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NHL Roundup: Crosby lifts Pens over Blue Jackets
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Published: October 31, 2009
Penguins 4, Blue Jackets 3 (SO): Pittsburgh scored twice in the final 3 minutes of regulation to tie it and Sidney Crosby had the only goal in the shootout to lead the visiting Penguins past Columbus last night.
Brent Johnson stopped 29 shots before the shootout, then stymied Antoine Vermette, Rick Nash and Kristian Huselius in the tiebreaker. The Penguins improved to 6-0-0 on the road.
Ruslan Fedotenko and Alex Goligoski scored late goals in a 39-second span to tie the game. Chris Kunitz also had a goal.
Nash had two goals and Derek Dorsett his first of the season for the Blue Jackets, who lost their third in a row.
Islanders 4, Capitals 3 (OT): Mark Streit scored 53 seconds into overtime to give visiting New York a win against Washington last night.
It was the second straight win for New York — and third of the season. The Islanders also ended the Capitals' winning streak at six.
Streit beat goalie Jose Theodore from about 10 feet for his second goal of the season. Seven of New York's games have gone to overtime this season.
The Capitals, who dominated play, outshot the Islanders 40-30 and failed to convert third-period scoring chances.
Sabres 3, Maple Leafs 2 (OT): Tim Connolly scored a power-play goal 1:04 into overtime, and Ryan Miller made 33 saves to help surging Buffalo beat visiting Toronto last night.
Miller improved to 8-0-1, and the Sabres (8-1-1) won their fourth straight game to match their second-best start after 10 games since entering the NHL in 1970.
Drew Stafford also scored for Buffalo.
Ian White and Mikhail Grabovski scored for Toronto, and Jonas Gustavsson made 25 saves. The Maple Leafs are an NHL-worst 1-8-2.
Wild 3, Rangers 2: Petr Sykora had a goal and an assist, and Eric Belanger and Antti Miettinen also scored to help Minnesota beat visiting New York last night.
Mikko Koivu added two assists, and Niklas Backstrom stopped 18 shots as Minnesota snapped a two-game losing streak. Dane Byers scored his first NHL goal for the Rangers and Marc Staal added a third-period goal.
The game was originally billed as the return of Rangers star Marian Gaborik to Xcel Energy Center. That, however was scrapped when Gaborik was injured this week.
Blackhawks 3, Canadiens 2: Patrick Sharp scored with 4:10 left to give Chicago a victory against visiting Montreal last night.
Set up by Patrick Kane's centering pass, Sharp ripped a shot from between the circles past Carey Price to hand the Canadiens' their fifth straight road loass.
Kris Vertseeg and Cam Barker each had a goal and an assist. Barker's power-play goal was only the Blackhawks' second in their last six games.
Cristobal Huet stopped 20 shots in his fourth straight start and beat the Canadiens, one of his former teams, for first time in three games.
Montreal's Mike Cammalleri and Travis Moen scored 4:02 apart late in second period to erase a 2-0 Chicago lead.
Panthers 6, Stars 5 (SO): Steven Reinprecht had a natural hat trick in a 5:11 span of the first period, and Rostislav Olesz scored in the second round of a shootout to give visiting Florida a win against Dallas last night.
Dallas rallied to send the game to overtime and the shootout, where Olesz was the only successful shooter when his attempt caromed off the goal post and behind Alex Auld. A video review confirmed that the puck crossed the goal line.
Florida goalie Scott Clemmensen denied Brad Richards in the third round to secure the victory for the Panthers, 0-3-1 in their previous four games.
Olesz and Jordan Leopold also scored in regulation for the Panthers.
Brian Sutherby, Stephane Robidas, Mike Ribeiro, James Neal and Fabian Brunnstrom scored for the Stars in coach Marc Crawford's 1,000th NHL game.
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