Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton scored 25 seconds apart in the second period to put the San Jose Sharks ahead, and they held on to beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 on Tuesday night.
Joe Pavelski got the scoring started 42 seconds into the game for the Sharks and had two assists. Melker Karlsson had a goal and an assist, also in the big second period when the Sharks capitalized on a string of Bruin penalties.
Joonas Donskoi scored in the first period and Brent Burns had two assists for San Jose, who won their third straight.
Brad Marchand, Loui Eriksson, Patrice Bergeron and Tyler Randell each scored for Boston.
BLUE JACKETS 3, BLUES 1
In Columbus, Ohio, Brandon Saad scored twice to help the Blue Jackets beat the Blues for their first three-game winning streak of the season.
Cody Goloubef also scored for Columbus, who have won five of their past seven games. Sergei Bobrovsky continues to recover from his poor start, making 19 saves for a 5-1-0 record in his last six games.
Kevin Shattenkirk scored for banged-up St Louis, who beat Winnipeg on Monday, but have dropped three of four. Brian Eilliot finished with 35 stops.
KINGS 3, FLYERS 2, SO
In Philadelphia, Anze Kopitar scored in the shootout to lead the Kings to a victory over the Flyers.
Milan Lucic and Jamie McBain scored in regulation for Los Angeles, who opened a five-game road trip with their 12th win in 15 games while improving to 5-1 on the road this season.
Claude Giroux and Shayne Gostisbehere scored in regulation for Philadelphia.
Jonathan Quick had 36 saves through overtime for the Kings, and then stopped Sam Gagner, Giroux and Jakub Voracek in the shootout.
Philadelphia’s Steve Mason had 38 saves and a stop on Jeff Carter in the shootout.
STARS 3, SABRES 1
In Buffalo, New York, Valeri Nichushkin scored 51 seconds into the game and Antti Niemi stopped 24 shots to help the Stars beat the Sabres.
Jason Spezza and Tyler Seguin also scored, and Dallas won a late coach’s challenge on the way to becoming the first NHL team to 15 wins this season. The Stars’ 30 points are tied with Montreal and the New York Rangers for tops in the league.
Ryan O’Reilly’s power-play goal with 6 minutes, 57 seconds to play broke Niemi’s shutout bid. Sam Reinhart tied the score moments later only to see the goal overturned after Stars coach Lindy Ruff challenged the call, and video review showed Tyler Ennis to be offside.
Linus Ullmark made 26 saves for Buffalo.
PENGUINS 4, WILD 3
In Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin scored two goals and picked up two assists for his first four-point game in two seasons to lead the Penguins over Minnesota.
In other NHL action, it was:
‧ Maple Leafs 5, Avalanche 1
‧ Predators 3, Ducks 2
‧ Flames 3, Devils 2
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