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by Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel ruined former teammate Marc-Andre Fleury’s homecoming as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 on Tuesday night.Fleury Ondrej Kase Jersey , who won three Stanley Cups with the Penguins – including the last two seasons – returned to Pittsburgh for the first time since Vegas selected him in the expansion draft last summer. Fleury, who stopped 33 shots, beat his former teammates in December in Las Vegas.Malkin gave the Penguins a 4-2 lead with his 30th of the season at 3:09 of the third period. Malkin, who scored in his fifth straight game, became the fifth player in team history to score 30 goals six times.Kessel extended the lead to 5-2 a little more than three minutes later on a one-touch, backdoor feed from Malkin.Jake Guentzel, Ryan Reaves and Ian Cole also scored for Pittsburgh, which won for the fifth time in six games.Matt Murray, Fleury’s former understudy in Pittsburgh, made 21 saves to top his mentor.William Karlsson scored his 28th of the season for the Golden Knights. James Neal, who spent four seasons in Pittsburgh, got his 23rd. Ryan Carpenter and Jonathan Marchessault scored in the third period for Vegas, which nearly rallied from a three-goal deficit.BRUINS 3, RED WINGS 2DETROIT (AP) – Sean Kuraly and David Krejci scored in the second period, and surging Boston rallied for a victory over Detroit.Boston is 17-1-4 in its last 22 games and only three points behind NHL-leading Tampa Bay in the Atlantic Division. The Red Wings never mounted much sustained pressure on goalie Tuukka Rask, who improved to 19-0-2 in his last 21 games.Martin Frk scored a power-play goal in the second for Detroit, but the Bruins quickly wiped out that lead later in the period. Danton Heinen scored with 11:39 remaining in the third to put Boston up by two.With their goalie pulled, the Red Wings moved within one when Frans Nielsen scored with 1:24 to play, but Boston held on.DUCKS 4, SABRES 3, OTBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Adam Henrique scored 1:36 into overtime and Anaheim snapped a three-game skid with a win over Buffalo.The Ducks rebounded in the extra period after allowing the Sabres to tie the game on Ryan O’Reilly’s goal with 15 seconds remaining in regulation.Corey Perry, Rickard Rakell and Ondrej Kase also scored for the Ducks, who ended an 0-2-1 slide. Ryan Miller stopped 30 shots in facing his former team for the fourth time since the Sabres traded him to St. Louis during the 2013-14 season.Jack Eichel and Zemgus Girgensons scored for the Sabres Rickard Rakell Jersey , who squandered two one-goal leads. They are 0-3-1 in their past four games and 4-9-2 since Jan. 1. Robin Lehner stopped 29 shots.CAPITALS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Nicklas Backstrom scored the winning goal with 43 seconds left, Braden Holtby made 37 saves and Washington beat Columbus.Brandon Dubinsky tied the score for the Blue Jackets late in the third period and the game appeared headed to overtime before Backstrom jumped on a pass from T.J. Oshie and beat Sergei Bobrovsky for his 200th career goal.John Carlson and Tom Wilson also scored as the Capitals rallied to break a two-game skid and hang onto first place in the Metropolitan Division.Bobrovsky had 22 saves for the Blue Jackets, who have lost four in a row and nine of 11.FLYERS 2, HURRICANES 1, OTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Jordan Weal scored with 3.1 seconds left in overtime and Philadelphia topped Carolina.Wayne Simmonds also scored to help the Flyers snap a four-game losing streak and earn two important points in the crowded Metropolitan Division and Eastern Conference races.Elias Lindholm scored a power-play goal for the Hurricanes, who have lost three in a row to fall to 2-3 on an eight-game homestand.Brian Elliott, making his first start since missing four games with a lower-body injury, stopped 27 shots for the Flyers, who had gone 0-3-1 in a four-game stretch that followed a run of eight wins in nine games.Cam Ward made 28 saves for Carolina, which had a great chance to win it in the final minute of OT when Jordan Staal couldn’t score into an open net and Claude Giroux laid out to block Jeff Skinner’s follow-up attempt.PANTHERS 3, CANUCKS 1SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – Aleksander Barkov scored twice, including the go-ahead goal late in the second period, to lead Florida past Vancouver.Jamie McGinn also scored for the Panthers. Harri Sateri made 26 saves for his fourth consecutive win.Markus Granlund scored for the Canucks, and Jacob Markstrom stopped 37 shots.Barkov has 14 points in his last 13 games. He added an empty-net goal with 41.5 seconds left to make it 3-1.SENATORS 5, DEVILS 3OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) – Matt Duchene had a goal and two assists as undermanned Ottawa beat New Jersey.Mike Hoffman, Chris DiDomenico, Colin White and Zack Smith also scored for Ottawa. Craig Anderson made 30 saves.The Senators were already missing forwards Mark Stone (knee) and Bobby Ryan (hand) when they learned they would be without Derick Brassard, who is banged up, and Nate Thompson Womens Ryan Getzlaf Jersey , who left the morning skate early as he continues to deal with a lower-body injury.Travis Zajac, Taylor Hall and Kyle Palmieri scored for the Devils. Keith Kinkaid allowed four goals on 20 shots before being replaced by Eddie Lack, who gave up one goal on 12 shots.WILD 6, BLUES 2ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jason Zucker tied a career high with his 22nd goal and Devan Dubnyk made 35 saves in Minnesota’s win over St. Louis.Nino Niederreiter, Marcus Foligno, Mikko Koivu, Matt Dumba and Zach Parise also scored for the Wild, who were coming off a 6-1 loss in Dallas on