nhl roundup | Friday’s games

Penguins 4, Panthers 3

SUNRISE, FLA.

Conor Sheary backhanded a power-play goal past James Reimer with 2:53 left to help Pittsburgh beat Florida. “That was a great pass, right on my stick,” Sheary said. Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist, and Sidney Crosby and Carter Rowney also scored for the Penguins. Matthew Murray stopped 28 shots, and Phil Kessell had two assists. “After the first period we had to gather ourselves a little bit,” Sheary said. “We were still maybe in vacation mode, then when we came out in the second we were ready to play and started being dangerous again.” MacKenzie Weegar scored his first NHL goal and Aleksander Barkov and Jamie McGinn also scored for the Panthers. Reimer, who came in to relieve an injured Robert Luongo with 15:14 left in the third, made 11 stops. Luongo made 33 saves before he left with a hand injury. He was hurt when Sheary backed into him, forcing his right hand hard against the post. “We didn’t have the start that we wanted to,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “But what I really liked about the group is that we responded the right way.”

Jets 4, Wild 3

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

Blake Wheeler scored the 200th goal of his NHL career with 6:46 left and Winnipeg held off Minnesota for coach Paul Maurice’s 600th victory. The Wild turned the puck over just outside their blue line and Kyle Connor (Youngstow Phantoms, 2012-15) fed a pass to Wheeler, who used a deke to beat goalie Devin Dubnyk at 13:14. The former University of Minnesota star’s score made up for a disallowed Winnipeg goal midway through the period. Jets center Mark Scheifele appeared to have poked in the go-ahead goal, but it was overturned on a Minnesota challenge that Wheeler interfered with Dubnyk.

Capitals 4, Red Wings 3, OT

DETROIT

Alex Ovechkin’s power-play goal at 1:56 of overtime gave Washington the win. T.J. Oshie forced the extra session for the Capitals, tying it with 1:01 left in regulation with a power-play goal of his own. Ovechkin drew a tripping penalty on Trevor Daley in overtime, then won it with his 10th goal of the season — a slap shot from the left circle that beat Petr Mrazek to the glove side. Tomas Tatar scored twice in the third period for Detroit. His second goal came on the power play after John Carlson was called for delay of game. But Dylan Larkin was whistled for the same penalty toward the end of the period, and Oshie was able to tie it at 3 with Caps goalie Braden Holtby pulled.

Sharks 3, Devils 0

NEWARK, N.J.

Martin Jones made 28 saves for his first shutout of the season and 16th overall to lead San Jose past New Jersey. Melker Karlsson, Joe Pavelski and Joonas Donskoi scored and Justin Braun had two assists to help the Sharks open a five-game East Coast trip. Keith Kinkaid, the top goalie for New Jersey with Cory Schneider on injured reserve, stopped 30 shots. The Devils had won three straight.

Canucks 4, Sabres 2

BUFFALO, N.Y.

Derek Dorsett had two goals and an assist in Vancouver’s victory over Buffalo. Daniel Sedin, Markus Granlund also scored to help the Canucks improve to 2-1-0 on a five-game trip. Brandon Sutter had two assists, and Jacob Markstrom made 15 saves.

Associated Press