Chris Kunitz was Pittsburgh's match-winner as they saw off the LA Kings 3-2 in the National Hockey League on Saturday.
Pittsburgh win late; Boston romp to victory
Chris Kunitz was Pittsburgh's match-winner as they saw off the LA Kings 3-2 in the National Hockey League on Saturday.
Kunitz equalised with less than three minutes to go in normal time and then bagged the winner in the fourth round of the ensuing shoot-out.
It was the Kings' fourth defeat in a row.
Elsewhere, the Boston Bruins posted a crushing 7-0 win at the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Tyler Seguin scored a hat-trick and Milan Lucic scored twice as the Stanley Cup winners shut-out the home side, with Tim Thomas keeping out all 25 shots on his goal.
Second-period goals from Dany Heatley and Guillaume Latendresse saw the Minnesota Wild beat the St Louis Blues 2-1.
Derek Roy's goal in the sixth round of the shoot-out gave the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators.
Overtime
Adam Henrique scored in overtime, his second goal of the night, as the New Jersey Devils edged out the Winnipeg Jets 3-2.
The Detroit Red Wings ended a six-game run without a win with a 5-0 defeat of the Anaheim Ducks, with Nicklas Lidstrom scoring twice and Jimmy Howard registering a 22-shot shut-out.
Sean Couturier netted twice in the Philadelphia Flyers' 9-2 rout of the Columbus Blue Jackets, while the Montreal Canadiens' four-match winning run ended with a 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
The New York Islanders rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 and end a six-game losing streak, while the Edmonton Oilers' winning run ended on six as they went down 4-2 to Phoenix - the 100th win in 177 games for Coyotes coach Dave Tippett.
David Legwand scored his second goal of the game to earn the Nashville Predators a 4-3 overtime victory over the San Jose Sharks.
