Kings cool off Penguins
Los Angeles’ Trevor Moore broke a third-period tie with his second goal of the game and the Kings beat the Penguins 4-3 in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Los Angeles carried a 3-1 lead into the third period, but Pittsburgh tied it on two goals by Bryan Rust.
Moore said his team didn’t panic when the lead got away.
“The bench was positive,” Moore said. “We kept going, kept doing our thing. We didn’t change anything and I thought that would lead to success.”
Sidney Crosby scored his 498th career goal for the Penguins, whose eight-game point streak ended.
Rangers 3, Kraken 2: Defenseman K’Andre Miller scored with 34 seconds left and Igor Shesterkin made 40 saves to help host New York prevail. Stars 6, Bruins 1: Tyler Seguin had two goals and an assist and Jamie Benn had a goal and two assists for host Dallas, which has won five of its past six. Jake Oettinger stopped 28 shots for the victory.
Blue Jackets 6, Canadiens 3: Patrik Laine scored two goals and Joonas Korpisalo stopped 32 shots as Columbus dealt host Montreal its sixth loss in a row. It is the Canadiens’ third skid of at least six games this season.
Wild 4, Islanders 3: Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 40 shots as visiting Minnesota won its fifth in a row. Brandon Duhaime and Joel Eriksson Ek scored 1:03 apart in the first period to give the Wild a 2-0 lead and Minnesota kept New York, which has lost two in a row, at bay from there.
Medical report: Montreal defenseman David Savard is expected to be sidelined for at least eight weeks because of an ankle injury suffered Thursday . ... Los Angeles defenseman Mikey Anderson was placed on injured reserve because of a lower-body injury and the team announced that defenseman Matt Roy is in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols . ... Boston forward Erik Haula entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols . ... Buffalo activated goalies Craig Anderson and Dustin Tokarski from IR.
Briefly: With Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon out of the All-Star Game because of an injury, Dallas’ Joe Pavelski was named as his replacement as captain for the Central Division team in the event Saturday . ... Nashville defenseman Roman Josi and Washington center Evgeny Kuznetsov were named as All-Star Game injury replacements for Rangers defenseman Adam Fox and MacKinnon, respectively . ... Vegas signed three players to contract extensions: defenseman Brayden McNabb (three years, $8.55 million), forward Michael Amadio (two years, $1.525 million) and goalie Logan Thompson (three years, $2.3 million).