Toews helps Avalanche beat Penguins
Devon Toews scored with 4:26 remaining, Darcy Kuemper stopped 38 shots and the Colorado Avalanche tied the franchise record for most home wins in a season with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.
It was win No. 28 at Ball Arena, matching Colorado's marks from 200001 and 2017-18. At 28-43, Colorado possesses the league's top home record.
Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Mikko Rantanen also scored for Colorado in a fast-paced game that had just one penalty and featured two of the best scorers in the business, Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon.
Mike Matheson and Crosby had goals for the Penguins. Crosby's goal gave him 1,397 career points — one point away from joining Jari Kurri and Alex Ovechkin in a three-way tie for 21st-most in NHL history. PANTHERS 7, DEVILS 6, OT >> Gustav Forsling scored twice, including at 1:45 of overtime, and Florida overcame a four-goal deficit.
Aleksander Barkov also had two goals. Radko Gudas, Ben Chiarot and Brandon Montour each scored
to help the Panthers win their third straight game.
Yegor Sharangovich had his first career hat trick for New Jersey. Jack Hughes, Janne Kuokkanen and Andreas Johnsson also scored for the Devils, who fell for the eighth time in 11 games. WILD 3, HURRICANES 1 >> Marc-Andre Fleury made 37 saves in another victory
since joining Minnesota less than two weeks ago.
CANADIENS 5, LIGHTNING 4, SO >> Nick Suzuki scored in the shootout, and Montreal beat Tampa Bay.
BRUINS 5, BLUE JACKETS 2 >> Erik Haula scored his second goal of the game with just under 4 minutes left to break a tie and Boston won the first of a home-andhome
between the teams.
MAPLE LEAFS 6, FLYERS 3 >> Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 51st goal, Morgan Rielly had a goal and two assists, and Toronto won its fourth straight.
KINGS 3, JETS 2 >> Anze Kopitar had a goal and one assist in his 1,200th career NHL game to help Los Angeles beat Winnipeg.