Brock Nelson scored his second goal of the game as the visiting New York Islanders downed the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Tuesday to stretch their point streak to 15 games, matching a franchise record. Ryan Pulock tied it 4-4 for New York with 1:32 left in regulation on a blast from the center point with goalie Semyon Varlamov pulled. Anthony Beauvillier and Josh Bailey also scored and Nick Leddy had three assists for New York. Varlamov made 27 saves. The Penguins got two goals from Brandon Tanev, a goal and an assist from Jake Guentzel, a goal from Bryan Rust and two assists from Evgeni Malkin. Matt Murray stopped 37 shots. Oilers 5, Sharks 2 Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists as Edmonton snapped host San Jose's six-game winning streak. Blues 3, Lightning 1 Oskar Sundqvist scored the decisive third-period goal to lift St. Louis past visiting Tampa Bay. The Blues have earned points in 10 of their past 11 games, going 8-1-2. The Lightning lost their second straight game after a three-game winning streak. They also lost winger Nikita Kucherov, who departed the game in the second period after Blues forward Brayden Schenn knocked him to the ice from behind. Blue Jackets 5, Canadiens 2 Pierre-Luc Dubois recorded two goals and an assist as Columbus defeated visiting Montreal. The offense was sparked by the newly assembled line of Dubois, Emil Bemstrom and Sonny Milano, who have combined for four goals and five assists in just more than four periods skating as a unit. Panthers 5, Flyers 2 Jonathan Huberdeau scored a goal and later survived a crosscheck that drew blood as host Florida defeated Philadelphia in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers also got goals from Colton Sceviour, Brett Connolly, Aleksander Barkov and Mike Hoffman. Travis Sanheim and Morgan Frost scored for the Flyers. Hurricanes 4, Blackhawks 2 Nino Niederreiter had a goal and an assist, and Carolina held on for a victory at Chicago. Martin Necas, Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho also scored for the Hurricanes. Defensemen Erik Gustafsson and Connor Murphy scored for the Blackhawks. Jets 2, Predators 1 Nikolaj Ehlers scored his 100th career goal, Connor Hellebuyck made 38 saves, and Winnipeg topped host Nashville for its third straight win. Patrik Laine also scored for the Jets, who are 7-1-1 in their past nine games. Nick Bonino had the lone goal for the Predators. Stars 6, Canucks 1 Jamie Benn collected two goals and an assist and Ben Bishop made 32 saves as host Dallas topped Vancouver to extend its point streak to nine games. Justin Dowling, Corey Perry and defenseman Miro Heiskanen each scored and set up a goal for the Stars. Bo Horvat scored to snap his nine-game goal drought for the Canucks. Avalanche 3, Flames 2 Andre Burakovsky scored twice and goalie Philipp Grubauer made 31 saves in his return from injury as visiting Colorado beat struggling Calgary. Grubauer was back after missing five games with a lower-body injury for the Avalanche, who have won five of their past six games. Wild 4, Sabres 1 Zach Parise netted two first-period goals to power Minnesota past host Buffalo, marking the 49th multiple-goal game of his 15-year career. Jason Zucker tallied an empty-net goal and an assist, Jonas Brodin scored, and Alex Stalock made 30 saves for the Wild. Brandon Montour scored, and Linus Ullmark stopped 22 shots for Buffalo. Golden Knights 4, Maple Leafs 2 Cody Glass recorded a goal and an assist to help Vegas defeat Toronto in Las Vegas. Mark Stone, Tomas Nosek and Cody Eakin also scored for the Golden Knights. Max Pacioretty had two assists, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves. Jason Spezza had a goal and an assist, Zach Hyman also scored, and Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for the Maple Leafs. Disappointing Maple Leafs fire coach Mike Babcock The reeling Toronto Maple Leafs sacked coach Mike Babcock on Wednesday, replacing him with minor league coach Sheldon Keefe. "Today, we made the decision to relieve Mike Babcock of his coaching duties and named Sheldon Keefe our new head coach," Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan said. "Over parts of the last five seasons, Mike has played an integral role in changing the direction of our franchise. "Mike's commitment and tireless work ethic has put our organization in a better place and we are extremely grateful and appreciative of the foundation he has helped us build here." Toronto made the Stanley Cup playoffs in each of the past three seasons, but failed to make it out of the Eastern Conference first round. This season the Leafs have a record of nine wins, 10 defeats and four draws and in their last six games had endured a shoot-out defeat followed by five regulation-time losses. Babcock, who won the Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings in 2008 and returned to the finals the following season, was hired by Toronto in May 2015. He reportedly signed an eight-year deal worth $50 million. Keefe was in his fifth season coaching the American hockey League's Toronto Marlies. He led the club to the best record in the AHL twice and the Calder Cup Championship in 2018. "At this time, we collectively felt that it was best to make a change to Sheldon Keefe," Shanahan said. "Sheldon's record with the Marlies in terms of development and on-ice success during his time in our organization has compelled us all to feel that he is the right person to take us to the next stage in our evolution." — Agencies
