NHL: Rust’s Hat Trick Leads Pittsburgh Penguins to Win Over Islanders, 6-3
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Bryan Rust had his fourth career hat trick, Sidney Crosby added a goal and an assist and short-handed Pittsburgh beat the New York Islanders, 6-3.
Evan Rodrigues and Frederick Gaudreau also scored, and Tristan Jarry stopped 29 shots to help Pittsburgh pulled within two points of New York and Washington for the East Division lead.
Mathew Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier and Jordan Eberle scored for New York, but the Penguins beat the Islanders for the fifth time in seven meetings by chasing Ilya Sorokin. The teams will meet again Monday night.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3,
AVALANCHE 2
DENVER (AP) -- Max Pacioretty scored at 1:56 of overtime to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.
Vegas rebounded from a 5-1 loss in the series opener Thursday night to move a point ahead of Colorado atop the West Division.
BRUINS 3, SABRES 2
BOSTON (AP) -- Buffalo lost its 17th consecutive game, twice blowing one-goal leads before Craig Smith scored with 3:50 left to give Boston the victory.
The Sabres have not won since Feb. 23, tying the 18th longest NHL losing streak.
HURRICANES 4, LIGHTNING 3
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Martin Necas scored his second goal of the game to break a tie with 3:53 remaining and Carolina beat Tampa Bay in a Central Division showdown.
Necas, who also had two assists, put the Hurricanes ahead on a power play, with Dougie Hamilton getting an assist to extend his franchise-record points streak for a defenseman to 14 games. That's the longest active streak in the NHL for any player.
FLYERS 2, RANGERS 1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Sam Morin scored his first NHL goal with 4:27 left to help Philadelphia beat New York.
Nolan Patrick also scored for the Flyers, who badly needed to win a close one against the Rangers. New York beat the Flyers 9-0 last week and again 8-3 on Thursday night, scoring 15 straight goals over the two games.
MAPLE LEAFS 4, OILERS 3, OT
TORONTO (AP) -- Auston Matthews scored 54 seconds into overtime to give lift Toronto past Edmonton for its third straight victory.
Matthews fired the puck towards the net that it went off Edmonton's Darnell Nurse and got past goalie Mike Smith. Matthews broke a tie with Oilers star Connor McDavid for the NHL goals lead with his 22nd. The Toronto star also had an assist. Toronto overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period, with John Tavares cutting it to open with 7:39 left and William Nylander tying it with 3:22 remaining. Pierre Engvall also scored, and Jack Campbell made 17 saves.
Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists for Edmonton, Tyson Barrie added a goal and an assist against his former team, and Nurse also scored. Mike Smith made 27 saves. McDavid had two assists to push his NHL-best points total to 62.
RED WINGS 3, BLUE JACKETS 1
DETROIT (AP) -- Adam Erne and Robby Fabbri scored 29 seconds apart in the first period and Calvin Pickard made 21 saves in his first start of the season, helping Detroit beat Columbus Blue.
Anthony Mantha also scored for the last-place Red Wings. They were coming off an embarrassing 7-1 loss at Nashville on Thursday night.