James Neal had a goal and two assists as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Sunday for their ninth straight victory.
Chris Kunitz, Arron Asham, Pascal Dupis and Matt Niskanen also scored for Pittsburgh. Evgeni Malkin had three assists to move into the NHL points lead with 84, two ahead of Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos.
David Krejci scored twice for the Bruins, but the Penguins chased Tim Thomas after the first period to keep the pressure on the Eastern Conference-leading New York Rangers.
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RANGERS 4, ISLANDERS 3, OT
In New York, Marian Gaborik scored the Rangers’ third power-play goal in the dying seconds of overtime as New York snapped their season-worst, three-game regulation losing streak with a victory over the Islanders.
Gaborik snapped a rising shot over goalie Evgeni Nabokov’s right shoulder to win it at 4 minutes, 54 seconds.
Brad Richards scored twice on the power play to reach 20 goals for the ninth time and helped set up Gaborik’s winner for the Rangers.
John Tavares, Matt Moulson and defenseman Andrew MacDonald scored for the Islanders.
BLUES 2, BLUE JACKETS 1
In Columbus, Ohio, David Perron broke a tie early in the third period and Jaroslav Halak made 33 saves to help NHL-leading St Louis beat Columbus for their season-high fifth straight victory.
Patrik Berglund also scored for St Louis. The Blues, coming off a 4-1 victory over Columbus on Saturday night in St Louis, have won nine of 10 to improve to 45-18-7.
Mark Letestu scored for Columbus.
KINGS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2, SO
In Chicago, Mike Richards scored the lone goal in a six-round shutout to lift Los Angeles past Chicago.
Richards beat Ray Emery with a quick wrist shot after Emery stopped the Kings’ first five shooters.
Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick stopped all six Chicago shooters after making 35 saves — including Viktor Stalberg’s third-period penalty shot — through overtime.
Slava Voynov and Jeff Carter scored in regulation for Los Angeles.
Marcus Kruger and Patrick Kane scored for Chicago. Kane tied it at two at 7:36 of the third with his fifth goal in seven games.
In other NHL games, it was:
‧ Panthers 2, Hurricanes 0
‧ Capitals 2, Maple Leafs 0
‧ Devils 4, Flyers 1
‧ Flames 4, Wild 3
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