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Kasperi Kapanen had two assists and Tristan Jarry made 25 saves
for the Penguins, who earned the victory one game after their
10-game winning streak ended with a 3-2 road defeat to the
Dallas Stars on Saturday.
Malkin, who has been out since surgery in June to repair the ACL
and MCL in his right knee, found the net twice in the second
period, scoring in a regular-season game for the first time
since March 15 against the Boston Bruins.
Jakob Silfverberg had a goal for the Ducks to end a 30-game
scoring drought. Goalie Anthony Stolarz stopped 30 shots in
place of John Gibson, who is in COVID-19 protocol.
Predators 5, Avalanche 4 (OT)
Matt Duchene scored a power-play goal 3:01 into overtime as host
Nashville beat Colorado.
Duchene and Luke Kunin finished with two goals each, Tanner
Jeannot also scored and Roman Josi had three assists for
Nashville. Juuse Saros stopped 40 shots to help the Predators
win their fifth straight.
Cale Makar tallied a goal and two assists, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
added a goal and an assist and Andre Burakovsky and Nathan
MacKinnon also scored for the Avalanche. Nazem Kadri and Samuel
Girard had two assists each and Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves for
Colorado, which had its five-game winning streak snapped.
Maple Leafs 4, Golden Knights 3 (SO)
William Nylander scored in the third round of a shootout to give
Toronto a victory over Vegas in Las Vegas.
Nylander, who also scored the first goal of the game, fired a
forehand shot over the glove of Vegas goaltender Robin Lehner to
win it. Auston Matthews and Ilya Mikheyev also scored goals for
Toronto while Campbell finished with 31 saves to improve to
18-5-3 on the season. Toronto improved to 5-0-1 in its past six
games.
Alex Pietrangelo, William Karlsson and Keegan Kolesar scored for
Vegas, which lost for the fourth time in its last five games
(0-2-2). Lehner, who stopped shootout tries by Jason Spezza and
Matthews before yielding Nylander's game-winner, finished with
15 saves.
Lightning 6, Sabres 1
Nikita Kucherov recorded his fourth career hat trick -- his
first goals since October -- as Tampa Bay pounded host Buffalo.
Following a 32-game absence due to an upper-body injury,
Kucherov tallied twice in the second period -- his second and
third goals overall and first since netting against Detroit in
the season's second game on Oct. 14. The right wing added
another tally 10 minutes later and finished his three-goal night
at 13:57 of the third.
Steven Stamkos notched a goal and two assists for the Lightning,
who are 7-3-1 in their past 11 games and have won eight of their
past nine against Buffalo.
Sharks 3, Red Wings 2 (OT)
Logan Couture scored one minute into overtime and San Jose
topped visiting Detroit for its third win in a row.
Timo Meier and Jeffrey Viel scored for the Sharks, who have won
three straight at home and are 7-1 in games decided beyond
regulation. Brent Burns had three assists, Jonathan Dahlen added
two helpers and Adin Hill made 17 saves.
Tyler Bertuzzi and Nick Leddy were the goal-scorers for the Red
Wings, who dropped their third consecutive contest while
slipping to 0-4-2 in their past six on the road. Filip Hronek
assisted on both tallies, and Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 37 shots.
Panthers 5, Canucks 2
Florida, which has the best home record in the NHL, successfully
defended its ice once again, using two goals and an assist from
Sam Reinhart to defeat Vancouver in Sunrise, Fla.
Florida improved to 19-3-0 at home, also getting one goal each
from Aaron Ekblad, Maxim Mamin and Aleksander Barkov. Ekblad,
Frank Vatrano and Anton Lundell added two assists each.
Jason Dickinson and Juho Lammikko scored for the Canucks, who
were playing their first game since Jan. 1 due to a pair of
COVID-related postponements. Vancouver goaltender Thatcher Demko
had a rough game, allowing five goals on 26 shots.
Blackhawks 4, Blue Jackets 2
Alex DeBrincat scored two goals and Marc-Andre Fleury made 24
saves as visiting Chicago defeated Columbus.
Defensemen Calvin de Haan and Connor Murphy also tallied to send
the Blackhawks to their second straight win following a six-game
skid (0-3-3).
Columbus captain Boone Jenner scored his team-leading 14th goal
and second in as many games. Gustav Nyquist collected a goal and
an assist and Joonas Korpisalo made 16 saves for the Blue
Jackets, who have lost four of their last five games.
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