PITTSBURGH (AP) Third-period goals by Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel ruined former teammate Marc-Andre Fleury’s homecoming as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 on Tuesday night.
Fleury Authentic Joseph Noteboom Jersey , who won three Stanley Cups with the Penguins – including the last two seasons – returned to Pittsburgh for the first time since Vegas selected him in the expansion draft last summer. Fleury, who stopped 33 shots, beat his former teammates in December in Las Vegas.
Malkin gave the Penguins a 4-2 lead with his 30th of the season at 3:09 of the third period. Malkin, who scored in his fifth straight game, became the fifth player in team history to score 30 goals six times.
Article continues below ... Kessel extended the lead to 5-2 a little more than three minutes later on a one-touch, backdoor feed from Malkin.
Jake Guentzel, Ryan Reaves and Ian Cole also scored for Pittsburgh, which won for the fifth time in six games.
Matt Murray, Fleury’s former understudy in Pittsburgh, made 21 saves to top his mentor.
William Karlsson scored his 28th of the season for the Golden Knights. James Neal, who spent four seasons in Pittsburgh, got his 23rd. Ryan Carpenter and Jonathan Marchessault scored in the third period for Vegas Ravens Anthony Averett Jersey , which nearly rallied from a three-goal deficit.
BRUINS 3, RED WINGS 2
DETROIT (AP) – Sean Kuraly and David Krejci scored in the second period, and surging Boston rallied for a victory over Detroit.
Boston is 17-1-4 in its last 22 games and only three points behind NHL-leading Tampa Bay in the Atlantic Division. The Red Wings never mounted much sustained pressure on goalie Tuukka Rask, who improved to 19-0-2 in his last 21 games.
Martin Frk scored a power-play goal in the second for Detroit, but the Bruins quickly wiped out that lead later in the period. Danton Heinen scored with 11:39 remaining in the third to put Boston up by two.
With their goalie pulled, the Red Wings moved within one when Frans Nielsen scored with 1:24 to play, but Boston held on.
DUCKS 4, SABRES 3, OT
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Adam Henrique scored 1:36 into overtime and Anaheim snapped a three-game skid with a win over Buffalo.
The Ducks rebounded in the extra period after allowing the Sabres to tie the game on Ryan O’Reilly’s goal with 15 seconds remaining in regulation.
Corey Perry, Rickard Rakell and Ondrej Kase also scored for the Ducks, who ended an 0-2-1 slide. Ryan Miller stopped 30 shots in facing his former team for the fourth time since the Sabres traded him to St. Louis during the 2013-14 season.
Jack Eichel and Zemgus Girgensons scored for the Sabres Authentic Starlin Castro Jersey , who squandered two one-goal leads. They are 0-3-1 in their past four games and 4-9-2 since Jan. 1. Robin Lehner stopped 29 shots.
CAPITALS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Nicklas Backstrom scored the winning goal with 43 seconds left, Braden Holtby made 37 saves and Washington beat Columbus.
Brandon Dubinsky tied the score for the Blue Jackets late in the third period and the game appeared headed to overtime before Backstrom jumped on a pass from T.J. Oshie and beat Sergei Bobrovsky for his 200th career goal.
John Carlson and Tom Wilson also scored as the Capitals rallied to break a two-game skid and hang onto first place in the Metropolitan Division.
Bobrovsky had 22 saves for the Blue Jackets, who have lost four in a row and nine of 11.
FLYERS 2, HURRICANES 1, OT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Jordan Weal scored with 3.1 seconds left in overtime and Philadelphia topped Carolina.
Wayne Simmonds also scored to help the Flyers snap a four-game losing streak and earn two important points in the crowded Metropolitan Division and Eastern Conference races.
Elias Lindholm scored a power-play goal for the Hurricanes, who have lost three in a row to fall to 2-3 on an eight-game homestand.
Brian Elliott, making his first start since missing four games with a lower-body injury, stopped 27 shots for the Flyers, who had gone 0-3-1 in a four-game stretch that followed a run of eight wins in nine games.
Cam Ward made 28 saves for Carolina Cheap Will Hernandez Jersey , which had a great chance to win it in the final minute of OT when Jordan Staal couldn’t score into an open net and Claude Giroux laid out to block Jeff Skinner’s follow-up attempt.
PANTHERS 3, CANUCKS 1
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – Aleksander Barkov scored twice, including the go-ahead goal late in the second period, to lead Florida past Vancouver.
Jamie McGinn also scored for the Panthers. Harri Sateri made 26 saves for his fourth consecutive win.
Markus Granlund scored for the Canucks, and Jacob Markstrom stopped 37 shots.
Barkov has 14 points in his last 13 games. He added an empty-net goal with 41.5 seconds left to make it 3-1.
SENATORS 5, DEVILS 3
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) – Matt Duchene had a goal and two assists as undermanned Ottawa beat New Jersey.
Mike Hoffman, Chris DiDomenico, Colin White and Zack Smith also scored for Ottawa. Craig Anderson made 30 saves.
The Senators were already missing forwards Mark Stone (knee) and Bobby Ryan (hand) when they learned they would be without Derick Brassard, who is banged up, and Nate Thompson Authentic Courtland Sutton Jersey , who left the morning skate early as he continues to deal with a lower-body injury.
Travis Zajac, Taylor Hall and Kyle Palmieri scored for the Devils. Keith Kinkaid allowed four goals on 20 shots before being replaced by Eddie Lack, who gave up one goal on 12 shots.
WILD 6, BLUES 2
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jason Zucker tied a career high with his 22nd goal and Devan Dubnyk made 35 saves in Minnesota’s win over St. Louis.