NHL roundup: Penguins rout Flyers, snatch first utter in East
Sidney Crosby registered two targets and an encourage as the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7-3 on Tuesday to notify sole possession of first utter in the East Division.
Jake Guentzel had a aim and two assists for the Penguins, who are 7-2-0 of their past 9 games. Pittsburgh’s Marcus Pettersson added a aim and an encourage, whereas Jason Zucker, Tag Friedman and John Marino additionally scored. Tristan Jarry made 30 saves.
The Penguins are two functions prior to the Capitals, who had been idle Tuesday, but Washington has two games in hand.
Justin Braun, Sean Couturier and Travis Konecny scored for Philadelphia, which lost for the fourth time in five games. Brian Elliott stopped 24 shots in the defeat.
Oilers 4, Canucks 1
Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Connor McDavid notched one other two functions in his travel for 100 on the season to handbook visiting Edmonton to a victory over slumping Vancouver.
McDavid, who is running away with the scoring title, aloof two assists to give him 93 functions; he has five games to reach the century trace. Evan Bouchard and Darnell Nurse additionally scored whereas goaltender Mike Smith made 28 saves for the Oilers.
Brock Boeser scored for the Canucks, who possess lost six straight games and are on the verge of being eradicated from the playoffs. Thatcher Demko stopped 23 shots.
Hurricanes 6, Blackhawks 3
Andrei Svechnikov and Nino Niederreiter each scored two targets and Carolina erased a two-aim deficit to defeat Chicago in Raleigh, N.C., stretching its functions travel to 12 games.
Teuvo Teravainen and Martin Necas additionally had targets for the Hurricanes. Svechnikov and Teravainen had an encourage apiece, and Sebastian Aho and Vincent Trocheck posted two assists each for Carolina, which has won five games in a row. Petr Mrazek, in his first recreation since April 19, made 27 saves for the purchase.
Alex DeBrincat scored two targets and Mike Hardman, playing his fifth profession recreation, recorded his first NHL aim for the Blackhawks, who are 0-5-1 of their past six games. Patrick Kane notched two assists, and Collin Delia stopped 22 shots.
Sabers 4, Islanders 3 (SO)
Anders Bjork scored twice in law as well to the lone aim of the shootout, and Michael Houser stopped 45 shots as Buffalo rallied for a residence purchase over Original York.
Houser has opened his NHL profession with two wins over the Islanders in two nights.
With Buffalo trailing 3-2, Bjork beat Islanders rookie goalie Ilya Sorokin (28 saves) on his immediate aspect, under the glove with 9: 04 left in law to level the contest. It was once the first multi-aim recreation of the season for Bjork, who beat Sorokin up high in the shootout.
Devils 4, Bruins 3 (OT)
Pavel Zacha scored his 2d aim of the recreation with 2: 18 left in time past law as Original Jersey won its home finale by getting encourage from a pair of 1-aim deficits to beat Boston in Newark, N.J.
Zacha shuffled the puck as he bore in on the crease sooner than flicking a backhand over Jaroslav Halak’s glove shoulder to give the Devils their fourth purchase in five games. Jesper Boqvist and Yegor Sharangovich had targets for Original Jersey whereas Damon Severson and Jack Hughes had two assists apiece. Mackenzie Blackwood logged 33 saves for the victory.
Patrice Bergeron, Taylor Hall and Sean Kuraly scored for the Bruins, who had a four-recreation a hit travel snapped. Matt Grzelcyk and David Pastrnak each had two assists, and Halak carried out with 17 saves.
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