BOSTON (AP) Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton scored 25 seconds apart in the second period to put the San Jose Sharks ahead in a 5-4win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.
Joe Pavelski got the scoring started 42 seconds into the game for the Sharks and had two assists. Melker Karlsson had a goal and an assist, also in the big second period when the Sharks capitalized on a string of Bruin penalties.
Joonas Donskoi scored in the first period and Brent Burns had two assists for San Jose, which won its third straight.
Brad Marchand, Loui Eriksson, Patrice Bergeron and Tyler Randell each scored for Boston.
In Buffalo, New York, Valeri Nichushkin scored 51 seconds into the game and Antti Niemi stopped 24 shots to help the Dallas Stars beat the Sabres 3-1.
Jason Spezza and Tyler Seguin also scored, and Dallas won a late coach’s challenge on the way to becoming the first NHL team to 15 wins this season. The Stars’ 30 points are tied with Montreal and the New York Rangers for tops in the league.
Ryan O’Reilly’s power-play goal with 6:57 to play broke Niemi’s shutout bid.
The Blue Jackets downed the St. Louis Blues 3-1 for their first three-game winning streak of the season after Brandon Saad scored twice.
Cody Goloubef also scored for Columbus, which has won five of its last seven games. Sergei Bobrovsky continues to recover from his poor start, making 19 saves.
Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin scored two goals and picked up two assists for his first four-point game in two seasons to lead the Penguins over the Minnesota Wild 4-3.
David Perron and Beau Bennett also scored for Pittsburgh, which rode Malkin’s inspired play to win for just the second time in five games. Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves as the Penguins, which lost defenseman Olli Maatta to an injury in the second period.
Mikael Granlund had a goal and an assist for the Wild.
In other games, Anze Kopitar scored in the shootout to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, P.A. Parenteau scored twice in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 5-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche and the Nashville Predators edged the Anaheim Ducks 3-2.
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