Philadelphia Flyers beat the injury-hit Pittsburgh Penguins
Thursday 2 April 2015 11:09, UK
Brayden Schenn scored twice and Vincent Lecavalier added his first goal in nearly three months as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the injury-hit Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1.
Carlo Colaiacovo chipped in a rare goal for the Flyers, who ended a nine-game losing streak on the road and Steve Mason stopped 24 shots for Philadelphia to help seal a seventh straight win in Pittsburgh.
Sidney Crosby scored his 300th career goal for the Penguins and boosted his NHL-leading point total to 80, but Pittsburgh mustered little offense on a night the team played without injured stars Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves for the Penguins, who remained tied with the New York Islanders for second place in the Metropolitan Division.
Andrew Cogliano and Francois Beauchemin each had a goal and an assist as Anaheim clinched their third straight Pacific Division title with a 5-1 win over Edmonton.
Corey Perry, Nate Thompson and Simon Despres also scored in the fourth straight win for the NHL-leading Ducks, who became the first team to wrap up a division race with their eighth victory in 10 games overall.
Frederik Andersen made 22 saves, and Jakob Silfverberg had a career-high three assists in a dominant effort by the Ducks, who lead Nashville by four points for home-ice advantage throughout the Western Conference playoffs.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored and Ben Scrivens stopped 22 shots for the 28th-place Oilers, whose three-game winning streak ended.
Matt Moulson and Matt Ellis scored in the third period as Buffalo rallied to beat Toronto 4-1.
The Sabres overcame a 3-1 second-period deficit and won their second straight match, inching closer to moving out of last place in the NHL. Zac Dalpe and Cody Hodgson were also on target.
Ellis added an assist, and Brian Gionta set up two goals for Buffalo to move to within two points of 29th-place Arizona while James van Riemsdyk, Eric Brewer and Nazem Kadri also scored for Toronto.
