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Marchessault scores hat trick

January 20, 2019
Calgary Flames’ forward Johnny Gaudreau scores a second period goal against Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mikko Koskinen at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Saturday. — Reuters
Calgary Flames’ forward Johnny Gaudreau scores a second period goal against Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mikko Koskinen at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Saturday. — Reuters

LAS VEGAS — Jonathan Marchessault scored his second career hat trick and Marc-Andre Fleury had 34 saves and also garnered his 17th career assist to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Fleury picked up his league-leading 27th victory.

William Karlsson and Max Pacioretty each added a goal and an assist, and Oscar Lindberg and Shea Theodore also scored goals for Vegas. Paul Stastny and Colin Miller both finished with two assists.

Phil Kessel, who scored the game-winning goal in overtime on Friday night at Arizona, Sidney Crosby and Dominik Simon scored goals for Pittsburgh, while Jake Guentzel finished with two assists. Casey DeSmith finished with 28 saves for the Penguins, who went 2-3 on their five-game, 12-day Western road trip before heading into the All-Star break.

Flames 5, Oilers 2

Mark Giordano, Johnny Gaudreau, Mikael Backlund, Oliver Kylington and Sean Monahan each scored as visiting Calgary handed Edmonton a defeat.

Goalie David Rittich made 22 saves for the Western Conference-leading Flames, who won on consecutive nights and are on a 7-0-1 run.

Calgary had lost five straight in Edmonton prior to Saturday’s win.

Wild 2, Blue Jackets 1

Goals by Jordan Greenway and Zach Parise 89 seconds apart late in the first period were all the offense Minnesota needed for a victory over Columbus in St. Paul, Minn.

Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk made 19 saves for the much-needed victory, as Minnesota had just one win in four previous outings as it’s in the thick of the wild card battle.

Greenway, the Wild’s second-round draft pick in 2015, opened the scoring at 16:07 of the first period.

Panthers 4, Predators 2

Vincent Trocheck and Aaron Ekblad each had a goal and an assist to lead visiting Florida to a win over Nashville.

Frank Vatrano and Jared McCann also scored, and Colton Sceviour notched two assists for the Panthers.

The win was the 800th in Florida franchise history.

Flyers 5, Canadiens 2

Nolan Patrick scored twice and Carter Hart made 33 saves as visiting Philadelphia earned a win over Montreal.

Patrick’s eighth and ninth goals of the season came in the third period, sealing the Flyers’ third consecutive victory. After enduring a 24-game goal drought, Patrick now has four goals in his last three games. The center also had two goals against the Minnesota Wild on Monday.

Hart improved to 6-5-1 after 12 career NHL games, as the rookie continues to stabilize Philadelphia’s goaltending situation. Hart has a 2.66 goals-against average in his young career.

Lightning 6, Sharks 3

Steven Stamkos had two goals and an assist while Alex Killorn and Yanni Gourde both snapped goal droughts as Tampa Bay entered its bye week on a positive note with a victory over visiting San Jose.

The Sharks played without star defenseman Erik Karlsson.

Killorn went 10 games without a goal before putting the NHL-leading Lightning up 2-0 with 2:09 left in the first period on his 11th of the season.

Blues 3, Senators 2

Carl Gunnarsson scored the tie-breaking goal with 7:44 left in the third period for the host St. Louis, which hung on to edge Ottawa.

Rangers 3, Bruins 2

Mika Zibanejad scored twice, and Henrik Lundqvist made 27 saves to move into sole possession of sixth place on the NHL’s all-time wins list as visiting New York skated to a victory over Boston.

Stars 4, Jets 2

Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist, and John Klingberg and Esa Lindell each had a pair of assists as Dallas outlasted visiting Winnipeg in the final game for both teams before the NHL All-Star break.

Avalanche 7, Kings 1

Colorado erupted for six goals in the second period in its win against visiting Los Angeles.

Ducks 3, Devils 2

Troy Terry had a goal and an assist, his first two points in the NHL, as Anaheim defeated the New Jersey in Newark.


January 20, 2019
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