Stastny keys Vegas win

Paul Stastny scored twice on the power play, Max Pacioretty added a powerplay goal and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the visiting Los Angeles Kings 52 on Sunday night.

Reilly Smith and Mark Stone also scored, and MarcAndre Fleury made 36 saves as the Golden Knights swept their first set of backtoback games.

Vegas was 3 for 3 on the power play after starting the season 3 for 17 with the manadvantage.

Jonathan Quick allowed five goals on 36 shots for the Kings. Quick has allowed 19 goals on 92 shots in his three appearances this season. He has allowed at least five goals in five of his last seven starts.

Stastny redirected Pacioretty’s pass between Quick’s legs to put the Golden Knights up 31 at 14:51 of the second period. He made it 41 with a onetimer on a feed from Jonathan Marchessault 2:09 later. It was Stastny’s second career game with two powerplay goals, and he finished with four points.

Dustin Brown pulled the Kings within 42 at 4:24 of the third period, but Stone pushed the lead back to three goals by scoring 17 seconds later.

Fleury played in his 804th game, passing Harry Lumley and moving into 15th place in career appearances by an NHL goalie. Penguins 7, Jets 2: Zach AstonReese, Sam Lafferty and Jake Guentzel each had two goals to lead Pittsburgh to a 72 win in Winnipeg.

Dominik Simon also scored and AstonReese also had an assist for the Penguins. Tristan Jarry stopped 27 shots. Mathieu Perreault and Mark Scheifele had goals for the Jets, and Laurent Brossoit had 21 saves.

Both teams were playing backtoback games and lacked zip in the first period.