NHL: Pittsburgh outlasts Winnipeg 8-5

Evgeni Malkin added to his NHL-leading point total, scoring a goal and dishing out four assists as the Pittsburgh Penguins rolled past the Winnipeg Jets 8-5 on Saturday.

Kris Letang scored twice and had an assist for the Penguins. Richard Park notched his 100th career NHL goal, and Jordan Staal scored in his first game after missing more than a month with a left knee injury.

James Neal, Chris Kunitz and Dustin Jeffery also scored for the Penguins, who erased an early 2-0 deficit and won their fifth straight home game.

Winnipeg

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Pittsburgh

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First Period — 1, Winnipeg, Wellwood 11 (Enstrom, Byfuglien), 5:17. 2, Winnipeg, Burmistrov 10 (Miettinen, Stapleton), 8:04. 3, Pittsburgh, Jeffrey 3 (Staal, Letang), 12:11. 4, Pittsburgh, Neal 29 (Malkin), 16:42.

Second Period — 5, Pittsburgh, Kunitz 15 (Malkin, Fleury), 3:12 (pp). 6, Pittsburgh, Letang 6 (Malkin, Kunitz), 9:53. 7, Winnipeg, Stapleton 8 (Wheeler), 14:19. 8, Pittsburgh, Malkin 30 (Kunitz, Neal), 17:08.

Third Period — 9, Winnipeg, Byfuglien 8 (Little, Wheeler), 4:35. 10, Pittsburgh, Park 5 (Orpik, Adams), 4:54. 11, Pittsburgh, Staal 16 (Dupuis, Cooke), 7:48. 12, Winnipeg, Little 14 (Hainsey, Bogosian), 10:02. 13, Pittsburgh, Letang 7 (Malkin, Kunitz), 17:16 (pp).

Shots on Goal — Winnipeg 10-4-11 — 25. Pittsburgh 14-15-10 — 39. Goalies — Winnipeg, Pavelec. Pittsburgh, Fleury. A — 18,602 (18,387). T — 2:24.

CANADIENS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 0: Carey Price turned aside 32 shots, and Montreal hammered Toronto after the Maple Leafs retired the number of longtime former captain Mats Sundin.

It was the third straight loss for the Maple Leafs, who remained in eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Montreal has won four in a row and is seven points back of the postseason cutoff.

Erik Cole, Rene Bourque, Max Pacioretty, Lars Eller and Mathieu Darche scored goals for the Canadiens (23-24-9). The Maple Leafs (28-22-6) absorbed their worst loss since being beaten 7-0 by Boston on Nov. 5.

Montreal

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Toronto

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First Period — None.

Second Period — 1, Montreal, Cole 20 (Desharnais), 5:01. 2, Montreal, Bourque 16 (Plekanec, Darche), 6:45. 3, Montreal, Pacioretty 23 (Subban, Desharnais), 15:54 (pp). 4, Montreal, Eller 12, 18:54.

Third Period — 5, Montreal, Darche 4 (Plekanec, Price), 1:29.

Shots on Goal — Montreal 8-7-3 — 18. Toronto 14-10-8 — 32. Goalies — Montreal, Price. Toronto, Reimer, Gustavsson. A — 19,685 (18,819). T — 2:28.

RANGERS 5, FLYERS 2: Ryan Callahan scored three goals and New York beat Philadelphia for its seventh straight win against the Flyers.

Marian Gaborik and Artem Anisimov also had goals for the Eastern Conference-leading Rangers, who broke out of their power-play funk and improved to 5-0 against the Flyers this season.

N.Y. Rangers

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Philadelphia

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First Period — 1, N.Y. Rangers, Callahan 19 (Gaborik, Richards), 8:25 (pp). 2, Philadelphia, Simmonds 18 (Meszaros, Coburn), 13:03. 3, N.Y. Rangers, Gaborik 27 (Richards, Stepan), 16:40 (pp).

Second Period — 4, Philadelphia, Giroux 22 (Simmonds, Hartnell), 6:36. 5, N.Y. Rangers, Callahan 20 (Del Zotto, Gaborik), 9:15 (pp).

Third Period — 6, N.Y. Rangers, Anisimov 9 (Stepan, Gaborik), 6:28. 7, N.Y. Rangers, Callahan 21 (Hagelin, Richards), 11:25.

