AROUND THE NHL

AROUND THE NHL

Tuesday’s games

Stars 3, Penguins 2

DALLAS

Antoine Roussel capped Dallas’ three-goal third period and the Stars rallied for a win over Pittsburgh. The loss dropped second-place Pittsburgh seven points behind Eastern Conference and Metropolitan Division leader Washington. Dallas entered the game nine points behind the second wild card in the West and in a selling mode that had sent three veteran players to contenders in trades. Pittsburgh led 2-0 on goals by Evgeni Malkin in the first period and Jake Guentzel in the second. Brett Ritchie scored the Stars’ first goal at 3:40 of the third. Jason Spezza tied the game at 9:41 with a shot that was deflected high and off Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin into the net. Just 55 seconds later, Roussel put a wrist shot past goalie Matt Murray from the left faceoff circle. Stars goalie Antti Niemi made 18 saves.

Canadiens 1, Blue Jackets 0, OT

MONTREAL

Alex Galchenyuk scored in overtime for the second straight night, Carey Price made 26 saves and Montreal beat Columbus to extend their winning streak to three games. Price got his third shutout this season. He started after Al Montoya backed the Canadiens in a 4-3 come-from-behind victory at New Jersey on Monday. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 shots for the Blue Jackets, who had won two straight.

Bruins 4, Coyotes 1

BOSTON

Riley Nash scored a short-handed goal after Colin Miller was ejected for a bone-rattling hit that sent Arizona’s Alexander Burmistrov to the hospital, and Boston pulled away with a three-goal second period to beat the Coyotes. Miller was given a five-minute major and game misconduct for knocking Burmistrov out of the game in the second period.

Flyers 4, Avalanche 0

PHILADELPHIA

Wayne Simmonds scored a pair of first-period goals, Steve Mason made 32 saves and Philadelphia snapped out of an offensive funk with a victory over Colorado. Jakub Voracek and Jordan Weal also scored for the Flyers, who won for just the third time in their past 10. Philadelphia had just eight goals in those seven losses.

Predators 5, Sabres 4, OT

BUFFALO, N.Y.

Filip Forsberg scored 2:45 into overtime and the Nashville Predators came back to beat Buffalo for their fourth straight win. Forsberg had a goal and an assist in the final nine minutes of the third period to lead the Predators back from a 4-2 deficit. Forsberg has 10 goals and four assists during a six-game point streak. Ryan Johansen, Colin Wilson and Mike Fisher also scored for the Predators.

Capitals 4, Rangers 1

NEW YORK

Marcus Johansson had two goals and an assist to help Washington beat New York in Kevin Shattenkirk’s first game with the Capitals. Brett Connolly and Nicklas Backstrom also scored and Braden Holtby stopped 29 shots as the NHL-best Capitals gave Barry Trotz his 700th career victory. Evgeny Kuznetzov and Matt Niskanen had two assists each.

Panthers 3, Hurricanes 2, SO

SUNRISE, FLA.

Aleksander Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau scored in the shootout and Florida got a much-needed win over Carolina. Roberto Luongo stopped all three Carolina skaters in the shootout after making 23 saves. Jaromir Jagr scored his 761st career goal. Vincent Trocheck also scored for the Panthers. Florida snapped a three-game losing streak and won at home for the first time in five games.

Oilers 2, Blues 1

ST. LOUIS

Milan Lucic and Mark Letestu scored and Cam Talbot made 25 saves to lead Edmonton to a victory over St. Louis. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins assisted on both goals for the Oilers, who finished their six-game road trip with a 3-3 record. Talbot, making his league-best 57th start of the season, snapped a two-game losing streak. Paul Stastny scored for St. Louis.

Wild 6, Jets 5

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

Jason Zucker scored a short-handed goal with 2:10 left in the third period to lift Minnesota over Winnipeg. Erik Haula set up Zucker’s 20th goal of the season with a backhand pass across the front of the net. Haula, Mikael Granlund, Tyler Graovac, Ryan White and Marco Scandella also scored for the Wild, and Granlund, newcomer Martin Hanzal and Chris Stewart each had two assists.

Associated Press