Stastny breaks tie in 3rd; Blues beat Golden Knights, 2-1
ST. LOUIS—Paul Stastny broke a third-period tie with his eighth goal of the season, Carter Hutton continued his strong play in goal and the St. Louis Blues beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Thursday night.
Alexander Steen also scored for the Blues, who won their third straight. Hutton made 32 saves, including two tough stops early in the third while the game was tied.
Hutton, making his third consecutive start, earned his eighth win of the season and is 12-3 in his last 15 starts.
CANADIENS 2, LIGHTNING 1, SO
MONTREAL—Carey Price made 44 saves, Paul Byron scored the only goal in a shootout and Montreal ended a five-game losing streak with a victory over Tampa Bay.
Max Pacioretty scored in regulation for the Canadiens in their first victory since Dec. 22.
Nikita Kucherov scored his 26th goal for the Lightning.
Pacioretty opened the scoring at 20 seconds of the second period, ending his 13-game goal drought that dated to Nov. 30. Andrei Vasilevskiy, coming off two straight shutouts, saw his scoreless streak end at 184 minutes, 49 seconds.
HURRICANES 4, PENGUINS 0
PITTSBURGH— Sebastian Aho scored twice, Cam Ward stopped 21 shots and Carolina blanked Pittsburgh.
The Hurricanes also beat the Penguins 2-1 last Friday in Carolina. Aho got the winning goal in the first matchup, and this time he iced the two-time defending Stanely Cup champions after Jeff Skinner and Teuvo Teravainen scored. Aho assisted on Teravainen's goal and has 10 points during a six-game point streak.
Ward got his first shutout of the season and 26th of his career. He has wins in 10 of his last 13 games and has earned Carolina a point in eight straight.
The Penguins have dropped eight of their past 12 and haven't won back-to-back games since Dec. 1-2. Matt Murray had 29 saves.
MAPLE LEAFS 3, SHARKS 2, SO
TORONTO—Auston Matthews and Tyler Bozak scored in a shootout to give Toronto a victory over San Jose in a game that opened with a fight that saw the Maple Leafs' Nazem Kadri rip out part of Joe Thornton's mountain-man beard.
Toronto killed off Mitch Marner's high-sticking penalty that gave the Sharks a 4-on-3 skating advantage for the final 1:50 of overtime.
Kevin Labanc was the lone successful San Jose shooter in six tries against Frederik Andersen in the tiebreaker. Former Shark Patrick Marleau hit the post on his attempt.
FLYERS 6, ISLANDERS 4
PHILADELPHIA— Ivan Provorov had two goals and an assist, and Sean Couturier had a goal, an assist and participated in one of several fights for Philadelphia in a feisty victory over slumping New York.
Travis Konecny energized his teammates with a first-period scrap, then scored to cap a fourgoal second. Wayne Simmonds and Michael Raffl also scored for the Flyers, who overcame a poor third period for their second win in six games.
WILD 6, SABRES 2
ST. PAUL, Minn.—Nino Niederreiter had a hat trick in his return from injury, Mikko Koivu contributed a goal and two assists, and the finally fully healthy Minnesota Wild beat Buffalo.
Niederreiter, who missed the previous five games because of a lower leg injury, needed less than 25 minutes of game time to get the second hat trick of his seven-year career. His parents were even in attendance from his native Switzerland.
STARS 4, DEVILS 3
DALLAS—Tyler Seguin scored his team-leading 20th goal short-handed, Alexander Radulov had a goal and two assists and Dallas beat New Jersey.
Brett Ritchie had the tiebreaking goal on a power play after a second straight penalty against Sami Vatanen, and the Devils matched their season high with a fourth straight loss. The skid follows a season-best five-game winning streak that started with a win at home over the Stars.