Three goals in 48 seconds of the third period saw Pittsburgh beat Toronto 6-2 on Thursday, extending its NHL winning streak to a season-best five games.
Evgeni Malkin had his first NHL three-goal game, two off assists by Sidney Crosby.
The Penguins showed no aftereffects from their physically demanding Winter Classic victory on Tuesday in Buffalo, the NHL's first regular-season outdoor game in the US.
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Blue Jackets 4, Kings 3
In Los Angeles, Michael Peca scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 5:05 left, as Columbus edged Los Angeles.
The Blue Jackets, at 19-16-6, are off to the best start in the franchise's seven-year history.
The Kings have been held to three goals or less in 23 of their past 26 games.
Flames 3, Sharks 2, OT
In San Jose, California, Jarome Iginla scored two goals, including the winner in overtime, as Calgary downed San Jose.
The Sharks dropped into a tie with Dallas for first place in the Pacific Division with the loss.
Iginla scored 3:26 into the overtime when he charged into a crowd and pushed the puck through Sharks goalie Evengi Nabokov. It was his 31st goal of the season.
Panthers 4, Islanders 3, OT
In Uniondale, New York, Florida snapped a three-game losing streak with victory over New York.
Jason Cullimore got the winner 1:37 into overtime when he ripped a slap shot from the left circle into the top right corner of the net for his first goal of the season.
Canucks 3, Rangers 0
In Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver extended its home unbeaten streak to 13 games by beating New York.
Roberto Luongo stopped 27 shots for his sixth shutout of the season. The Canucks have allowed just 11 goals at home since Nov. 9.
Bruins 2, Capitals 0
In Boston, Tim Thomas stopped 31 shots for his first shutout this season as Boston downed Washington.
Marc Savard broke a scoreless tie in the second period and Boston ended Alex Ovechkin's seven-game point streak.
Boston has won successive games following a six-game losing streak.
Predators 5, Oilers 2
In Nashville, Tennessee, Alexander Radulov scored two goals as Nashville downed Edmonton.
Nashville goalie Dan Ellis stopped a penalty shot.
Wild 6, Stars 3
In St. Paul, Minnesota, Marian Gaborik scored twice for Colorado in its win over Dallas. Pierre-Marc Bouchard added a goal and two assists and Brent Burns had three assists for the Wild.
The Wild got its first win at its sixth attempt against a team from the top three of the Western Conference.
Canadiens 6, Lightning 3
In Montreal, the Canadiens scored three times in the third period to beat Tampa Bay.
Michael Ryder had two goals for Montreal, which won for just the second time in its past nine games at the Bell Centre.
Tampa Bay matched a season worst six-game winless streak.
Coyotes 4, Blackhawks 2
In Glendale, Arizona, Phoenix downed Chicago to win for just the seventh time in 18 home games.
Revelations of positive doping tests for nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers that went unpunished sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the head of the US drug-fighting organization, who has long been one of WADA’s fiercest critics. WADA on Saturday said it was turning to legal counsel to address a statement released by US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) CEO Travis Tygart, who said WADA and anti-doping authorities in China swept positive tests “under the carpet by failing to fairly and evenly follow the global rules that apply to everyone else in the world.” The
Taiwanese judoka Yang Yung-wei on Saturday won silver in the men’s under-60kg category at the Asian Judo Championships in Hong Kong. Nicknamed the “judo heartthrob” in Taiwan, the Olympic silver-medalist missed out on his first Asian Championships gold when he lost to Japanese judoka Taiki Nakamura in the finals. Yang defeated three opponents on Saturday to reach the final after receiving a bye through the round of 32. He first topped Laotian Soukphaxay Sithisane in the round of 16 with two seoi nage (over-the-shoulder throws), then ousted Indian Vijay Kumar Yadav in the quarter-finals with his signature ude hishigi sankaku gatame (triangular armlock). He
Rafael Nadal on Wednesday said the upcoming French Open would be the moment to “give everything and die” on the court after his comeback from injury in Barcelona was curtailed by Alex de Minaur. The 22-time Grand Slam title winner, back playing this week after three months on the sidelines, battled well, but eventually crumbled 7-5, 6-1 against the world No. 11 from Australia in the second round. Nadal, 37, who missed virtually all of last season, is hoping to compete at the French Open next month where he is the record 14-time champion. The Spaniard said the clash with De Minaur was
RALLY: It was only the second time the Taiwanese has partnered with Kudermetova, and the match seemed tight until they won seven points in a row to take the last set 10-2 Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching and Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova on Sunday won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix women’s doubles final in Stuttgart, Germany. The pair defeated Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri and Estonia’s Ingrid Neel 4-6, 6-3, 10-2 in a tightly contested match at the WTA 500 tournament. Chan and Kudermetova fell 4-6 in the first set after having their serve broken three times, although they played increasingly well. They fought back in the second set and managed to break their opponents’ serve in the eighth game to triumph 6-3. In the tiebreaker, Chan and Kudermetova took a 3-0 lead before their opponents clawed back two points, but