Shots on Goal — N.Y. Rangers 10-7-9 — 26. Philadelphia 9-18-6 — 33. Goalies — N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist. Philadelphia, Bobrovsky. A — 19,915 (19,537). T — 2:28.

PANTHERS 3, DEVILS 1: Scott Clemmensen stopped 27 shots against his former team, and Florida beat New Jersey.

Sean Bergenheim, Kris Versteeg and Mikael Samuelsson scored for the Panthers.

Florida stretched its Southeast Division lead against Washington to two points with just its second road win in 12 games.

Florida

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New Jersey

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First Period — 1, New Jersey, Bernier 1 (Ponikarovsky, Zubrus), 1:39. 2, Florida, Bergenheim 11 (Gudbranson, Goc), 15:08 (pp).

Second Period — 3, Florida, Versteeg 21 (Weiss, Fleischmann), 7:43.

Third Period — 4, Florida, Samuelsson 7 (Goc, Weaver), 19:35 (en).

Shots on Goal — Florida 7-7-6 — 20. New Jersey 12-9-7 — 28. Goalies — Florida, Clemmensen. New Jersey, Brodeur. A — 14,938 (17,625). T — 2:18.

ISLANDERS 2, KINGS 1: Mark Streit's goal 1:36 into overtime lifted New York past Los Angeles.

The Islanders captain split the Kings defense and beat goalie Jonathan Quick with a backhander for this fifth goal this season. Matt Moulson and Andrew MacDonald earned assists.

The Islanders (23-23-8) improved to 7-2-2 in their last 11 games, but the Kings (26-19-11) continued to struggle on their six-game road trip.

Los Angeles

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N.Y. Islanders

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First Period — 1, N.Y. Islanders, Grabner 15 (Eaton, Okposo), 6:52.

Second Period — 2, Los Angeles, Loktionov 1 (Brown, Scuderi), 5:20.

Third Period — None.

Overtime — 3, N.Y. Islanders, Streit 5 (Moulson, MacDonald), 1:36.

Shots on Goal — Los Angeles 12-12-11-0 — 35. N.Y. Islanders 8-4-12-1 — 25. Goalies — Los Angeles, Quick. N.Y. Islanders, Nabokov. A — 13,079 (16,234). T — 2:24.

BRUINS 4, PREDATORS 3: Tyler Seguin and Patrice Bergeron scored shootout goals to lift Boston past Nashville.

Boston forced OT when Milan Lucic scored a power-play goal with 67 seconds left in regulation after goalie Tim Thomas was pulled for an extra skater.

Daniel Paille and Bergeron also scored for the Bruins, who had lost seven of 12.

Nashville

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Boston

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Boston won shootout 2-0

First Period — 1, Boston, Bergeron 16 (Marchand), 16:00 (sh).

Second Period — 2, Nashville, Weber 11 (Suter), 7:32 (pp).

Third Period — 3, Boston, Paille 9 (Thornton, Boychuk), 2:55. 4, Nashville, Hornqvist 17 (Kostitsyn, Rinne), 9:33. 5, Nashville, Fisher 17 (Hornqvist, Bouillon), 16:28. 6, Boston, Lucic 20 (Peverley, Chara), 18:53 (pp).

Overtime — None.

Shootout — Nashville 0 (Kostitsyn NG, Erat NG), Boston 2 (Krejci NG, Seguin G, Bergeron G).

Shots on Goal — Nashville 6-7-6-3 — 22. Boston 16-10-14-1 — 41. Goalies — Nashville, Rinne. Boston, Thomas. A — 17,565 (17,565). T — 2:34.

OILERS 4, SENATORS 3: Taylor Hall scored 17 seconds into overtime, and Edmonton snapped a two-game losing streak by beating Ottawa.

Hall backhanded a rebound past Craig Anderson for his 19th goal as Edmonton improved to 5-2-1 in its last eight games.

Edmonton

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Ottawa

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First Period — 1, Ottawa, Alfredsson 19 (Karlsson, Spezza), 4:36.

Second Period — 2, Edmonton, Paajarvi 1 (Hemsky, Horcoff), 14:05. 3, Ottawa, Michalek 24 (Spezza, Butler), 16:23. 4, Edmonton, Eager 6 (Petry, Lander), 18:52.

