Second-period burst leads the Lightning past Blackhawks

Yanni Gourde, Ondrej Palat and Victor Hedman each scored a power-play goal in the second period, as Tampa Bay defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Sunday.

Pat Maroon added his 100th career goal in the third period, giving Tampa Bay a season-high four goals with the man advantage. Gourde finished with two goals and two assists, and Alex Killorn scored for the third straight game.

The Lightning improved to 3-0-1 on their season-long six-game trip and stretched their point streak to a season-high eight games. They took two of three in the series between Central Division contenders.

Mattias Janmark had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks. Philipp Kurashev and Pius Suter also scored, and Kevin Lankinen made 33 saves.

Chicago opened a 3-0 lead when Janmark fed Suter in front for the rookie’s eighth goal of the season 3:11 into the second. But Tampa Bay responded with a big push.

The rally started with goals by Palat and Gourde 23 seconds apart. Two more power-play goals put Tampa Bay in front to stay. Victor Hedman got his fifth of the season when he blasted one home from near the blue line. Gourde then made it 4-3 when he converted a slap shot from the top of the left circle with 3:05 left in the period.

PENGUINS 5, RANGERS 1 Sidney Crosby capped Pittsburgh’s three-goal outburst in the first period in the win over New York. Crosby scored his eighth of the season, Kasperi Kapanen netted his sixth and John Marino his first as Pittsburgh scored three goals on six shots in the opening period. Evgeni Malkin and Zach Aston-Reese scored in the third period as the Penguins won for the ninth time in 13 games.

CAPITALS 3, FLYERS 1 >> Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov and Nick Jensen scored to lead Washington to the victory over Philadelphia. T.J. Oshie had two assists and Ilya Samsonov stopped 36 shots for the Capitals, who have won eight of 11. The Flyers welcomed back about 3,000 fans to their home arena for the first time since last March 10.

HURRICANES 4, PANTHERS 2 >> Vincent Trocheck and James Reimer continued to torment their former team, lifting Carolina to its fifth straight victory. Trocheck, who was traded to Carolina just over a year ago, scored for the fourth time this season against the Panthers. ISLANDERS 5, SABRES 2 >> Anders Lee and Brock Nelson scored 62 seconds apart early in the second period and rookie Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves as the Islanders earned their fifth straight win. The victory was also the Islanders’ sixth straight over the Sabres this season.

DEVILS 1, BRUINS 0 >> Scott Wedgewood made 40 saves, Kyle Palmieri scored out of a scramble with 4:37 left and the Devils snapped a fivegame losing streak. Boston’s Tuukka Rask made 24 saves and remained stuck at 299 career victories. The Bruins have lost four of six games.