NHL roundup: Sidney Crosby scores hat trick for streaking Penguins

Sidney Crosby had a hat trick plus an help Friday to carry the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins to their fourth straight win, 5-2 over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Brian Dumoulin added a aim and two assists, Mike Matheson had one aim and one help, and Bryan Rust contributed two assists for the Penguins. Pittsburgh goaltender Casey DeSmith gave up two targets on 12 photographs within the first interval, then was pulled. Tristan Jarry stopped all 15 photographs he confronted.

Gustav Nyquist and Boone Jenner scored for the Blue Jackets, who’ve misplaced six of 9. Columbus goaltender Joonas Korpisalo made 26 saves.

With the Blue Jackets up 2-1, Crosby tied it with 28.7 seconds left within the first. After Matheson broke the tie 5:35 into the third, Crosby scored on a one-timer from the underside of the fitting circle throughout a five-on-three energy play at 13:32 to make it 4-2, then added an empty-netter with 1:58 left.

Islanders 4, Coyotes 0

Brock Nelson scored twice within the third interval, Scott Mayfield scored a aim and picked up an help in a span of two:58 within the first interval, and New York opened a pivotal seven-game homestand with a win over Arizona in Elmont, N.Y.

The Islanders gained for the ninth time in 13 video games (9-3-1) and moved again over .500 (14-13-6) for the primary time in over two months. New York additionally improved to 7-2-1 of their previous 10 residence video games after going 0-5-2 of their first seven residence video games on the new UBS Area at Belmont Park.

Nelson scored his team-leading twelfth and thirteenth targets of the season for his third multi-goal recreation of the season. He almost received the hat trick within the remaining minute however Arizona goaltender Scott Wedgewood kicked his left pad out.

Hurricanes 6, Rangers 3

Sebastian Aho and former Rangers defenseman Tony DeAngelo every collected a aim and two assists to carry Carolina to a victory over New York.

Vincent Trocheck had a aim and an help and one other former Rangers participant, Jesper Quick, additionally scored, as did rookie Seth Jarvis and Nino Niederreiter. The Hurricanes improved to 12-2-1 of their final 15 video games.

New York’s Mika Zibanejad recorded a power-play aim and an help to increase his level streak to seven video games (4 targets, 5 assists).

Wild 5, Blackhawks 1

Ryan Hartman scored twice and Marcus Foligno and Calen Addison every tallied a aim and help to spice up Minnesota previous host Chicago.

Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello registered two assists apiece for the Wild, who gained for the fourth time in 5 video games on the heels of a five-game dropping streak.

The Blackhawks have misplaced two in a row after profitable 4 straight. Dylan Strome spoiled a shutout bid from Wild goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen (35 saves) with 5:03 to play. Chicago goalie Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 9 of 13 photographs earlier than yielding to Kevin Lankinen, who made 16 saves on 17 photographs in his first motion since Dec. 18.

Stars 5, Pink Wings 4 (OT)

Roope Hintz scored on an influence play at 2:51 of time beyond regulation to provide Dallas a win at Detroit. The Stars’ Jason Robertson scored with 63 seconds left in regulation to ship the sport into OT.

Ryan Suter, Joel Kiviranta and Esa Lindell additionally scored for the Stars, and Braden Holtby made 24 saves. Joe Pavelski registered three assists.

Tyler Bertuzzi had a aim and two assists for the Pink Wings. Robby Fabbri, Pius Suter and Dylan Larkin additionally scored for Detroit, whereas Alex Nedeljkovic made 27 saves.

Blues 5, Kraken 0

Ville Husso made 27 saves for his second shutout of the season and the third of his 28-game NHL profession as visiting St. Louis topped Seattle for its fifth win in six video games.

Tyler Bozak scored a short-handed aim, Brayden Schenn tallied on an influence play, Colton Parayko transformed a penalty shot and Pavel Buchnevich and Jordan Kyrou every tallied at even power.

Seattle goalie Joey Daccord stopped 26 of 31 photographs in his first NHL look since a 6-1 loss to Pittsburgh on Dec. 6. The enlargement Kraken had a two-game profitable streak snapped, which tied their season excessive.

Panthers 2, Canucks 1 (SO)

Aleksander Barkov scored the shootout winner to provide Florida a comeback victory over undermanned host Vancouver.

Sam Reinhart tallied in regulation for the league-leading Panthers, who’re on an 10-1-1 run. Alex Chiasson scored within the first interval for the Canucks. Florida goaltender Spencer Knight made 27 saves via time beyond regulation, then fended off two of the three opponents within the shootout.

Vancouver’s lacking gamers included goaltenders Thatcher Demko and Jaroslav Halak, so Spencer Martin received the beginning. He appeared in three earlier NHL video games, all within the 2016-17 season, but stopped 33 photographs via time beyond regulation till letting in two of three photographs within the shootout.

Geese 5, Lightning 1

Derek Grant scored two targets as host Anaheim ended a four-game dropping streak and a two-game scoreless streak by beating Tampa Bay.

Kevin Shattenkirk, Vinni Lettieri and Nicolas Deslauriers additionally scored targets because the Geese gained in regulation for simply the second time of their previous 12 video games. Anaheim got here out on prime regardless of the absence of head coach Dallas Eakins, who went into COVID-19 protocol earlier Friday.

Anaheim goalie John Gibson made 32 saves in his first victory in two video games after lacking 5 contests whereas in COVID protocol. Ross Colton scored a aim and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves because the Lightning noticed their four-game profitable streak come to an finish.

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