Sabres’ nine goals veto Sens
Jeff Skinner and Jason Pominville each had two goals and an assist to lead the Sabres to a 9-2 win against the Ottawa Senators yesterday in Buffalo. Conor Sheary, Casey Mittlestadt, Patrik Berglund and Zemgus Girgensons added a goal and an assist apiece, Kyle Okposo also scored, Jack Eichel had three assists and Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for the Sabres, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Pominville extended his point streak to seven games, his longest since 2014, after being honored in a pregame ceremony for playing his 1,000th NHL game Thursday night in Ottawa. Buffalo scored nine goals in a game for the first time since a 10-2 blowout at Edmonton on Jan. 27, 2009. The last time they scored nine goals at home was a 10-1 win against the Atlanta Thrashers on Jan. 18, 2008. Islanders 3, Devils 0 — Thomas Greiss made 35 saves for his first shutout of the season, and host New York beat New Jersey for its fifth straight win. It was Greiss’ ninth career shutout. Dating to Oct. 28, Greiss has allowed just four goals on 114 shots. Stars 4, Capitals 3 — Jason Spezza and Tyler Pitlick scored 10 seconds apart, Jason Dickinson had the overtime winner and Dallas won in Washington for its first three-game winning streak of the season. Dickinson scored 3:17 into overtime to salvage two points for Dallas, which also got a goal from captain Jamie Benn and is finally finding its game under first-year coach Jim Montgomery. Ben Bishop stopped 29 shots. Maple Leafs 5, Penguins 0 — Frederik Andersen made 31 saves for his first shutout of the season and 16th overall and Auston Matthews-less Toronto routed high-scoring host Pittsburgh. Morgan Rielly scored twice and John Tavares had a goal and an assist to help Toronto improve to 6-0 on the road. The Maple Leafs are averaging an NHL-best 5.4 goals on the road. Zach Hyman and Patrick Marleau also scored and Kasperi Kapanen had two assists. Lightning 4, Canadiens 1 — Steven Stamkos scored two goals to lead Tampa Bay past host Montreal. J.T. Miller and Yanni Gourde also scored for the Lightning, winners of nine of their 13 games this season. Anton Stralman had three assists. Andrei Vasilevskiy continued his dominant start in the nets, finishing with 34 saves in his seventh victory. Max Domi scored the only goal for the Canadiens. Carey Price made 32 saves in the loss. The Lightning improved to 6-0-0 against Eastern Conference opponents this season. Oilers 4, Red Wings 3 — Kyle Brodziak scored his first two goals of the season and star center Connor McDavid extended his points streak to seven games as Edmonton squeezed out a win in Detroit. Drake Caggiula and Alex Chiasson also scored for Edmonton, which has won five of its last six. McDavid and Jujhar Khaira had two assists each and Mikko Koskinen made 23 sav Wild 5, Blues 1 — Nick Seeler had a goal and two assists and was one of five different players to light the lamp as Minnesota won in St. Louis.