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NHL: Colorado edges past Dallas 5-4

Edmonton Oilers defenseman Steve MacIntyre, left, grimaces as he clutches the jersey of the Calgary Flames’ Brandon Prust in Edmonton, Canada, on Saturday. PHOTO: AP

Milan Hejduk scored twice as the Colorado Avalanche held on to edge the Dallas Stars 5-4 in the NHL on Saturday.

Darcy Tucker, John-Michael Liles and Tyler Arnason also scored for the Avalanche in their first road win of the season.

Joe Sakic and Wojtek Wolski had two assists each for Colorado.

Colorado took a 5-2 lead into the third period, but Dallas got close when Loui Eriksson scored from the slot with 18 minutes left and Brad Richards scored 4:47 later. Dallas also had a late goal overturned.

PENGUINS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 1

At Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby posted his 100th career NHL goal and his 200th assist in leading Pittsburgh over Toronto.

Playing on a line with fellow young star Evgeni Malkin for the first time during an entire game this season, the 21-year-old Crosby had a goal and three assists to give him 100 goals and 202 assists for 302 points in 219 career games.

Malkin assisted on all four Penguins goals to give him 201 points in 166 NHL games.

Pascal Dupuis, Miroslav Satan and Petr Sykora also had goals for Pittsburgh.

Nik Antropov scored for Toronto, which has only nine goals in five games.

BLUES 4, BLACKHAWKS 3

At St. Louis, home rookie T.J. Oshie scored the winning shootout goal as St. Louis ruined the debut of Chicago coach Joel Quenneville from 2-0 down.

With St. Louis trailing 3-2 late in the third period, Andy McDonald tied it with just 13.9 seconds left.

Patrick Kane scored twice for the Blackhawks.

SHARKS 5, FLYERS 4, OT

At San Jose, California, Dan Boyle scored on a sublime setup pass from Joe Thornton 85 seconds into overtime and San Jose rallied from a two-goal deficit to keep Philadelphia winless.

Devin Setoguchi tied it with 4:44 left in regulation for the Sharks.

Danny Briere scored two goals for the Flyers.

OILERS 3, FLAMES 2

At Edmonton, Ethan Moreau and Fernando Pisani both had a goal and assist, and Edmonton scored three times in the second period to beat Calgary and remain unbeaten.

Andrew Cogliano also scored for Edmonton (4-0), off to its best start since going 5-0 in 1985. The Oilers defeated their Alberta rivals for the second time in two nights.

Todd Bertuzzi and Daymond Langkow both scored for Calgary, which has gotten off to a mediocre 1-3-1 start this season.



In other NHL action, it was:

• Red Wings 5, Rangers 4, OT

• Bruins 4, Senators 2

• Canadiens 4, Coyotes 1

• Thrashers 3, Sabres 2, SO

• Devils 4, Capitals 3, SO

• Panthers 2, Islanders 0

• Wild 1, Lightning 0, SO

• Predators 6, Blue Jackets 3
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