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Nosek helps

Golden Knights

beat Islanders 3-2

By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Tomas Nosek scored the tiebreaking
goal early in the third period and the surging Vegas Gold-
en Knights beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Wednes-
day night.
Jonathan Marchessault and William Karlsson also scored
to help the Golden Knights win for the 10th time in 13
games. Marc-Andre Fleury, making his 11th straight start,
stopped 23 shots to take over the NHL victory lead with
18.
Anthony Beauvillier and Adam Pelech scored for New
York. The Islanders have lost six of eight. Robin Lehner fin-
ished with 14 saves to fall to 0-4-2 in his last seven appear-
ances.
Nosek put Vegas ahead when he jumped on the re-
bound of a shot by Oscar Lindberg and put it in for his
third 3:32 into the third. New York Islanders right wing Cal Clutterbuck (15) plays the puck against Vegas Golden Knights
BLACKHAWKS 6, PENGUINS 3 left wing Tomas Nosek during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Dec.12,
CHICAGO (AP) — Jonathan Toews had a goal and two 2018, in New York.
assists, and the Blackhawks snapped an eight-game los- Associated Press
ing streak.
Marcus Kruger, Brent Seabrook, Andreas Martinsen, Bran-
don Saad each had a goal and an assist for Chicago.
Alex DeBrincat scored a power-play goal, and Corey
Crawford made 40 saves.
Toews became the 16th active player to reach 700 ca-
reer points with the same franchise. He assisted on Saad’s
empty-netter for his 701st point.
Kruger snapped a 3-all tie when he beat Casey DeSmith
from the front of the crease 3:49 into the third period.
Bryan Rust scored three times for Pittsburgh in his second
career hat trick.
DeSmith blocked 23 shots in his sixth straight start.
FLAMES 6, FLYERS 5, OT
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau scored 35
seconds into overtime, lifting the Flames to the win.
Calgary trailed 5-3 before Sean Monahan and Rasmus
Andersson scored in the final 68 seconds of third period.
Gaudreau then secured the Flames’ sixth win in seven
games with his 13th goal of the season.
Matthew Tkachuk had four assists for the Flames (20-10-
2), who leapfrogged idle Nashville for the top spot in the
Western Conference. Monahan had two goals and an
assist, and Gaudreau and Mark Giordano each had a
goal and two assists.
Philadelphia (12-13-4) lost for the third time in four games.
Sean Couturier had two goals and an assist for the Flyers
in his return to the lineup after missing two games with a
lower-body injury.
Travis Sanheim, James van Riemsdyk and Dale Weise also
scored.
DUCKS 6, STARS 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ondrej Kase scored three times
for Anaheim in his first NHL hat trick, and Brandon Montour
had four points in the third period.
Anaheim trailed 3-2 midway through the third before
scoring three goals in a three-minute span for its fifth win
in six games.
Kase pounced on a loose puck in front and put it past
Ben Bishop at 10:45. Montour, who also had three assists,
gave Anaheim the lead 81 seconds later when he had a
wide-open net after Bishop was knocked down by one of
his own players.
Miro Heiskanen, Blake Comeau and Alexander Radulov
scored for Dallas, which has dropped its last two after
winning four straight. Bishop made 30 saves.q