Kailer Yamamoto scored the eventual game-winning goal as the visiting Utah Mammoth doubled up the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Monday night.
Clayton Keller, Nate Schmidt, Jack McBain, Michael Carcone and Lawson Crouse also scored for the Mammoth, who snapped a four-game winless skid (1-2-2). Vitek Vanecek made 27 saves.
Sam Steel, Wyatt Johnston and Adam Erne scored for the Stars, who saw their franchise-tying 15-game stretch without a regulation loss (14-0-1) end. Casey DeSmith stopped 16 shots.
Penguins 7, Avalanche 2
Evgeni Malkin returned from a five-game suspension and scored two of Pittsburgh’s four first-period goals, sparking the Penguins to a rout of Colorado in Denver.
Erik Karlsson had a goal and two assists, Bryan Rust, Noel Acciari and Elmer Soderblom contributed a goal and an assist each, Anthony Mantha scored and Connor Dewar had two assists for Pittsburgh. The Penguins moved two points ahead of the New York Islanders for second place in the Metropolitan Division. Malkin added an assist for Pittsburgh in his first game since March 5, when he was given a game misconduct for a slash on Buffalo’s Rasmus Dahlin.
Nathan MacKinnon and Brent Burns tallied for Colorado, which dropped its second in a row and missed an opportunity to extend its lead over second-place Dallas in the Central Division.
Kings 4, Rangers 1
Alex Laferriere had a goal and two assists for visiting Los Angeles in a win against New York.
Mikey Anderson posted a goal and an assist, Drew Doughty and Trevor Moore also scored, Quinton Byfield notched two assists and Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves for the Kings in the finale of the five-game road trip (3-1-1).
Artemi Panarin made his first return to New York following his trade to Los Angeles from the Rangers on Feb. 4, and he had the secondary assist on Doughty’s goal. Vincent Trocheck scored and Igor Shesterkin made 22 saves for the Rangers, who had won a season-high four in a row.
Red Wings 5, Flames 2
Patrick Kane scored twice and Alex DeBrincat collected three assists as host Detroit rolled to a victory over Calgary, ending a three-game losing streak.
Emmitt Finnie and Dominik Shine also scored for the Red Wings, who held onto an Eastern Conference wild-card spot with one month remaining in the season. Detroit goaltender John Gibson made 25 saves, and J.T. Compher collected two assists.
Matt Coronato collected one goal and one assist and Morgan Frost added a goal for the Flames, who completed a 1-4-0 road trip and sit second from the bottom of the league standings. Calgary goalie Dustin Wolf stopped 20 shots.
Devils 4, Bruins 3 (OT)
Paul Cotter scored with seven seconds remaining in overtime to give New Jersey a win over Boston in Newark, N.J.
Cotter scored another goal in regulation, while Jack Hughes had three assists for New Jersey and surpassed the 400-point career milestone. Connor Brown had a goal and an assist, and Jesper Bratt also scored for the Devils. Jacob Markstrom stopped 19 of 22 shots to earn his 20th win in 38 games this season.
David Pastrnak had two goals and Pavel Zacha also tallied for the Bruins. Goalie Joonas Korpisalo stopped 30 of 34 shots.
–Field Level Media
