(MENAFN- Gulf Times) The Pittsburgh Penguins scored three goals in the second period Friday night and went on to beat the reeling New York Islanders at Barclays Center, 4-0.
Daniel Sprong opened the scoring in the second and added an insurance goal in the third. Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby scored later in the second for the Penguins (21-19-3), whose fifth win in the last 13 games pulled them within a point of the idle Carolina Hurricanes for the second Eastern Conference wild card spot.
Crosby had assists on the Penguins' other three goals, and goalie Tristan Jarry stopped all 31 shots he faced in recording his second career shutout.
The Islanders (20-18-4) have lost a season-high five straight games, during which they've been outscored 25-8. New York may have absorbed an even bigger loss in the second period when star centre Josh Bailey left with a lower body injury. Bailey earned NHL second star honours in December.
Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak recorded 34 saves.
Meanwhile, Reilly Smith scored a breakaway goal with 6:05 remaining to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday in Chicago.
Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson, Alex Tuch and Cody Eakin also scored goals for the Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights. Smith added two assists as Vegas rebounded from its first loss in 35 days in St Louis on Thursday night, a setback that stopped an eight-game winning streak.
Vegas' Malcolm Subban stopped 28 shots for his seventh consecutive win.
Vinnie Hinostroza, Patrick Sharp, Nick Schmaltz and Jonathan Toews scored for Chicago, which rallied from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to take a 4-3 lead early in the third period on Toews' goal before the Golden Knights rallied to pull it out.
Jacob Trouba and Blake Wheeler both finished with a goal and an assist as Winnipeg scored a victory over Buffalo in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Dustin Byfuglien and Bryan Little each added a goal for the Jets, who improved to 4-0-1 in the past five games.
Buffalo's Marco Scandella got his first goal of the season, and Johan Larsson and Scott Wilson each posted a goal. The Sabres' Jason Pominville and Evan Rodrigues had two assists apiece.
Matt Duchene scored seven seconds into overtime, giving Ottawa a come-from-behind, 6-5 victory over visiting San Jose.
Duchene won the overtime's opening faceoff, then scored at the end of a two-on-one with Mike Hoffman. Duchene finished with two goals and one assist. Hoffman added one goal and three assists, while Mark Stone had a goal plus two helpers for Ottawa.
Tomas Hertl scored two goals for the Sharks, who led 4-1 and then seemed to be in control with a 5-2 edge heading into the third period.
Anthony Mantha scored a tiebreaking goal on the power play with 11:57 remaining in the third period, leading Detroit past visiting Florida.
The Red Wings extended their season-best winning streak to four games. The Panthers lost their second in a row after a five-game winning streak ended against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.
Detroit also got goals from Andreas Athanaiou, Tomas Tatar and Gustav Nyqvist. Michael Matheson and Aleksander Barkov scored for Florida.
Visiting Pittsburgh scored three goals in the second period and went on to beat reeling New York.
Daniel Sprong opened the scoring in the second and added an insurance goal in the third. Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby scored later in the second for the Penguins, who earned their fifth win in the past 13 games.
Crosby had assists on the Penguins' other three goals, and goalie Tristan Jarry stopped all 31 shots he faced in recording his second career shutout.
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