Phil Kessel scored the shootout winner in the Pittsburgh Penguins› 3-2 NHL victory over the Edmonton Oilers Friday night. Marc-Andre Fleury made 40 saves, Nick Bonino and Evgeni Malkin scored in regulation for Pittsburgh, while Sidney Crosby had a goal in the shootout. The Penguins have won four games in a row. David Desharnais and Connor McDavid countered for Edmonton, with McDavid getting the Oilers› lone goal in the tiebreaker. They have lost two straight. Pittsburgh opened the scoring six minutes into the first period. Oilers goalie Cam Talbot was down on a rebound, allowing Scott Wilson to feed it in front and give Bonino an easy goal. The Penguins went up 2-0 with 2 1/2 minutes to play in the second. A shot got behind Talbot and was rolling slowly into the net before McDavid tried to kick the puck to safety, only to have it hit Talbot›s pads and go in. Malkin was credited with the goal. Edmonton cut into the lead five minutes into the second period when Desharnais poked a loose puck under Fleury for his first goal with the Oilers. The Oilers tied it 13 minutes into the second when McDavid made no mistake on a rebound opportunity, scoring his 23rd goal of the season and 75th point. Blues 4, Ducks 3: Joel Edmundson scored the game-winner with 19 seconds left and Vladimir Tarasenko and Paul Stastny each had a goal and an assist to lead St. Louis over Anaheim. Ryan Reaves also scored for the Blues and goalie Jake Allen had 23 saves. Rickard Rakell, Chris Wagner and Jakob Silfverberg scored for the Ducks. Goalie John Gibson had 31 saves. Wild 7, Panthers 4: Zach Parise scored the go-ahead goal with 5:07 left in the third period as Minnesota defeated Florida at the BB&T Center. The Wild broke got two goals by Eric Staal and one each by Jason Zucker and Jason Pominville before Michael Granlund and Charlie Coyle scored into an empty net. Jonathan Marchessault, Mark Pysyk, Jaromir Jagr and Aleksander Barkov scored for The Panthers. For Jagr, it was career goal No. 762. Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 2: Tomas Tatar scored twice and Jimmy Howard made 24 saves for the win in his first appearance of 2017, as Detroit downed Chicago. Xavier Ouellet and Andreas Athanasiou also scored for the Red Wings. Artemi Panarin and Trevor Van Riemsdyk scored for the Blackhawks. Blue Jackets 4, Sabres 3: Boone Jenner›s goal with 5:07 remaining in regulation lifted Columbus over Buffalo. David Savard, Nick Foligno and Sam Gagner also scored for the Blue Jackets. Evan Rodrigues, Josh Gorges and Rasmus Ristolainen scored for the Sabres. — Agencies
