Bunting's late goal wins it for Penguins
Michael Bunting snapped a tie with 5:28 left in the third period, and the host Pittsburgh Penguins moved into a playoff spot with a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.
Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist for Pittsburgh, and Bunting also had two assists. Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang also scored.
The Penguins posted their fourth straight win and improved to 6-0-2 in their last eight games overall.
The Lightning, who clinched a playoff berth, had won 10 of their previous 12.
BLACKHAWKS 3, STARS 2 >>
Connor Bedard, Andreas Athanasiou and Seth Jones scored in the second period, and last-place Chicago stopped visiting Dallas' franchise-record win streak at eight games.
Petr Mrazek made 42 saves for Chicago, which improved to 8-6-0 in its last 14 games.
Roope Hintz scored his 29th goal for Central Division-leading Dallas, which dropped to 13-3-0 in its last 16 contests.
MAPLE LEAFS 4, CANADIENS 2 >>
Auston Matthews scored his leagueleading 64th goal of the season in a four-goal second period and Toronto won at Montreal.
Matthews hit the 100-point mark for the second time in his career and extended his point streak to 10 games in the process.
The 26-year-old superstar is on pace for 69 goals, one shy of the 70-goal milestone that hasn't been attained since Teemu Selanne and Alexander
Mogilny reached 76 in 1992-93. No one has scored 65 goals since Alex Ovechkin in 2007-08.
BRUINS 3, PANTHERS 2, OT >>
Jesper Boqvist scored 2:05 into overtime, Linus Ullmark stopped 28 shots and host Boston beat Florida in a matchup of the top two teams in the Atlantic Division.
Vladislav Namestnikov had a goal and two assistsand Winnipeg got the road win over Minnesota.
JETS 4, WILD 2 >>
SHARKS 3, BLUES 2, OT >>
William Eklund scored in overtime to finish a hat trick, Devin Cooley made 34 saves in his first NHL win, and San Jose defeated visiting St. Louis.
Eklund buried a wrist shot on a 2-on-1 break 3:56 into overtime. He scored two power-play goals minutes apart in the second period for the 21-year-old's first multigoal game.
BLUE JACKETS 6, FLYERS 2 >>
Damon Severson and Zach Werenski each scored twice, and host Columbus extended Philadelphia's skid to seven games.
DEVILS 4, SENATORS 3 >>
Brendan Smith had a goal and two assists and New Jersey snapped a threegame losing streak with a victory at Ottawa.
ISLANDERS 2, PREDATORS 0 >>
Semyon Varlamov had a season-high 40 saves for his third shutout of the season, and New York beat visiting Nashville, getting a crucial win in its playoff push.
Noah Dobson and Kyle Palmieri scored as the Islanders won their fourth straight to take a twopoint lead over both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh for third place in the Eastern Conference.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
x-Vancouver x-Edmonton Kings
Vegas Seattle Calgary Ducks
San Jose
GP W
77 76 77 76 76 76 77 76
CENTRAL DIVISION
x-Dallas x-Colorado x-Winnipeg Nashville St. Louis Minnesota Arizona Chicago 47 47 41 42 32 34 25 18
GP W
77 77 77 77 77 76 76 76 48 48 47 44 40 36 32 23
L OT Pts GF GA
22 24 25 26 31 37 48 50 8 102 263 210 5 99 274 218 11 93 242 203 8 92 248 226 13 77 202 219 5 73 231 252 4 54 188 278 8 44 169 302
L OT Pts GF GA
20 23 24 29 32 31 39 48 9 105 283 223 6 102 287 233 6 100 237 191 4 92 250 233 5 85 221 235 9 81 231 244 5 69 234 254 5 51 169 264
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
x-Boston x-Florida x-Toronto x-Tampa Bay Detroit Buffalo Ottawa Montreal
GP W
78 78 76 77 76 77 76 76
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
GP W
x-N.Y. Rangers77 52 21 x-Carolina 77 48 22 N.Y. Islanders 77 35 27 Pittsburgh 77 36 30 Philadelphia 78 36 31 Washington 76 36 30 New Jersey 77 37 36 Columbus 77 26 39 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference
Saturday's results
15 107 259 211 6 102 254 196 9 97 280 237 7 93 274 251 8 82 254 253 5 79 233 231 4 70 241 266 12 70 211 263 4 108 267 217 7 103 260 205 15 85 228 251 11 83 235 230 11 83 226 249 10 82 206 246 4 78 253 265 12 64 225 279
Kings 6, Vancouver 3 Pittsburgh 5, Tampa Bay 4 Chicago 3, Dallas 2 Winnipeg 4, Minnesota 2 Boston 3, Florida 2, OT
San Jose 3, St. Louis 2, OT Columbus 6, Philadelphia 2 Toronto 4, Montreal 2
New Jersey 4, Ottawa 3
N.Y. Islanders 2, Nashville 0 Edmonton 4, Calgary 2
Today's games
Buffalo at Detroit, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 12:30 p.m. Columbus at Carolina, 2 p.m. Arizona at San Jose, 3 p.m. Ottawa at Washington, 3 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Nashville at New Jersey, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Ducks, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Colorado, 7 p.m.
