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Crosby scores 400th ass Penguins win
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored twice, including his 400th career goal, and the Pittsburgh Penguins pulled away from the St. Louis Blues for a 4-1 victory on Sunday.

Bryan Rust snapped a tie with a third-period tally and Riley Sheahan also scored for the Penguins, who have won 12 of 17. Matt Murray made 33 saves.

BRUINS 5, DEVILS 3

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Adam McQuaid got his first goal of the season with 8:05 to play, and Boston extended its road point-scoring streak to 13 games.

Fellow defenseman Torey Krug scored twice and Tim Schaller also scored as the Bruins improved to 19-2-4 in their last 25 games. Patrice Bergeron added an empty-netter, and Anton Khudobin finished with 35 saves.

RED WINGS 5,

CAPITALS 4, OT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tomas Tatar scored his second goal of the game 2:47 into overtime, helping Detroit avoid a second straight embarrassing loss.

Tatar beat Braden Holtby for his 14th goal of the season. He also scored with 11 seconds to play in the second period to give Detroit a 4-1 lead.

Justin Abdelkader, Luke Glendening and Anthony Mantha also scored for the Red Wings, who had dropped three in a row. 

AVALANCHE 5, SABRES 4

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tyson Jost and Gabriel Bourque scored rebound goals in the third period, and Colorado held on for the win.

Colin Wilson had a goal and an assist, and Alexander Kerfoot and Matt Nieto also scored in a game the Avalanche never trailed. Jonathan Bernier stopped 28 shots.

FLAMES 3,

ISLANDERS 2

NEW YORK (AP) — Calgary’s Matthew Tkachuk scored twice in the third period, getting the tiebreaking goal with 1:05 left.

RANGERS 3, JETS 1

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Jimmy Vesey scored with 3:53 left in the third period, sending the Rangers to the win.

CANUCKS 6, STARS 0

DALLAS (AP) — Reid Boucher scored his first two goals of the season and Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves for his second career shutout, leading the Canucks to the runaway road win.