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Jake Guentzel also scored and goaltender Casey DeSmith made 28
saves for the Penguins, who blew a two-goal lead.
Matt Dumba, Frederick Gaudreau and Krill Kaprizov replied for
the Wild, who saw their seven-game winning streak end and lost a
game decided in overtime for the first time this season (7-1).
Cam Talbot stopped 35 shots.
Malkin had the presence to bury his own rebound chance 3:57 into
overtime for his 17th of the season. Malkin tied Jaromir Jagr
for the most winning goals in Penguins history (78).
Kings 3, Flames 2 (SO)
Lias Andersson scored the shootout winner to give visiting Los
Angeles a much-needed victory over Calgary a clash between the
Pacific Division's top two clubs.
Los Angeles goaltender Cal Petersen stopped 26 shots through
regulation and overtime and all three Flames attempts in the
shootout. Alex Iafallo and Viktor Arvidsson scored for the
Kings, who pulled within five points of the Flames in the chase
for the top spot in the division.
Johnny Gaudreau and Erik Gudbranson replied for Calgary, which
has three games in hand on Los Angeles. Jacob Markstrom stopped
30 shots, including six during the overtime period. The Flames
didn't put a shot on net in OT.
Bruins 8, Devils 1
Brad Marchand scored twice during a six-goal second period as
Boston cruised past visiting New Jersey.
Patrice Bergeron added a goal and two assists and David Pastrnak
dished out three assists to help Boston earn its fifth win in
six games. Matt Grzelcyk and Jake DeBrusk each logged a goal and
an assist, Massachusetts native Marc McLaughlin scored in his
NHL debut, and Erik Haula and Taylor Hall also found the net for
Boston. Linus Ullmark made 25 saves.
Jack Hughes scored for New Jersey, which took its third loss in
four games. Nico Daws allowed five goals on 20 shots before Jon
Gillies worked in relief, stopping 17 of 20 shots.
Stars 3, Ducks 2 (OT)
Jamie Benn scored on a breakaway 53 seconds into overtime and
visiting Dallas continued its late-season playoff push with a
victory over Anaheim.
Ryan Suter and Andrej Sekera also scored goals for the Stars,
while Jake Oettinger wound up with 21 saves after facing just
five Anaheim shots through the midway point of the game.
Jamie Drysdale and Kevin Shattenkirk each had a goal for the
Ducks, while John Gibson made 32 saves as Anaheim's losing
streak reached 11 games (0-8-3). The Ducks lost to the Stars for
the second time in three days by the same 3-2 score.
Maple Leafs 7, Jets 3
Auston Matthews scored his 50th goal of the season, William
Nylander scored two power-play goals and Toronto defeated
visiting Winnipeg.
Matthews scored into an empty net at 17:54 of the third period
on a pass from Mitchell Marner to become the fourth Maple Leaf
to record 50 goals in a season in franchise history. Ilya
Mikheyev scored a short-handed goal and added two assists for
the Maple Leafs, who have won three in a row.
Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg. Blake
Wheeler and Paul Stastny also scored for the Jets, who had a
three-game winning streak end. Mark Scheifele added two assists.
Panthers 4, Blackhawks 0
Aleksander Barkov scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky posted 37
saves for his third shutout of the season as Florida defeated
Chicago in Sunrise, Fla.
Florida's Jonathan Huberdeau dished his 71st assist, the most in
NHL history by a left winger. The previous record was 70, set by
the Boston Bruins' Joe Juneau in 1992-93.
Ryan Lomberg and Gustav Forsling also scored for the Panthers.
Collin Delia made 40 saves for the Blackhawks, who have lost
three consecutive games (0-2-1).
Avalanche 4, Sharks 2
Mikko Rantanen scored a tiebreaking goal late in the third
period, Andre Burakovsky, Alex Newhook and Darren Helm also
scored and Colorado beat San Jose in Denver.
Nazem Kadri and Erik Johnson had two assists each and Pavel
Francouz made 25 saves for the Avalanche, who got Nathan
MacKinnon back after he missed a game with an upper-body injury.
The Avalanche improved to 7-1-1 in their past nine games.
Brent Burns and Timo Meier scored goals, Tomas Hertl had two
assists and Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 42 shots for the Sharks, who
lost for the third time in four games.
Islanders 5, Blue Jackets 2
Kyle Palmieri, Mathew Barzal and Ryan Pulock scored in the third
period for the New York, which completed a home-and-home sweep
of Columbus with a win in Elmont, N.Y.
Sebastian Aho and Oliver Wahlstrom scored 11 seconds apart in
the first for the Islanders, who beat the Blue Jackets 4-3 in
Ohio on Tuesday. Semyon Varlamov earned the win Thursday by
making 30 saves, helping the Islanders improve to 10-4-1 in
their past 15 games.
Emil Bemstrom and Justin Danforth scored fewer than two minutes
apart in the second for the Blue Jackets, who have lost five
straight (0-3-2). Elvis Merzlikins recorded 31 saves.
Hurricanes 4, Canadiens 0
Carolina took an early lead and rode Frederik Andersen's 32-save
performance to shut out Montreal at Raleigh, N.C.
Andrei Svechnikov notched two goals, the second going into an
empty net. Sebastian Aho scored on a power play just 3:48 into
the game and Teuvo Teravainen also produced a goal for Carolina,
which has won three of its past four games.
Jake Allen stopped 40 of 43 shots for the Canadiens, who are
1-3-2 in their past six games.
--Field Level Media
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