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Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 shots for his fourth shutout and Chris Kunitz and Deryk Engelland scored second-period goals to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 in the NHL League on Monday night. |
Kunitz scored his 26th goal and Engelland netted his fourth. Tanner Glass scored his first goal in 26 games, a late empty-netter that sealed it for the Penguins, who won for the 15th time in 16 games at home.
Sidney Crosby, who leads the NHL with 74 points, added two assists to extend his points streak in games against Buffalo to 16 games, matching his longest streak against any team. Fleury, who leads the NHL with 29 wins, registered his 27th career shutout. Ryan Miller stopped 31 shots for last-placed Buffalo, who have lost seven of nine.
Meanwhile, The Colorado Avalanche ended their three-game road trip and snapped the Dallas Stars’ three-game winning streak with a hard-fought victory over Dallas.
The Avalanche (33-14-5), who finished their road trip at 2-1-0, won the game on a goal from left winger Alex Tanguay early in the third period. Captain Gabriel Landeskog contributed two assists and goalie Semyon Varlamov stopped 41 shots for Colorado (33-14-5).
Tyler Seguin had two goals and an assist for Dallas (24-21-8). Captain and center Jamie Benn (goal, assist) and defenseman Alex Goligoski (two assists) each had two points for the Stars.
Boston Bruins win
In another game, Six different Boston Bruins players scored and the Bruins broke open a close game with three unanswered goals over a nine-minute span bridging the second and third periods on their way to a 6-3 win over the New York Islanders.
With their third straight win, the Bruins (33-15-3) broke a tie with Tampa Bay atop the Atlantic Division and avoided being swept by the Islanders in the season series.
Goaltender Chad Johnson made 34 saves for the Bruins while New York goaltender Kevin Poulin made 30 saves for the Islanders (21-26-8) before he was pulled for Evgeni Nabokov, who was activated from the injured list earlier on Monday.
Jordan Staal capped a three-goal rally in less than a three third period minutes as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Eric Staal scored the first two goals of the onslaught, that began with 8:42 remaining, while Jordan Staal’s winner came with 5:55 to play to improve the Hurricanes’ (24-19-9) winning streak to four games.
Columbus grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first period behind scores from Derek MacKenzie and R.J. Umberger.
The Blue Jackets (26-22-4) lost their second game in a row after an eight-game winning streak.
Anze Kopitar’s second-period goal accounted for all of the offense in a tight-checking game as the Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks to snap their six-game win streak.
Kings goalie Jonathan Quick made 23 saves for his third shutout of the season and the 28th of his career. He has blanked the Sharks three times in regular-season play during his career.
San Jose (34-13-6) saw their six-game winning streak end despite 20 saves from backup goalie Alex Stalock. The Kings (30-18-6), meanwhile, snapped a five-game winless skid and won in San Jose for the first time in 10 tries.