Crosby’s OT strike lifts Pens by Oilers
Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby made a slick move through two defenders before scoring his second goal of the game at 2:12 of overtime as the visiting Penguins beat Edmonton 6-5 on Tuesday night.
On his winner, Crosby moved from the left boards, slipped the puck through a defender’s legs, moved past goalie Cam Talbot and lifted a backhand shot over Talbot’s glove.
“I’m going out there every night to try and create things, and come up with big plays when they’re needed,” Crosby said. “I’m not any different than (Edmonton All-Star Connor McDavid) is as far as understanding my responsibility, and wanting to be at my best.”
Jamie Oleksiak and Patric Hornqvist also had two-goal games for the Penguins. Matt Murray had 41 saves in the win.
Leon Draisaitl and Alex Chiasson each scored twice for Edmonton.
The game featured five ties and three lead changes.
The Oilers erased a one-goal deficit and took a 5-4 lead early in the third on two power plays. McDavid tied it when he put a shot past Murray and Edmonton then took the lead on Draisaitl’s goal at 4:18 of the period.
Pittsburgh tied it 6:51 into the third on a slap shot by Oleksiak.
Blackhawks 3, Ducks 1:
Brandon Saad scored his first two goals of the season and Patrick Kane snapped a third-period tie as host Chicago handed Anaheim its third straight loss. The Ducks have just four goals during their slide.
Stars 4, Kings 2:
Jason Spezza and John Klingberg each had a goal and an assist and Ben Bishop stopped 31 shots as host Dallas snapped a threegame losing streak. Los Angeles has lost five in a row.
Rangers 5, Panthers 2:
Mats Zuccarello and Mika Zibanejad each scored twice and Alexandar Georgiev made 36 saves for host New York. Florida fell to 1-3-3 despite holding the lead in each game.
Coyotes 4, Blue Jackets 1:
Christian Fischer recorded his first career hat trick and Darcy Kuemper stopped 35 shots to lead visiting Arizona.
Bruins 4, Senators 1:
David Pastrnak had two goals and two assists and Patrice Bergeron added a goal and two assists as visiting Boston snapped a three-game skid.
Canadiens 3, Flames 2:
Jeff Petry and Jonathan Drouin each had a goal and an assist as host Montreal won for the fourth time in five games. Carey Price made 21 saves for his 289th win, tying him with Patrick Roy for second behind Jacques Plante (314) in team history.
Briefly:
Philadelphia wing Michael Raffl is expected to be sidelined at least four weeks because of a lowerbody injury, meaning he will miss the Flyers’ game against the Sharks in San Jose defenseman on Nov. 3 Ben . ... The Lovejoy Devils (lower-body placed injury) and forward Drew Stafford (upper-body injury) on injured reserve. ... Rangers defenseman Frederik Claesson (upper-body injury) is expected to be out at least two weeks . ... Columbus defenseman Seth Jones (knee) and Arizona center Alex Galchenyuk (lower-body injury) were activated from IR.