Sidney Crosby scored two goals, including one of the Penguins’ three power-play tallies, in Pittsburgh’s 5-1 road victory against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday.
Bryan Rust chipped in with a goal and two assists for Pittsburgh, which has won three of its past four games. Tommy Novak and Kevin Hayes also scored for the Penguins, while Tristan Jarry made 28 saves.
Tyson Foerster scored the only goal for the Flyers — his team-leading 10th — but later exited with an upper-body injury. The high-scoring winger fell to his knees in pain after attempting an uncontested one-timer before shuffling off to the locker room.
Dan Vladar allowed five goals on 27 shots for Philadelphia, which had won five of its previous six games.
Blue Jackets 5, Devils 3
Sean Monahan tallied twice and Charlie Coyle scored once in a three-point game to lead Columbus to a comeback victory over New Jersey in Newark, N.J.
Miles Wood notched one goal and one assist while Denton Mateychuk added a goal for the Blue Jackets, who snapped a four-game winless streak (0-1-3). Zach Werenski collected a pair of assists, and Elvis Merzlikins made 30 saves.
Nico Hischier notched one goal and one assist while Ondrej Palat and Timo Meier added a goal apiece for the Devils, who took their second loss in a row. Jesper Bratt had two assists, and Jake Allen stopped 19 shots.
Ducks 4, Blues 1
Fill-in goaltender Ville Husso made 21 saves as visiting Anaheim defeated St. Louis.
Husso, a former Blues netminder, was pressed into the lead role for Anaheim with Lukas Dostal and Petr Mrazek sidelined by injuries. Pavel Mintyukov and Leo Carlsson each had a goal and an assist as the Ducks snapped their 10-game losing streak against the Blues. Mason McTavish and Chris Kreider also scored for Anaheim.
Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington stopped just three of the five shots he saw before getting pulled. Joel Hofer stopped 19 of 20 shots in relief. Jordan Kyrou scored the St. Louis goal.
Sharks 6, Mammoth 3
Tyler Toffoli scored twice and added two assists as host San Jose doubled up Utah.
Will Smith added two goals and an assist, while Pavol Regenda and Adam Gaudette also found the back of the net for the Sharks, who have won five of their last eight and improved to 9-4-3 on home ice. Macklin Celebrini picked up three assists, extending his home point streak to eight games (six goals, nine assists).
Yaroslav Askarov made 31 saves as the Sharks took two of three meetings against the Mammoth this season. Lawson Crouse scored twice and JJ Peterka also scored for Utah, which has dropped four straight and eight of 10 (2-5-3).
Sabres 5, Jets 1
In his return to the lineup, Josh Norris had two goals and an assist as Buffalo crushed visiting Winnipeg.
Jason Zucker, Bowen Byram and Alex Tuch also scored for the Sabres. Josh Doan and Zach Benson both chipped in two assists. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 23 stops.
Kyle Connor was the lone goal scorer for the Jets. Backstopping for Winnipeg, Eric Comrie made 11 saves and Thomas Milic made 15.
–Field Level Media
