Faulk scores 100th goal as Blues beat Golden Knights
Justin Faulk scored his 100th career goal to cap a quick three-goal outburst by St. Louis in the first period, and the Blues beat the visiting Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Monday night.
Ryan O’Reilly, Tyler Bozak, Brandon Saad and Niko Mikkola also scored for the Blues, who won for the third time in 11 games. Jordan Binnington, who had lost six of his last seven starts, was sharp and made 32 saves.
Chandler Stephenson and Reilly Smith scored for the Golden Knights, who had won five of six.
St. Louis trailed 2-0 before breaking loose midway through the first period.
BLUE JACKETS 7, SABRES 4 >> Jack Roslovic had two goals and an assist to lead Columbus to a victory at Buffalo.
Roslovic and defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov each scored his first two goals of the season for Columbus. Max Domi added a goal and two assists, and Joonas Korpisalo made 29 saves fresh off a two-game West Coast trip to give the Blue Jackets their third victory in four games.
Columbus made it 5-2 with a three-goal outburst in the opening 3:41 of the second period. Oliver Bjorkstrand and Domi scored in the first 55 seconds, a franchise record for the fastest two goals to start a period. Domi’s goal came 31 seconds after Bjorkstrand’s sixth of the season.
Gavrikov added an empty-netter with 44.3 seconds left, followed by a second empty-netter from Sean Kuraly with 9.2 seconds remaining.
Tage Thompson scored twice for Buffalo and matched his career high for goals with eight — coming in his first 18 games. Zemgus Girgensons and Dylan Cozens each had a goal for the Sabres.
PENGUINS 3, JETS 1 >> Danton Heinen scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, Tristan Jarry allowed one goal after back-to-back shutouts, and Pittsburgh won at Winnipeg.
Dominic Toninato scored on Jarry in the first period, but that was it as Jarry finished with 30 saves after posting shutouts in the first two games of Pittsburgh’s three-game Canadian trip, at Montreal and Toronto.
Jason Zucker and Jake Guentzel also scored for the Penguins, whose perfect road swing followed a threegame skid.
Connor Hellebuyck had 33 saves for Winnipeg, which lost its third straight and fell to 7-2-1 at home. AVALANCHE 7, SENATORS 5 >> Alex Newhook scored the go-ahead goal with 1:33 left, lifting host Colorado to its fifth straight win.
Zach Sanford got his first career hat trick for Ottawa but it wasn’t enough as the team played its first game in a week. The Senators had not played since a 4-0 loss to Calgary on Nov. 14 and they were unable to practice for five days due to a COVID-19 outbreak. They got back on the ice Saturday after eight players and associate coach Jack Capuano were taken off the NHL protocol list.