Sidney Crosby scored his 2nd target of the sport at 2:35 of time beyond regulation to raise the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-1 win in opposition to the visiting Anaheim Geese on Thursday evening.
Crosby drove to the entrance of the web and had time to attend out goalie Lukas Dostal ahead of lifting the puck prime within the internet for his 3rd target of the season. Ahead of Thursday, his simplest earlier target used to be additionally an time beyond regulation winner on Oct. 16 in opposition to the Buffalo Saves.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 22 saves for the Penguins, who ended a six-game shedding streak (0-5-1).
Alex Killorn scored and Dostal made 44 saves for the Geese, who went 1-2-1 on a four-game highway shuttle.
Capitals 6, Canadiens 3
Connor McMichael and Aliaksei Protas scored 36 seconds aside early within the 3rd length, fueling host Washington over Montreal.
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored his 3rd target in two video games to spice up his profession tally to 858. Ovechkin, who additionally had two assists, is 37 objectives shy of passing Corridor of Famer Wayne Gretzky for essentially the most in NHL historical past.
The Canadiens’ Cole Caufield scored in his fourth consecutive sport to spice up his team-leading target overall to ten this season. Captain Nick Suzuki logged a target and an help, Brendan Gallagher additionally tallied, Lane Hutson had two assists and Cayden Primeau grew to become apart 28 pictures for Montreal, which has misplaced six of its previous 8 video games (2-5-1).
Oilers 5, Predators 1
Leon Draisaitl had two objectives with an help and visiting Edmonton seemed forged in its first sport with out injured celebrity Connor McDavid, beating Nashville.
Ex-Predator Viktor Arvidsson, Corey Perry and Zach Hyman additionally scored whilst Calvin Pickard made 26 saves for the Oilers, who’ve received 3 of 4.
It used to be additionally Edmonton’s 2nd victory this month at Nashville, which controlled simplest Filip Forsberg’s 5th target whilst shedding its 2nd immediately (0-1-1) after successful 3 in a row.
Flyers 2, Blues 1
Bobby Breaking point scored with 3:01 ultimate to lead host Philadelphia previous St. Louis.
Samuel Ersson made 20 saves and Garnet Hathaway additionally scored for Philadelphia, which has received back-to-back video games for the primary time this season. The Flyers are 3-1-0 of their previous 4 video games after a six-game shedding streak (0-5-1).
Nathan Walker scored for St. Louis, which concluded its four-game highway shuttle in disappointing type. The Blues rolled over the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 to open the shuttle ahead of shedding their ultimate 3 video games by way of a mixed margin of 15-4.
Maple Leafs 4, Kraken 1
William Nylander scored two objectives to assist Toronto defeat visiting Seattle.
Auston Matthews added a target and an help and Matthew Knies scored a target for the Maple Leafs, who’ve received two in a row. John Tavares had two assists.
Eeli Tolvanen scored for Seattle. Joey Daccord stopped 26 pictures for the Kraken, who’re 1-1-0 to open a five-game highway shuttle.
Hurricanes 8, Bruins 2
Andrei Svechnikov and Jack Roslovic every scored two objectives and Carolina had an enormous first length in thumping Boston in Raleigh, N.C.
Martin Necas completed with one target and 3 assists, whilst Jackson Blake, Sean Walker and Jesperi Kotkaniemi additionally scored. The Hurricanes doubled their earlier highest-goal overall of the season within the opener of a four-game homestand.
Brad Marchand and Hampus Lindholm scored for the Bruins, who have received simplest considered one of their previous six video games (1-4-1). Boston goalie Jeremy Swayman allowed six objectives on 22 pictures in lower than part the sport ahead of he used to be pulled in want of Joonas Korpisalo, who made 13 saves.
Sharks 3, Blackhawks 2
Will Smith scored his first NHL target and added a 2nd tally to tempo host San Jose to a comeback victory over Chicago.
Alex Wennberg additionally scored for the Sharks, who’ve received 3 consecutive video games for the primary time because the center of ultimate season. Mackenzie Blackwood made 26 saves, together with all 12 pictures he confronted within the 3rd length whilst the Blackhawks ruled play and driven frantically for the equalizer.
Ryan Donato and Tyler Bertuzzi scored for the Blackhawks, who’ve misplaced 5 of six video games. Petr Mrazek stopped 26 pictures and Connor Murphy accrued two assists.
–Box Degree Media
