PENGUINS 7, DUCKS
4
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jake Guentzel scored
three times, Phil Kessel got
the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and the Pittsburgh
Penguins rallied from an early three-goal deficit for a 7-4
victory over the Ducks on Friday night, sending Anaheim to its 10th consecutive
loss.
Tanner
Pearson scored the tying goal midway through the third and
added another with 3:25 left for the Penguins, who roared back for their 10th
win in 11 games with a four-goal third period.
Evgeni Malkin had
a goal and three assists, while Guentzel scored two goals in the second period
and added an empty-netter to wrap up his second hat trick of the season in a
wild opener to Pittsburgh's five-game West Coast trip.
Jakob
Silfverberg scored a go-ahead, short-handed goal late in the
second period, but the Ducks are 0-7-3 since winning on Dec. 17 at Pittsburgh,
going 0-7-3.
John Gibson made
29 saves against his hometown team, but was shredded in the third period along
with Anaheim's struggling defense.
Matt Murray stopped
21 shots for Pittsburgh.
Nick Ritchie, Ryan Getzlaf and Daniel Sprong scored
in the first period, but the Ducks couldn't maintain their start.
HURRICANES 4, SABRES 3
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Sebastian Aho scored
two goals off the skates of Buffalo defensemen, and Carolina held on to
spoil Jeff Skinner's
return to Raleigh.
Micheal
Ferland had a deflected goal and two assists, Justin
Williams also scored and Teuvo
Teravainen added two assists. The Hurricanes scored three goals
in 7:27 of the second period and have won five of six for the first time this
season to move within five points of a playoff spot.
Skinner scored his 30th goal in his first game against
Carolina since he was traded to the Sabres. Jason
Pominville also scored and Kyle Okposo pulled
Buffalo within one with a deflected goal of his own with 3:12 remaining.
The Sabres have lost five of seven, going 2-4-1 in that
stretch. They had Jack Eichel back
in the lineup after the center with a team-best 49 points missed three games
with an upper-body injury.
Curtis
McElhinney made 30 saves for Carolina. Carter Hutton stopped
26 shots for the Sabres but gave up three fluky goals -- including two to Aho.
FLAMES 4, PANTHERS 3
CALGARY, Alberta -- Michael
Frolik had a goal and two assists to lead streaking Calgary to
a comeback victory over Florida.
Frolik has eight points (four goals, four assists) in seven
games since Coach Bill Peters made the veteran a healthy scratch on Dec. 29.
Mark Giordano, Sean Monahan and Matthew
Tkachuk also scored for the Flames (29-13-4). The Western
Conference leaders have won four in a row to improve to 7-1-1 in their last
nine.
Johnny
Gaudreau had an assist to extend his point streak to seven
games (seven goals, nine assists).
Mike Hoffman, Jonathan
Huberdeau and Evgenii
Dadonov scored for Florida. The struggling Panthers are winless
in their last five, including an 0-2-1 start to a five-game road trip.
David Rittich made
24 saves to improve to 17-4-3 for the Flames.
Roberto
Luongo, tested 23 times, dropped to 8-10-1 for the Panthers.
JETS 4, RED WINGS 2
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Kyle Connor had
a goal and two assists as Winnipeg defeated Detroit.
Bryan Little scored
the game-winning goal for his 500th career point. Brandon Tanev and Blake Wheeler also
scored for the Jets, and Wheeler added an assist.
Laurent
Brossoit made his 10th start of the season and stopped 33 shots
for Winnipeg.
Luke
Glendening had a short-handed goal and defenseman Dennis
Cholowski scored on the power play for Detroit, which lost its
third straight. Jonathan
Bernier made 23 saves for the struggling Red Wings, who are
1-7-2 in their last 10 games.
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