Saturday.Minnesota has won three of four and moved within four points of the third-place Blues in the Central Division.Jaden Schwartz and Dmitrij Jaskin scored for the Blues, who had won four of five.Dubnyk improved to 21-10-3 by winning his third successive start.FLAMES 3, BLACKHAWKS 2CHICAGO (AP) – Michael Stone scored with 3:30 left and Calgary edged Chicago for the second straight game.Dougie Hamilton and Sean Monahan also scored for Calgary, and Mike Smith made 34 saves in the opener of a six-game trip. The Flames topped the Blackhawks 4-3 Saturday night on Monahan’s overtime goal in Calgary.Stone connected on a long slap shot from the right point. It looked as if Johnny Gaudreau might have tipped it by Jeff Glass, but Stone was credited with his third goal of the season.The Blackhawks challenged the play, arguing Gaudreau’s stick was above the crossbar. But the officials ruled he didn’t touch the puck.Alex DeBrincat and Patrick Kane scored for last-place Chicago, which has dropped three in a row. Glass finished with 20 stops.JETS 4, COYOTES 3WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – Dustin Byfuglien had a goal and an assist as Winnipeg defeated Arizona, becoming the second NHL team to reach 20 home wins this season.Dmitry Kulikov scored the eventual winner in the second period for the Jets (32-13-9), who are 9-0-1 in their last 10 home games to improve to 20-3-2 there this season.Jack Roslovic and Nic Petan also scored for Winnipeg, and Connor Hellebuyck (28-6-8) made 18 saves to tie Washington goalie Braden Holtby for the second-most wins in the NHL.Kevin Connauton, Christian Dvorak and Derek Stepan scored for the Coyotes, who have lost four straight in falling to a league-worst 12-32-9. Antti Raanta stopped 19 shots.AVALANCHE 3, SHARKS 1DENVER (AP) – Gabriel Bourque and Tyson Jost scored 2:14 apart in the second period, Jonathan Bernier stopped 38 shots and Colorado beat San Jose.Colorado returned from a six-game road trip and won its ninth straight at the Pepsi Center, the club’s longest home winning streak since moving to Denver in 1995. The Avalanche are 19-7-1 at home this season.Colorado struggled to generate many scoring chances without Nathan MacKinnon (left shoulder) and Mikko Rantanen (lower body) http://www.officialducks.com/authentic-adidas-ryan-kesler-jersey , the team’s top two scorers. In their absence, the Avalanche were outshot 39-20.The Sharks pulled goalie Martin Jones in the final minute and had a flurry of chances to tie it, but J.T. Compher iced the game with an empty-net goal with three seconds remaining.Jones stopped 17 shots for the Sharks, who have won just twice in their last seven games. Joel Ward scored his first goal since Nov. 22.— Detroit is on a winning streak and someone besides Connor McDavid is making news for Edmonton as the Red Wings and Pistons meet Saturday at Little Caesars Arena.The rebuilding Red Wings have won three in a row after starting the season 1-7-2.“I think we’re just starting to play. We’re getting some bounces and we’re holding on to the puck a lot longer in the offensive zone,” Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall said after Thursday’s 4-3 home victory over the New Jersey Devils. Article continues below ...“All in all, we’re spending more time in the offensive zone. I think when you have control over the puck there and guys are holding on to it leads to confidence. I think that’s been a big plus here of late.”Center Dylan Larkin, 22 and in his fourth season, has been Detroit’s best player this season with six goals and eight assists for 14 points in 13 games and been even better in the past three with two goals and five assists.“He’s been tremendous for us this year,” Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard said of Larkin. “He’s one of our best players night in and night out. He’s been flying, creating a lot of havoc in the offensive zone and been really responsible in the defensive zone. He has made so many great strides.”Larkin has been going up against opponents top centers and top lines and is expected to play head-to-head against McDavid (nine goals and 19 points in 12 games) on Saturday night.“We challenged him with playing against the othe” teamop lines in the last little bit and he loves that challenge. It just seems to bring out the best in him,” said Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill.“I thought that a year ago, I thought that at the World Championships (Blashill coached Larkin on the U.S. team in May). And he’s certainly done that over the last number of games. He’s played against some great lines and he will again on Saturday.”The Oilers (7-4-1) got 40 saves from backup goalie Mikko Koskinen in a 4-0 home win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.“Honestly, I only care if we win or lose, so it feels good because we won,” Koskinen said. “That’s all that matters. We need points.”He is 2-0-0 this season with a 1.51 goals-against average and .955 save percentage.“Great for him, he’s been a good teammate the last month or month and a half,” Edmonton coach Todd McLellan said of Koskinen. “Guys want to play for him.”The Oilers sent 19-year-old defenseman Evan Bouchard, their first-round pick (10th overall) in June’s NHL Draft, to his junior team, London of the Ontario Hockey League. Bouchard had a goal in seven games.Edmonton also recalled defenseman Kevin Gravel from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League. Gravel, 26, had an assist in five games with Bakersfield and had no points in two games in an earlier stint with the Oilers this season.Defenseman Danny DeKeyser is expected to return for Detroit Saturday night after missing eight games. The Red Wings will be without defenseman Jonathan Ericsson (unknown), center Frans Nielsen (unknown) and forwards Andreas Athanasiou (leg) and Thomas Vanek (lower body).