Malkin makes it two goals in two nights
Sergei Gonchar scored Pittsburgh’s third power-play goal 3:33 into overtime, and the Penguins used the kid tandem of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin to beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Thursday night.
Islanders captain Alexei Yashin was enjoying a three-point night, but he was in the penalty box when Gonchar took a pass from Ryan Whitney and ripped a shot in off the right post. Pittsburgh went 3 for 8 on the power play, using the advantage to take a 2-0 lead and then to win after falling behind in the second period.
Malkin scored his second goal in two NHL games to tie it at 3 in the third, and the 19-year-old Crosby had three assists to help Pittsburgh snap a two-game losing streak.
Bruins 3, Flames 2: At Boston, Glen Murray scored two goals and Boston snapped a three-game losing streak with a win over Calgary.
Thrashers 4, Capitals 3 (SO): At Atlanta, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Marian Hossa each scored in a shootout to give Atlanta a victory over Washington.
Kozlov beat Capitals goaltender Brent Johnson to open the shootout. Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen then stopped Alexander Semin before Hossa beat Johnson. Lehtonen blocked Alex Ovechkin’s shot to finish off the 2-0 shootout.
Predators 4, Devils 3 (SO): At East Rutherford, N.J., Martin Erat scored the only goal in the shootout and Chris Mason stopped all three shots to lead Nashville over New Jersey.
The Predators blew a two-goal lead in the final 2:07 of regulation but still managed to win their fourth straight game.
Avalanche 2, Senators 1: At Ottawa, Joe Sakic and Brad Richardson scored second-period goals and Jose Theodore made 26 saves to lead Colorado to a win over Ottawa.
Sakic scored his third goal of the season midway through the second to open the scoring. Richardson got his third with a short-handed effort with 3:16 left in the period to put the Avalanche up by two.
Lightning 4, Flyers 1: At Tampa, Fla., Ryan Craig and Ruslan Fedotenko scored second-period goals and Marc Denis made 34 saves to help Tampa Bay beat Philadelphia.
Kings 4, Coyotes 0: At Glendale, Ariz., Michael Cammalleri, Alexander Frolov and Anze Kopitar each had a goal and an assist, and Los Angeles defeated Phoenix in a testy game between Pacific Division rivals.
The Kings scored all of their goals on the power play and Phoenix was assessed 57 penalty minutes.
Sharks 5, Red Wings 1: At San Jose, Calif., captain Patrick Marleau scored two of San Jose’s five power-play goals leading the Sharks over a sloppy Detroit team.
Milan Michalek, Mark Bell and Marleau scored in the first 15 minutes to chase Detroit goalie Chris Osgood.