Third Period — 5, Edmonton, Horcoff 10 (Hemsky, Paajarvi), :42. 6, Ottawa, Karlsson 9, 9:30.

Overtime — 7, Edmonton, Hall 19 (Horcoff, Gilbert), :17.

Shots on Goal — Edm. 12-17-8-3 — 40. Ottawa 17-17-8-0 — 42. Goalies — Edmonton, Khabibulin. Ottawa, Anderson. A — 20,085 (19,153). T — 2:30.

BLUE JACKETS 3, WILD 1: R.J. Umberger scored two goals, one on a power play with 21 seconds left in the second period, to send Columbus past Minnesota.

Defenseman James Wisniewski had an empty-net goal in the final minute and added an assist in his first time back from a 17-game absence because of an ankle injury.

Columbus

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Minnesota

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First Period — 1, Minnesota, Setoguchi 12 (Koivu, Zidlicky), 14:28. 2, Columbus, Umberger 8 (Nash, Brassard), 19:04.

Second Period — 3, Columbus, Umberger 9 (Wisniewski, Nash), 19:39 (pp).

Third Period — 4, Columbus, Wisniewski 3, 19:11 (en).

Shots on Goal — Columbus 10-7-2 — 19. Minnesota 15-5-15 — 35. Goalies — Columbus, Mason. Minnesota, Backstrom. A — 18,958 (18,064). T — 2:21.

BLUES 3, AVALANCHE 2: Carlo Colaiacovo scored 3:18 into overtime to give St. Louis a win over Colorado.

David Perron added two goals and an assist as the Blues won for the fourth time in five games and improved to 15-0-3 in their last 18 at home. St. Louis, which is among the NHL's best home teams at 23-3-4, has recorded at least one point in a franchise-record 18 straight games overall.

Colorado

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St. Louis

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First Period — 1, Colorado, O'Brien 2 (Van der Gulik), 10:00. 2, St. Louis, Perron 8 (Oshie, Backes), 12:12 (pp). 3, St. Louis, Perron 9 (Pietrangelo, Oshie), 16:17 (pp). 4, Colorado, Johnson 2 (O'Reilly, Landeskog), 19:09 (pp).

Second Period — None.

Third Period — None.

Overtime — 5, St. Louis, Colaiacovo 2 (Berglund), 3:18.

Shots on Goal — Colorado 8-6-4-1 — 19. St. Louis 11-13-18-2 — 44. Goalies — Colorado, Varlamov. St. Louis, B.Elliott. A — 19,150 (19,150). T — 2:32.

LIGHTNING 2, SA-BRES 1: Steven Stamkos had a goal and assist, and resurgent Tampa Bay beat Buffalo for its seventh win in 10 games.

Mathieu Garon made 26 saves, and Steve Downie also scored during the Lightning's two-goal second period. Tampa Bay (24-24-6) is on a 7-1-2 roll and has earned at least a point in a season-high four straight road games (3-0-1).

Tampa Bay

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Buffalo

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First Period — None.

Second Period — 1, T.B., Downie 9 (Hedman, Stamkos), 7:31. 2, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 37 (Purcell), 13:16.

Third Period — 3, Buffalo, Pominville 20 (Vanek, Weber), 7:07.

Shots on Goal — Tampa Bay 12-11-5 — 28. Buffalo 6-7-14 — 27. Goalies — Tampa Bay, Garon. Buffalo, Miller. A — 18,690 (18,690). T — 2:21.

COYOTES 3, BLACKHAWKS 0: Mike Smith stopped 38 shots for his third shutout this season and Phoenix beat Chicago.

Radim Vrbata, Boyd Gordon and Kyle Chipchura scored for the Coyotes, who won their fifth straight to pull within three points of Chicago in the Western Conference standings.

Chicago

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Phoenix

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First Period — 1, Phoenix, Vrbata 26 (Whitney), 3:14. 2, Phoenix, Gordon 7 (Brule, Korpikoski), 5:58.

Second Period — 3, Phoenix, Chipchura 2 (Brule, Torres), 12:59.

Third Period — None.

Shots on Goal — Chicago 10-12-16 — 38. Phoenix 13-8-6 — 27. Goalies — Chicago, Emery. Phoenix, M.Smith. A — 17,353 (17,135). T — 2:19.