Pittsburgh Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin, center, celebrates with Sidney Crosby (87), and Bryan Rust (17) after scoring on Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Brian Elliott (37) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jared McCann pounced on a rebound and knocked it past Bryan Elliott with less than 10 minutes to go to lead the Penguins past the Flyers, 4-3.
The Penguins took two of three from the Flyers during Philadelphia’s extended stay in Pittsburgh, with McCann providing the difference in the finale when Brandon Tanev’s shot smacked off Elliott’s pad and ended up on McCann’s stick. McCann fired it into the net, then went skates over skull after tripping over Elliott immediately after scoring his fifth of the season.
Zach Aston-Reese, Bryan Rust and Evgeni Malkin also scored for Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry finished with 19 saves as the Penguins pulled back into a tie with the Flyers in the cramped East Division.
Travis Konecny, Kevin Hayes and Shayne Gostisbehere scored for the Flyers.
ISLANDERS 5, SABRES 2
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Mathew Barzal and Scott Mayfield each had a goal and an assist and the New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres.
Semyon Varlamov made 20 saves as the Islanders improved to 9-0-2 at Nassau Coliseum this season and 14-6-4 overall.
Cal Clutterbuck, Brock Nelson and Anders Lee also scored.
CANUCKS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Bo Horvat and J.T. Miller scored in a 42-second span in the third period and Vancouver beat NHL-leading Toronto to sweep the two-game series.
DUCKS 5, AVALANCHE 4, OT
DENVER (AP) — Ryan Getzlaf scored on a power play 1:59 into overtime and Anaheim snapped a nine-game winless streak.
Troy Terry had two goals, Rickard Rakell had a goal and two assists and Kevin Shattenkirk added a goal and an assist to help the Ducks win for the first time since Feb. 11.
PANTHERS 6, PREDATORS 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Noel Acciari scored three goals for his third career hat trick, and Florida got its second straight victory.
RANGERS 6, DEVILS 3
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Ryan Strome scored twice and the streaking Rangers sent the Devils to their fifth straight loss and eighth in nine games.
CANADIENS 7, JETS 1
MONTREAL (AP) — Brendan Gallagher scored twice in the Canadiens’ four-goal second period.
Josh Anderson, Tyler Toffoli, Joel Armia, Paul Byron and Jeff Petry also scored for Montreal.
COYOTES 5, WILD 2
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tyler Pitlick scored twice, Conor Garland had a goal and an assist, and Arizona rallied to beat Minnesota.
STARS 5, BLUE JACKETS 0
DALLAS (AP) — Joe Pavelski scored his NHL-leading ninth power-play goal and the Stars tallied twice in the opening period for the first time this season, winning for only the second time in the past 12 games.
The 36-year-old Pavelski scored 45 seconds after Jason Dickinson poked a loose puck under the left leg of Blue Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo. Stars rookie Jake Oettinger made 21 saves in his first career shutout, coming in his seventh start.
Roope Hintz, Radek Faksa and Miro Heiskanen also scored for Dallas. It was the second straight game Heiskanen scored after coming up empty in his first 17.
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