NHL roundup: Lightning strike down Penguins

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[February 06, 2016]  The Sports Xchange

TAMPA, Fla. -- Ondrej Palat and Anton Stralman scored two goals apiece as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 at Amalie Arena on Friday.

Tyler Johnson and Alex Killorn also scored for the Lightning, who have won 10 of their past 11 games.

Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby and Matt Cullen scored for the Penguins, who had a four-game win streak snapped.

Hurricanes 5, Jets 3

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Jordan Staal collected a goal and set up two others as Carolina scored three times in the first five minutes and then hung on vs. Winnipeg.

Andrej Nestrasil scored twice and Phillip Di Guiseppe and Justin Faulk also added goals for the Hurricanes.

Alexander Burmistrov, Andrew Ladd and Blake Wheeler scored for the Jets.

Blue Jackets 2, Flames 1

CALGARY, Alberta -- William Karlsson scored twice to lift Columbus over Calgary.

The Blue Jackets have won four of their past five games and have now won six straight games in Calgary, four of those coming in either overtime or a shootout.

Jiri Hudler scored for the Flames.

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Ducks 5, Coyotes 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Frederik Andersen earned his fifth successive victory and stopped 23 shots as Anaheim routed Arizona in front of a standing-room-only crowd of 17,342 at the Honda Center.

Corey Perry, Mike Santorelli, Andrew Cogliano, Patrick Maroon and Hampus Lindholm also scored for the Ducks, who extended their season-high winning streak to six games.

Shane Doan scored his team-leading 19th goal and added an assist for the Coyotes while Tobias Rieder also scored and Anders Lindback made 36 saves.

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