Kevin Hayes, Sidney Crosby and Anthony Beauvillier each had a goal and an assist to help the Pittsburgh Penguins end the Los Angeles Kings’ nine-game home winning streak with a 5-1 victory on Monday night.
Evgeni Malkin and Cody Glass also scored and Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves for the Penguins, who had lost four of their previous five games and eight of their last 10 (2-5-3).
Adrian Kempe scored and David Rittich made 27 saves for the Kings, who have dropped four of five following a five-game winning streak. Los Angeles had not lost at home since a 1-0 setback to Buffalo on Nov. 20.
The Penguins scored on their only power play, Hayes’ goal to open the scoring at 10:09 of the first period. The Penguins played without the team’s leading goal scorer, Rickard Rakell, who returned to Pittsburgh for personal reasons.
Maple Leafs 5, Lightning 3
Matthew Knies had two goals and an assist as Toronto defeated visiting Tampa Bay for the Maple Leafs’ third straight win.
Mitchell Marner had a goal and two assists and Auston Matthews added a goal and an assist for Toronto while Joseph Woll stopped 27 shots for Toronto, which is 3-0 against Tampa Bay this season.
Nick Paul scored two goals and Darren Raddysh had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, who had won their two previous games. Jonas Johansson made 23 saves for the Lightning in the opener of a four-game road trip.
Utah Hockey Club 5, Jets 2
Barrett Hayton registered a goal and two assists as the Utah Hockey Club built a rare winning streak with a victory over Winnipeg in Salt Lake City.
Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist while Josh Doan and Nick Schmaltz each had two assists for Utah, which has won back-to-back games for the first time since a four-game run from Dec. 12-20. Both of its latest victories have come on home ice, where the club has won only eight times in 23 games (8-11-4).
Connor Ingram stopped 23 shots in a much-needed quality outing for the Utah goalie. Ingram struggled to a 3.38 goals-against average in his first 15 games of the season before taking almost two months off to be with his ailing mother, who died Dec. 3.
Bruins 6, Sharks 3
Charlie Coyle scored the tying and winning goals in the third period as part of a three-point effort — all coming in the final period — to help host Boston surge past San Jose.
David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Elias Lindholm each registered a goal and an assist, while Vinni Lettieri also scored for Boston, which is 3-0-1 in its last four games.
Rookie Will Smith, a native of nearby Lexington, Mass., led the Sharks with a goal and an assist in his first NHL game in Boston. San Jose has lost three in a row and six of seven.
Wild 3, Avalanche 1
Yakov Trenin and Brock Faber scored goals 1:35 apart early in the third period as Minnesota beat Colorado in Denver.
Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist, Liam Ohgren contributed two assists and Marc-Andre Fleury turned away 26 shots for Minnesota, which snapped a three-game skid and improved to 17-5-3 on the road. They have the most road wins in the NHL.
Nathan MacKinnon scored the only goal for Colorado, which is 2-2 on its five-game homestand that finishes Wednesday against Winnipeg. Mackenzie Blackwood had 23 saves in the loss.
Blues 5, Golden Knights 4 (SO)
Jake Neighbours and Brayden Schenn both scored in the shootout as visiting St. Louis prevailed despite blowing a two-goal lead in the final 3:10 of regulation in Las Vegas.
Schenn, Neighbours, Nathan Walker and Cam Fowler each scored goals and Jordan Kyrou had two assists for the Blues, who moved within one point of the idle Calgary Flames for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Jordan Binnington made 28 saves and stopped two of three shots in the shootout.
Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev each had a goal and an assist, Shea Theodore had four assists and Tomas Hertl and Brett Howden also scored goals for Vegas, which suffered its season-high fourth straight loss and sixth in seven games. Adin Hill finished with 24 saves.
Kraken 6, Sabres 4
Defensemen Jamie Oleksiak and Adam Larsson scored key goals as Seattle defeated visiting Buffalo to improve to 2-0 in a 10-game stretch that includes nine home games.
Jared McCann had a goal and two assists while Joey Daccord made 25 saves to win for the third time in his past four starts.
Four different players — including Jack Quinn and Tage Thompson — scored for Buffalo. Devon Levi, recalled Saturday from the American Hockey League with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen dealing with some nagging injuries, stopped 28 of 33 shots in the loss.
Islanders 3, Blue Jackets 1
Bo Horvat scored twice in the second period for host New York, which scored three times in a 5:04 span to beat Columbus in Elmont.
Simon Holmstrom’s short-handed goal in the second proved to be the game-winner for the Islanders, who have won two straight to improve to 2-2-0 on a season-high seven-game homestand.
Kent Johnson scored early in the first period for the Blue Jackets, who have lost two in a row (0-1-1) following a six-game winning streak. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 22 shots.
Hurricanes 4, Blackhawks 3 (OT)
Sebastian Aho scored the game-winning goal in overtime and Jaccob Slavin collected three assists as Carolina came back to win in Chicago.
Seth Jarvis, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won four of their last six games. Frederik Andersen, playing in his 500th career game and his first since Oct. 26 (knee surgery), made 22 saves for Carolina.
Aho rocketed a one-timer from the right circle to net his 15th career overtime goal 59 seconds into the extra period. Aho has netted all four of Carolina’s overtime winning goals this season.
–Field Level Media
