Deadspin | NHL roundup: Sidney Crosby sets record in Pens’ loss

Jiri Kulich scored twice for the Buffalo Sabres in a 7-3 win towards the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, spoiling a record evening for Penguins star Sidney Crosby.

Buffalo’s Tage Thompson, Peyton Krebs, Tyson Kozak and Alex Tuch every had a objective and an help. Defensemen Bowen Byram and Rasmus Dahlin every had two assists, and James Reimer made 23 saves for the Sabres, who’ve gained 5 of seven.

Crosby scored to set an NHL record along with his twentieth season averaging at the very least one level per sport, breaking a tie with Wayne Gretzky. Blake Lizotte and Kevin Hayes additionally scored for the Penguins, who’ve misplaced three in a row.

Tristan Jarry stopped eight of 12 photographs for Pittsburgh earlier than he was changed by Alex Nedeljkovic, who completed with 15 saves.

Wild 4, Capitals 2

Frederick Gaudreau scored a pair of targets and Minnesota handed Washington a uncommon loss in Saint Paul, Minn.

Matt Boldy completed with a objective and an help for the Wild, who snapped a two-game skid. Jon Merrill added a objective. Matt Roy and Brandon Duhaime scored one objective apiece for Washington, which misplaced in regulation for less than the second time in its previous 12 video games.

Washington’s Alex Ovechkin tallied three photographs on objective in 19:03 of ice time however didn’t discover the again of the web. Ovechkin remained at 889 profession targets, 5 shy of matching Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record.

Stars 5, Flames 2

A quartet of Stars collected a objective and an help to guide visiting Dallas previous Calgary.

Matt Duchene, Mikael Granlund, Roope Hintz and Mikko Rantanen every tallied a objective and a helper for the Stars, who’re using a four-game profitable streak and sit 4 factors behind the Winnipeg Jets for high spot in the Central Division. Wyatt Johnston additionally scored, and Casey DeSmith stopped 46 photographs.

Nazem Kadri scored each targets for the Flames, who had a four-game profitable streak snapped. Dustin Wolf stopped 14 photographs.

Flyers 6, Canadiens 4

Hours after firing their head coach, Philadelphia acquired two targets apiece from Sean Couturier and Matvei Michkov in a house victory over Montreal.

With the group using a six-game shedding streak (0-5-1), the Flyers parted methods with John Tortorella earlier Thursday. Brad Shaw took over behind the bench on an interim foundation, and the gamers delivered an impressed effort in his debut.

Couturier and Michkov every added an help, whereas Tyson Foerster and Nicolas Deslauriers additionally scored for Philadelphia. Samuel Ersson made 26 saves, sending Montreal to its fourth straight defeat (0-2-2). Alex Newhook, Cole Caufield, Christian Dvorak and Patrik Laine scored for the Canadiens, whereas Jakub Dobes made 24 saves.

Senators 4, Pink Wings 3

Ottawa opened up a three-goal lead then held off a livid rally by host Detroit.

Thomas Chabot, Tim Stutzle, David Perron and Michael Amadio scored for the Senators. Linus Ullmark made 31 saves as Ottawa, which leads the Jap Convention wild-card race, gained the season collection 3-1.

Lucas Raymond had a objective and an help for the Pink Wings. Patrick Kane and Vladimir Tarasenko additionally scored, whereas Alex Lyon and Cam Talbot mixed for 28 saves.

Lightning 8, Utah Hockey Membership 0

Jake Guentzel scored twice and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy tied for the league lead along with his sixth shutout as Tampa Bay walloped visiting Utah.

Guentzel broke a tie with Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl along with his NHL-leading sixteenth power-play tally in a four-goal second interval, whereas Nikita Kucherov hit the web and dished three assists. Vasilevskiy made 25 saves for his fortieth profession shutout.

Brayden Level potted his three hundredth profession objective and had an help, Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice, and Victor Hedman added a objective and two assists. Gage Goncalves additionally tallied. Utah goalie Karel Vejmelka surrendered 4 targets on 11 photographs earlier than being changed by Jaxson Stauber, who stopped six photographs.

Avalanche 4, Kings 0

Martin Necas and Logan O’Connor scored 92 seconds aside in a three-goal second interval and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 22 photographs as surging Colorado beat Los Angeles in Denver.

Necas completed with two targets and an help and Jonathan Drouin had a objective and an help as Blackwood notched his fourth shutout of the season and third with Colorado. Cale Makar had two assists for the Avalanche, who’ve gained 4 in a row. Nathan MacKinnon picked up an help to increase his dwelling level streak to 23 video games.

David Rittich made 22 saves for Los Angeles, which had its four-game profitable streak snapped.

Blues 3, Predators 2

Dylan Holloway scored twice, together with the tiebreaker with 7:41 left, as visiting St. Louis prolonged its profitable streak to eight video games with a victory over Nashville.

Cam Fowler scored the tying objective lower than a minute earlier than Holloway’s winner for the Blues, who overturned a 2-0 deficit. St. Louis’ Robert Thomas had two assists, and Joel Hofer made 16 saves.

Fedor Svechkov and Brady Skjei tallied for the Predators, who’ve misplaced six of eight (2-5-1). Juuse Saros completed with 18 saves.

Kraken 6, Oilers 1

Jaden Schwartz scored twice as host Seattle collected 5 targets in the second interval en path to a blowout of Edmonton.

Jani Nyman, Andrei Burakovsky and Jared McCann every collected one objective and one help whereas Matty Beniers added a rating for the Kraken, who set a franchise record for targets in a interval throughout a house sport and snapped a three-game skid (0-2-1). Joey Daccord made 36 saves.

Zach Hyman scored for the Oilers, who’ve misplaced three of 4 video games. Calvin Pickard stopped 24 of 29 photographs earlier than Olivier Rodrigue turned apart 7 of 8 photographs in reduction in his NHL debut.

Sharks 6, Maple Leafs 5 (SO)

Macklin Celebrini scored the shootout winner as host San Jose overcame Toronto scoring twice in the ultimate minute of the third interval to drive additional time.

Tyler Toffoli tallied twice in regulation and added an help whereas William Eklund had a objective and an help for the Sharks, who improved to 3-2-0 over their previous 5. Collin Graf and Alexander Wennberg additionally scored in regulation. Timothy Liljegren added two assists, and Alexandar Georgiev made 30 saves.

William Nylander scored twice, John Tavares had a objective and an help and Auston Matthews and Scott Laughton additionally tallied for Toronto, which took over the only real place of first place in the Atlantic Division. Mitch Marner had three helpers for the Maple Leafs, Matthew Knies added a pair of assists and Joseph Woll stopped 30 photographs.

–Subject Degree Media