Pens Roll By Sabres, 5-2
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PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby picked up his 13th goal of the season, Tristan Jarry stopped 26 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins push Buffalo's winless streak to 15 games and counting with a 5-2 victory on Wednesday night.
Evan Rodrigues, Kris Letang, John Marino and Zach Aston-Reese scored also for the Penguins, who recovered from a sluggish three-game set against New Jersey in which they managed just one victory by pouncing on the undermanned and overmatched Sabres.
Buffalo goalie Dustin Tokarski, making his first NHL start in more than five years with Carter Hutton out due to a lower-body injury, finished with 37 saves and kept the Sabres in it until late in the second period, when Marino and Aston-Reese scored just over 2 minutes apart to give the Penguins all the cushion required.
Rasmus Dahlin scored his second goal of the season and Victor Olofsson beat Jarry on a penalty shot in the third period, but the NHL's worst team remained in a tailspin.
Buffalo's 15-game winless streak (0-13-2) is a record for futility since the shootout was introduced during the 2005-06 season, and the league's longest stretch without a victory since Arizona went 15 games between wins from Feb. 21-March 21, 2004.
The Sabres have been outscored 63-30 during their slide.
The Penguins haven't exactly been rolling of late, with forwards Evgeni Malkin, Brandon Tanev, Teddy Blueger and Jason Zucker out with injuries. Head coach Mike Sullivan is tinkering to see how the rest of the pieces fit, and three games against New Jersey provided little clarity.
WILD 3, DUCKS 2
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Jared Spurgeon had two goals, Nico Sturm broke a tie and the Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks to sweep the two-game set.
SENATORS 3, FLAMES 1
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- Rookie Filip Gustavsson made 28 saves, Chris Tierney broke a third-period tie and Ottawa beat Calgary.