Nedeljkovic, Eller power Penguins to win over Isles
Alex Nedeljkovic made 37 saves, Lars Eller scored twice and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Sunday night.
Nedeljkovic was spectacular at times to help the Penguins win for the fifth time in six games following a blowout loss to Toronto on Dec. 16.
Eller scored early in the first period and added an empty-netter in the final minute as Pittsburgh beat the Islanders for the second time in five days. Noel Acciari added his third of the season for Pittsburgh.
Samuel Bolduc drew the Islanders within one with 6:09 left with the third goal of his career, but New York could get no closer. Ilya Sorokin made 35 saves.
LIGHTNING 4, CANADIENS 3
Calvin de Haan ended his 46-game goal drought with the tiebreaking score in the third period, and Tampa Bay rallied past Montreal.
The defenseman put Tampa Bay up 3-2 at 7:49 off a pass from Nikita Kucherov, who became the first NHL player to reach 60 points this season.
Kucherov added an insurance goal before Nick Suzuki pulled Montreal to 4-3 with 2:05 left.
SENATORS 5, SABRES 1
Anton Forsberg made 45 saves and Ottawa beat Buffalo in Senators interim coach Jacques Martin’s 1,300th NHL game.
Ottawa won after removing the interim tag and appointing Steve Staios as general manager Sunday. Martin took over as interim coach about two weeks ago after D.J. Smith was fired.
JETS 3, WILD 2
Dominic Toninato scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and Winnipeg swept a weekend homeand-home series against Minnesota.
Adam Lowry and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for Winnipeg. Laurent Brossoit stopped 24 shots for the Jets, who are 6-0-2 in their last eight games.
BRUINS 5, RED WINGS 3 Trent Frederic scored
feat since 1996. Connor Mcdavid and Leon Draisaitl did it for Edmonton in 2021 and 2022.
Mackinnon did best Mcdavid, and everyone else in the NHL, in points during 2023. His two assists gave him 135 points in 84 games, seven more than Mcdavid.
The Sharks did find a goal late in the second period on just their eighth shot of the game. Colorado’s penalty killers dominated during San Jose’s first power play earlier in the game, not allowing a shot attempt. But the Sharks executed well off a faceoff win to start the second man advantage, and Tomas Hertl scored seven seconds into it with 3:07 left in the middle period.
Colorado’s power play had plenty of chances after the opening goal, but did not convert a 4-on-3 twice, Charlie Coyle had the go-ahead goal and Boston beat Detroit for its third straight win.
Boston forward Pavel Zacha scored an emptynet goal in his 500th regular-season game. Jake Debrusk also added an empty-netter and Charlie Mcavoy had three assists for the Bruins. Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves.
OILERS 7, DUCKS 2
Warren Foegele had two goals and a careerhigh five points, Leon Draisaitl scored for the third straight game and Edmonton extended its winning streak to five games.
Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse each had two assists, and Ryan Mcleod had a goal and an assist. Evander Kane, Zack Hyman and Brett Kulak also scored for Edmonton. Calvin Pickard stopped 28 shots.
STARS 8, BLACKHAWKS 1
Mason Marchment had three goals and an assist, Scott Wedgewood made 24 saves to improve to 11-2-2 and the Dallas Stars routed the Chicago Blackhawks to complete a two-game set.
Tyler Seguin had a goal and two assists and Roope Hintz, Ryan Suter, Craig Smith and Sam Steel also scored.
during the second period or a 5-on-3 in the third. It wasn’t for a lack of trying, particularly in the third. The Avs bombarded the Sharks with shot attempts, but a combination of resolve to block them from the defenders and plenty of saves from Kaapo Kahkonen kept the home team at bay.