NHL Capsules

Jan 27, 2016 - 6:05 AM PITTSBURGH (AP) Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 25 shots for his fourth shutout of the season and the surging Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 2-0 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.

Sidney Crosby got his 17th goal of the year for the Penguins. The two-time MVP has scored in each of Pittsburgh's last seven home games, the longest home scoring streak of his career.

Phil Kessel added an insurance goal, and the Penguins have won four of five to draw even with the Devils for eighth place in the Eastern Conference heading into the All-Star break.

Cory Schneider made 29 saves for the Devils, who saw their four-game winning streak snapped. New Jersey went 0 for 4 on the power play, managing just one shot on goal during 8 minutes with the man advantage.

PANTHERS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 1

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Aleksander Barkov and Vincent Trocheck scored power-play goals and Florida rolled into the All-Star break on another good note by topping Toronto.

Reilly Smith and Jussi Jokinen each had a goal and an assist for Florida, which improved to 20-0-1 when scoring at least three times.

Roberto Luongo made 22 saves for Florida, which goes into the break atop the Atlantic Division and in second place in the Eastern Conference. Brian Campbell had two assists for the Panthers, who signed Barkov to a six-year contract extension earlier in the day.

Nazem Kadri scored for Toronto, which has lost eight of its last nine games. James Reimer stopped 22 shots for the Maple Leafs.

HURRICANES 5, BLACKHAWKS 0

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Riley Nash scored twice, Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist and Carolina routed Chicago in the final game before the All-Star break for each team.

Carolina outshot the reigning Stanley Cup champions 16-5 in the first period, taking a 3-0 lead and chasing goalie Corey Crawford.

Eddie Lack made 26 saves to improve to 4-1 in his career against the Blackhawks. Crawford, replaced by Scott Darling, made 13 saves.

The Hurricanes, 7-2-1 in their last 10 games, completed a season sweep of the Blackhawks, who have lost three of their last four.

Chicago has two wins at Carolina since the 1997-98 season.

SABRES 3, SENATORS 2

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Standout rookie Jack Eichel scored twice to erase a one-goal deficit and Buffalo came back to beat Ottawa.

Eichel tied it 2-2 with 6:12 left in the second period, then got the winner 1:08 into the third to help the Sabres end a three-game slide.

Evander Kane had the other goal for Buffalo, which got 34 saves from Robin Lehner in his first win of the season.

Erik Karlsson and Bobby Ryan scored for the Senators, and Craig Anderson stopped 19-of-22 shots.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau thought he had tied the game in the final moments of the third, but a review showed time had expired.

BLUE JACKETS 5, CANADIENS 2

MONTREAL (AP) - Brandon Dubinsky and Cam Atkinson each had a goal and an assist to help Columbus beat Montreal and sweep a home-and-home.

Boone Jenner, Scott Hartnell and Brandon Saad also scored for the Blue Jackets. Rookie goaltender Joonas Korpisalo stopped 28 shots and improved to 4-0-1 in his last five starts. The Blue Jackets also beat Montreal 5-2 on Monday night in Columbus.

Devante Smith-Pelly and Alex Galchenyuk scored for Montreal. Ben Scrivens made 21 saves and fell to 0-4 with Montreal.

Montreal lost captain Max Pacioretty to injury midway through the second period after he took a slap shot from P.K. Subban to the left side of his face. Pacioretty, the team's leading scorer with 19 goals, did not return in the third.

DUCKS 6, BRUINS 2

BOSTON (AP) - Corey Perry scored his 20th goal and added an assist for Anaheim in a win over Boston.

Shea Theodore, David Perron and Ryan Kesler also each had a goal and an assist, and Kevin Bieksa and Mike Santorelli also scored for the Ducks. Anaheim scored four straight goals after falling behind 1-0 in the opening minute and has won five of six. The Ducks take a three-game winning streak into the All-Star break.

Frederik Andersen finished with 32 saves for the Ducks.

Jonas Gustavsson started in goal for Boston but left after the first period with an undisclosed illness. The Bruins said Gustavsson was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for observation after allowing two goals on 16 shots. Starter Tuukka Rask took over for Gustavsson at the start of the second period and stopped 19 of 22 shots.

Zach Trotman and Zdeno Chara scored for Boston.

JETS 5, COYOTES 2

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - Rookie Nikolaj Ehlers had a hat trick and Dustin Byfuglien added two goals and an assist to help Winnipeg beat Arizona.

Veteran winger Blake Wheeler assisted on all of Ehlers' goals, and Ehlers' first hat trick extended his point streak to four games.

Brad Richardson and Anthony Duclair scored for Arizona.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 32 shots for the Jets.

Louis Domingue started for Arizona and made 20 saves before being relieved by Anders Lindback for the third period. Lindback stopped all 12 shots he faced.

PREDATORS 2, CANUCKS 1

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - James Neal scored late in the third period to lift Nashville over Vancouver.

Pekka Rinne stopped 28 shots and Craig Smith had the other goal for the Predators, who improved to 3-0 on a four-game Western Conference road swing that concludes Wednesday in Calgary.

Brandon Sutter scored for the Canucks, who played their last game before the All-Star break. Vancouver just returned from a 10-day road trip that resulted in a 3-2-1 record.

Ryan Miller made 17 saves in his first home start since Dec. 9.

SHARKS 6, AVALANCHE 1

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Joe Thornton had two assists to become the 33rd player to reach 1,300 career points, and San Jose extended its point streak to 10 games with a victory over Colorado.

Thornton assisted on goals by Tomas Hertl and Joe Pavelski to reach the milestone and send the Sharks into the All-Star break on their longest point streak since a 10-game run during the 2010-11 season.

Melker Karlsson, Joel Ward and Paul Martin also scored for San Jose. Dylan DeMelo added his first career goal in the final minute on the power play, and Martin Jones made 21 saves.

Nathan MacKinnon scored for the Avalanche, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Backup goalie Calvin Pickard, fighting the flu, allowed four goals on 20 shots before being pulled after two periods.