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PITTSBURGH — Jordan Staal scored the winning goal with 18.4 seconds left in overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-1 win over the Los Angles Kings on Thursday night.
Neither team had scored since the first period and it appeared a shootout was on the way. Staal ended that when he ripped a shot past Jonathan Quick for his fourth goal and give the Penguins a needed burst of good news in a tumultuous week.
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby stopped by the morning skate and said there is no timetable for his return from a concussion. The Penguins have been gutted by injury and played four callups plucked from the minors on Thursday morning.
Flyers 2, Hurricanes 1
PHILADELPHIA — Jeff Carter and Danny Briere each scored a power-play goal, Brian Boucher stopped 31 shots and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Carolina Hurricanes.
Philadelphia took advantage of Carolina’s weak penalty-killing unit while improving to 13-3 in 2011. The Hurricanes were 23rd in the league against the power play entering Thursday’s games, 25th on the road.
Carolina’s Tuomo Ruutu was called for slashing late in the second period and Philadelphia made the most of the man advantage early in the third. Carter took a feed from Mike Richards and fired a wrist shot off Cam Ward’s glove and in to make it 1-0.
Devils 2, Maple Leafs 1
TORONTO — Ilya Kovalchuk scored at 4:36 of overtime and Devils coach Jacques Lemaire became eighth coach in NHL history to reach 600 wins in New Jersey’s victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Dainius Zubrus also scored for New Jersey (21-30-4), which improved to 11-1-2 in its past 14 games.
Sabres 3, Panthers 2
SUNRISE, Fla. — Tyler Myers scored at 4:55 in overtime to give the Buffalo Sabres a ictory over the Florida Panthers.
Myers’ slap shot from well above the right circle went over Tomas Vokoun’s left shoulder and into the net for his seventh goal of the season.
Islanders 4, Canadiens 3
MONTREAL — Kyle Okposo scored on New York’s fourth shootout attempt and Mikko Koskinen got his first NHL win in the Islanders’ victory over the Montreal Canadiens.
Koskinen, who lost his first career start Tuesday in Toronto, turned aside Montreal’s first four shots in the tiebreaker after stopping 37 shots during the game.
The Islanders failed to convert their first three attempts before Okposo shot past Alex Auld to hand the Canadiens’ their third straight loss.