Penguins beat Flames for 3-0 start to Canadian trip

CALGARY, ALBERTA >> Patric Hornqvist and Phil Kessel each scored twice and the Pittsburgh Penguins pounded the Calgary Flames 9-1 on Thursday night.

Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust, Jack Johnson, Jake Guentzel and Matt Cullen also scored, and Matt Murray made 38 saves to help the Penguins improve to 5-1-2 overall and 3-0 on a four-game Canadian trip.

Crosby has scored three times in his last two games after going six without a goal to start this season. Evgeni Malkin had a pair of assists to extend his point streaks to six straight games. PREDATORS 4, DEVILS 3, OT >> Kyle Turris made a length of the ice rush and snapped a shot past Keith Kinkaid 3:35 into overtime to lift Nashville past New Jersey. BLACKHAWKS 4, RANGERS 1 >> Nick Schmaltz set up Alexandre Fortin’s tiebreaking goal in the second period in Chicago’s victory over New York.

OILERS 4, CAPITALS 1 >> Rookie Evan Bouchard scored his first goal, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist and Edmonton beat Washington.

BLUE JACKETS 7, BLUES 4 >> Boone Jenner and Anthony Duclair each scored twice and Columbus overcame a two-goal deficit to beat St. Louis.

SABRES 4, CANADIENS 3>> Kyle Okposo scored on a power play with 1:01 left in the third period in Buffalo’s comeback victory over Montreal.

WILD 4, KINGS 1 >> Eric Fehr and Jonas Brodin scored their first goals of the season to help Minnesota send Los Angeles to its sixth straight loss.

STARS 5, DUCKS 2 >> Jason Dickinson had two goals and an assist in his first multipoint game, and Ben Bishop made 23 in Dallas’ victory over Anaheim.

Roman Polak, rookie Miro Heiskanen and Mattias Janmark also scored. The Stars have won two straight and are 5-2 at home. Ryan Getzlaf had two goals for Anaheim.