NHL roundup: Penguins top Flames on Schultz's OT winner

[March 06, 2018]  Justin Schultz was the hero and Evgeni Malkin netted one goal and two assists as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 in overtime in NHL action Monday night at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

With the goalie slightly out of position anticipating him to shoot, Phil Kessel passed over to Schultz, and he buried the winner at 2:36 of overtime.

Not only was it a tough ending, but it was a tough start for the Flames and rookie goalie Jon Gillies, who was victimized on two of the first three shots on goal. Chad Ruhwedel opened the scoring at the 2:10 mark when his long wrister made it's way past Gillies, who got a piece of the puck.

Things went from bad to worse for Gillies at 3:05 when he attempted to pass the puck from behind his own net, only to see Malkin knock it out of the air. The puck bounced toward the front of the net, where Malkin was on the spot to slip it into an open cage to give the Pens a 2-0 lead. To their credit, the Flames drew even by the end of the first period.

Senators 3, Stars 2 (OT)

Erik Karlsson scored the game-winning goal on a breakaway with 2:19 remaining in overtime as Ottawa defeated host Dallas.

Karlsson's winning rush began with a great defensive play on the opposite end of the ice by Bobby Ryan that barely denied the Stars. Karlsson outraced Dallas' Tyler Pitlick and found a small hole between the legs of Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen for the goal.

Tyler Seguin scored twice for the Stars, who currently hold the first wild card from the Western Conference and are fourth in the Central Division, one point behind Minnesota.

Sabres 5, Maple Leafs 3

Sam Reinhart, Ryan O'Reilly, Johan Larsson and Jason Pominville each had a goal and an assist while Chad Johnson made 38 saves as Buffalo dumped struggling Toronto in Buffalo, N.Y.

In the first of four meetings between division rivals in the season's last five weeks, Buffalo scored two goals before the game was four minutes old. Reinhart bagged his 16th at 1:53, and Pominville made it 2-0 at 3:43 with his 11th tally.

Leo Komarov brought the Maple Leafs even with an unexpected display of offense. After going 13 games without a goal, the one-time All-Star bagged two goals in an 11-minute span bridging the periods before the Sabres went on to regain the lead for good.

Oilers 4, Coyotes 3 (OT)

Oscar Klefbom scored his first goal in 34 games, and Edmonton regrouped after blowing a two-goal, third-period lead to beat visiting Arizona in overtime.

Klefbom was set up by Connor McDavid for a chance and buried the shot just 50 seconds into the extra period to cap a see-saw tilt.

Cam Talbot made 32 saves for the Oilers to snap a three-game losing skid, while Darcy Kuemper stopped 32 shots for Arizona.

Canucks 4, Islanders 3 (OT)

Brendan Leipsic scored two goals, including the overtime winner, and added an assist as host Vancouver came back to beat New York.

Leipsic gave the Canucks the win 2:47 into overtime as he stole the puck from the Isles' Anthony Beauvillier in the New York zone and went around goaltender Jaroslav Halak, who inexplicably came way out of his net and left it open for an easy goal. With the tally, Leipsic made up for taking a penalty with just over a minute left in the third period and enabling the Islanders to force overtime.

John Tavares scored a goal and added an assist for the Islanders while Josh Bailey and Jordan Eberle also tallied. Rookie Matthew Barzal, a native of the Vancouver suburb of Coquitlam, British Columbia, produced two assists. The Canucks suffered a potentially major blow in the closing seconds of regulation time as star rookie Brock Boeser was hurt in a collision near the benches.

--Field Level Media

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