 49 158 225
third round of the shootout, but Matt Boldy’s missed backhander for Minnesota set the stage for Toffoli. HURRICANES 4, CANADIENS 3, SO » Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored the deciding goal in the sixth round of the shootout to lift visiting Carolina to its third straight win. Brent
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston Toronto Tampa Bay Florida Ottawa Buffalo Detroit Montreal
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
Carolina
New Jersey N.Y. Rangers N.Y. Islanders Pittsburgh Washington Philadelphia Columbus
GP W
62 49 64 39 64 38 65 32 63 32 63 32 63 28 64 26
GP W
62 63 63 66 63 65 64 64
L OT Pts
8 6 9 8 9 6 11 7
Calgary 1, Minnesota 0, SO Colorado 6, San Jose 0 Arizona 6, St. Louis 2
Today’s games
42 41 35 33 32 31 24 20
L OT Pts
8 17 21 27 27 27 26 33 12 16 19 25 22 28 29 37 5 103 8 86 5 81 6 70 4 68 4 68 9 65 5 57 92 216 158 88 226 174 79 209 179 74 191 179 73 206 203 68 201 196 59 168 211 47 167 239
Chicago at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m. Ducks at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
GF GA
237 132 216 171 225 198 221 218 199 198 233 224 188 208 176 229
GF GA
Burns and Teuvo Teraivainen also scored in the tiebreaker for the Hurricanes.
MAPLE LEAFS 4, DEVILS 3 » Austin Matthews scored on a power play with 2:53 remaining to lift Toronto to a victory at New Jersey. Michael Bunting tied it on a rebound with 4:50 to play, and Calle Jarnkrok
and Mitch Marner also scored for the Maple Leafs. ISLANDERS 3, SABRES 2 » Josh Bailey and Hudson Fasching each had a goal and an assist in the third period to lead New York at home. Casey Cizikas also scored and Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves as the Islanders improved to 10-3-3 in their past 16 games. PANTHERS
KNIGHTS 1 » Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves as Florida ended Vegas’ threegame winning streak. Ryan Lomberg and Aleksander Barkov each scored a goal for the Panthers, who have now won two in a row. LIGHTNING 5, FLYERS 2 » Alex Killorn and Nikita Kucherov each had two goals and an assist and host Tampa Bay snapped a five-game losing streak.
AVALANCHE 6, SHARKS 0 » Cale Makar and Valeri Nichushkin each had a goal and three assists to help Colorado snap a three-game slide with a rout of San Jose. COYOTES 6, BLUES 2 » Travis Boyd had two goals and an assist in the third period, Karel Vejmelka stopped 25 shots and Arizona beat visiting St. Louis.