Monday's games
Pittsburgh at Toronto, 4 p.m. Vegas at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Tuesday's games
46 48 44 43 37 37 33 29
L OT Pts GF GA
17 24 23 27 31 35 39 35
L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina at Boston, 4 p.m.
Columbus at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Florida, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Montreal, 4 p.m. Toronto at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Dallas, 5 p.m.
Winnipeg at Nashville, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 7 p.m.
Kings at Ducks, 7 p.m.
Calgary at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
NASCAR CUP-COOK OUT 400 LINEUP
Race today at Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Va.
Lap length:
(Car number in parentheses)
0.53 miles
1. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 96.034 mph. 2. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 96.029. 3. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 95.869. 4. (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 95.864. 5. (14) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 95.830. 6. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 95.811.
7. (4) Josh Berry, Ford, 95.806. 8. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 95.738. 9. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 95.559. 10. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 95.487.
11. (8) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 95.767. 12. (1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 95.070. 13. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 95.516. 14.
(2) Austin Cindric, Ford, 95.070. 15. (54) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 95.472. 16. (38) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 95.055. 17. (43) Erik Jones, Toyota, 95.429. 18. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, 94.946. 19. (45) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 95.362. 20. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 94.917.
21. (99) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 95.223.
22. (41) Ryan Preece, Ford, 94.855. 23. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 95.032. 24. (71) Zane Smith, Chevrolet, 94.737. 25. (77) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 94.936. 26. (10) Noah Gragson, Ford, 94.623. 27. (51) Justin Haley, Ford, 94.832. 28. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 94.604. 29. (42) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 94.467. 30. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford, 94.571.
31. (15) Kaz Grala, Ford, 93.868. 32. (7) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 94.218. 33. (16) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 93.826. 34. (21) Harrison Burton, Ford, 94.139. 35. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, 93.705. 36. (31) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 93.938. 37. (66) David Starr, Ford, 89.706.
NHRA WINTERNATIONALS
Final Round Results from rain delayed 64th annual NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip
Top Fuel
Justin Ashley, 3.802 seconds, 330.15 mph def. Tony Schumacher, 3.772 seconds, 326.00 mph.
Funny Car
John Force, Chevy Camaro, 4.033, 318.24 def. Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger, 4.048, 283.61.
Pro Stock
Dallas Glenn, Chevy Camaro, 6.537, 209.14 def. Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.531, 209.52.
At Shadow Creek, Las Vegas Purse:
Yardage:
Knockouts
Quarterfinals
$2 million
6,765
Leona Maguire def. Moriya Jutanugarn, 4 and 3. Sei Young Kim def. Rose Zhang, 6 and 5. Narin An def. Minami Katsu, 1up. Nelly Korda def. Angel Yin, 3 and 2.
Semifinals
Leona Maguire vs. Sei Young Kim, 3 and 2. Nelly Korda def. Narin An, 4 and 3.
Today Championship
Par:
72
Nelly Korda vs. Leona Maguire
At River Oaks Country Club Houston
Purse:
Surface:
$661,585
Red clay
MEN'S SINGLES
Semifinals
Ben Shelton (1), United States, def. Tomas Martin Etcheverry (4), Argentina, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4. Frances Tiafoe (3), United States, def. Luciano Darderi, Italy, 6-2, 7-6 (2).
At Clube de Tenis do Estoril Estoril, Portugal
Purse:
Surface:
$628,533
Red clay
MEN'S SINGLES
Semifinals
Hubert Hurkacz (2), Poland, def. Cristian Garin, Chile, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.