Sidney Crosby became Pittsburgh’s career leader in combined regular-season and playoff points by scoring one of his team’s three goals spanning 3:08 of the second period, and the host Penguins topped the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Tuesday.
Crosby collected his 1,896th combined point, surpassing fellow Penguins legend Mario Lemieux for the most in club history. It was also Crosby’s 700th regular-season and playoff goal. Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang achieved a milestone, too, recording two assists to reach 600 for his career.
Justin Brazeau added a goal and two assists, Anthony Mantha logged a goal and an assist and Thomas Novak and Connor Dewar also scored for the Penguins, who have won three in a row. Arturs Silovs made 23 saves for the victory.
Conor Garland scored for Vancouver, which fell to 3-1-0 on a five-game trip. Kevin Lankinen finished with 21 saves.
Devils 5, Maple Leafs 2
Jack Hughes produced his third career hat trick, leading visiting New Jersey past Toronto. Hughes flicked his third goal into an empty net in the last minute to seal the fifth win in a row for the Devils and the second straight loss for the Maple Leafs (0-1-1).
Cody Glass and Brenden Dillon also scored for the Devils, and Jesper Bratt supplied three assists. Jake Allen stopped 23 shots.
John Tavares had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs. Matias Maccelli added a goal while William Nylander contributed two assists. Anthony Stolarz made 30 saves.
Panthers 4, Bruins 3
Carter Verhaeghe scored the deciding goal with 25.7 seconds left in the third period and Brad Marchand recorded two assists in his return to Boston as visiting Florida beat the Bruins.
Eetu Luostarinen, Mackie Samoskevich and A.J. Greer also scored and Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves for the Panthers, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Marchand, who spent 16 seasons with the Bruins, was brought to tears during a first-period video tribute.
Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist, David Pastrnak and Casey Mittelstadt each logged two assists and Morgan Geekie and Elias Lindholm also scored in Boston’s fifth straight setback.
Oilers 3, Senators 2 (OT)
Defenseman Jake Walman celebrated his season debut by scoring 2:24 into overtime, fueling visiting Edmonton to a victory over Ottawa. The Oilers prevailed despite blowing a 2-0 third-period lead.
Connor McDavid scored his first goal of the season and Isaac Howard added the first of his career for Edmonton. Stuart Skinner made 19 saves to record his 100th career win.
Dylan Cozens and Thomas Chabot tallied for the Senators, who have lost five of their past six games (1-4-1). Linus Ullmark turned aside 22 shots.
Mammoth 4, Avalanche 3 (OT)
Dylan Guenther scored 33 seconds into overtime, lifting Utah past Colorado in Salt Lake City for its fourth win in a row.
Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and two assists, Lawson Crouse and Nick Schmaltz also scored and Karel Vejmelka turned away 30 shots for the Mammoth. Clayton Keller finished with two assists.
Cale Makar, Jack Drury and Martin Necas scored for the Avalanche, who got 29 saves from Scott Wedgewood. Colorado has not lost in regulation this season (5-0-2).
Kings 2, Blues 1 (OT)
Adrian Kempe scored an overtime power-play goal to lift visiting Los Angeles past St. Louis.
Alex Laferriere also scored, off a Kempe assist, as the Kings snapped a four-game winless streak (0-2-2). Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper made 17 saves in his first appearance since Oct. 13. He had been sidelined with a lower-body injury.
Justin Faulk scored for the Blues and goaltender Jordan Binnington stopped 26 shots in defeat.
Capitals 4, Kraken 1
Ryan Leonard and Jakob Chychrun scored 1:08 apart early in the second period as Washington defeated visiting Seattle.
Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist, Tom Wilson scored an empty-netter with 49.6 seconds left and Logan Thompson made 18 saves for the Capitals, who have won five of their past six games.
Jaden Schwartz tallied for Seattle and goalie Matt Murray, making his Kraken debut, stopped 30 of 33 shots. Seattle lost its second in a row and fell to 0-13-0 in the second game of back-to-back situations since the start of the 2024-25 season.
Islanders 4, Sharks 3
Matthew Schaefer continued the impressive start to his NHL career, scoring the winning goal and collecting two points to help New York earn a win over San Jose in Elmont, N.Y.
Schaefer, 18, has at least one point in each of his first six games, tying him with Marek Zidlicky (2003-04) for the longest career-opening streak by a defenseman in NHL history. Bo Horvat, Casey Cizikas and Emil Heineman also scored for the Islanders, and Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves.
Collin Graf had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who remained the NHL’s lone winless team. Macklin Celebrini and Adam Gaudette also scored for the Sharks, and Yaroslav Askarov recorded 23 saves.
Blue Jackets 5, Stars 1
Boone Jenner, Adam Fantilli and Kent Johnson each had a goal and an assist for visiting Columbus in a win against Dallas.
Denton Mateychuk and Dmitri Voronkov also scored for the Blue Jackets, who produced three third-period goals to seal their second consecutive victory. Elvis Merzlikins made 22 saves.
Tyler Seguin scored and Jake Oettinger stopped 24 shots for the Stars, who have lost three straight after opening the season with a three-game winning streak.
–Field Level Media
