Recaps of last night's NHL games

BLUES 5, PENGUINS 2

ST. LOUIS – Paul Stastny had a goal and three assists, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Monday night.

Alexander Steen, Vladimir Tarasenko, Troy Brouwer and Kevin Shattenkirk also scored for the Blues, who have won four of five following a five-game losing streak. Brian Elliott made 36 saves.

Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz scored, and Kris Letang had two assists for the Penguins. They have lost three of four and five of seven. Jeff Zatkoff, making his first start since Dec. 31, stopped 20 shots.

OILERS 4, PANTHERS 2


SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Taylor Hall snapped a scoring drought with two goals, Cam Talbot stopped 30 shots and Edmonton added to Florida's slide.

Teddy Purcell had a goal and two assists for Edmonton, which led 3-0 after two periods and then withstood a Florida rally in the final 20 minutes. Jordan Eberle also scored for the Oilers.

Hall, who had an assist as well, scored just one goal in his previous 14 games.

Reilly Smith and Quinton Howden scored early in the third period for Florida, which has dropped four straight since winning 12 in a row. Al Montoya gave up three goals on the first seven shots he faced, and the Panthers had their club-record home winning streak snapped at seven games.

Since their winning streak, the Panthers have been outscored 16-5.

AVALANCHE 2, JETS 1

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Carl Soderberg had a goal and an assist to help Colorado defeat Winnipeg.

Jarome Iginla scored his 13th of the season and Semyon Varlamov made 36 saves for the Avalanche.

Joel Armia scored his second NHL goal for Winnipeg, and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 31 shots. The Jets again failed in an attempt to win a third straight game this season.

SABRES 2, COYOTES 1

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist, Chad Johnson made 26 saves and Buffalo beat struggling Arizona.

Jamie McGinn also scored and Rasmus Ristolainen had two assists for the Sabres, who have won two straight and four of five following a six-game skid.

Antoine Vermette's goal at 8:04 of the third period ended a scoreless drought of more than six periods for Arizona in its third straight loss. Louis Domingue stopped 26 shots in his first regulation defeat in 11 starts since taking over for injured Mike Smith.

Johnson made 11 saves in the first period when the Coyotes failed to score despite being on the power play for 6 minutes. Arizona went 0 for 5 with the man advantage.

SENATORS 4, SHARKS 3, SO

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Zack Smith tied the game with a short-handed penalty shot and Mika Zibanejad scored the lone goal in a shootout to help Ottawa rally past San Jose.

Max McCormick and Bobby Ryan scored to stake the Senators to a 2-0 lead, but Ottawa once again needed a late comeback two days after scoring four third-period goals to win 5-3 in Los Angeles.

Craig Anderson made 32 saves and helped kill a late penalty in overtime with the help of two pucks off the post. He was perfect in the shootout to earn the win.

Tomas Hertl, Logan Couture and Matt Nieto scored for the Sharks, who had their five-game winning streak snapped. Alex Stalock made 14 saves but was beaten by Zibanejad in the second round of the shootout.