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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kevin Fiala broke a tie with 8:08 left with his 500th NHL point to help the Los Angeles Kings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Sunday to open a six-game trip.
Fiala got around defenseman Erik Karlsson and shot over goalie Sergei Murashov. Fiala also had an assist. The 29-year-old Swiss winger has 218 goals and 282 assists in 667 regular-season games with Nashville, Minnesota and Los Angeles.
Corey Perry tied it at 2 for the Kings at 4:49 of the third. He also had an assist.
Anze Kopitar also scored for Los Angeles, and Darcy Kuemper stopped 31 shots. The Kings improved to 7-5-4. They had lost three of four.
BLACKHAWKS 5, RED WINGS 1
DETROIT (AP) — Connor Bedard had a goal and two assists to lead Chicago to a win over Detroit.
Teuvo Teravainen, Tyler Bertuzzi and Oliver Moore also scored and Andre Burakovsky added an empty-net goal for the Blackhawks, who have won three straight. Arvid Soderblom made 45 saves and Artyom Levshunov had two assists, giving him four assists in his last three games.
Bedard scored on the power play 59 seconds in after Dylan Larkin was penalized for tripping. Bedard has three goals in his last three games.
STARS 2, KRAKEN 1
DALLAS (AP) — Tyler Seguin’s goal in the closing seconds of the first period held up as the winner and Casey DeSmith stopped 30 of 31 shots as Dallas beat Seattle.
Wyatt Johnston also scored for the Stars with his league-leading seventh power-play goal.
Jaden Schwartz ended a personal six-game goalless streak for the Kraken.
DeSmith won the matchup of reserve goalies with both teams completing a back-to-back after winning on the road on Saturday. Nine of his saves came during penalty kills.
Seattle third-string goalie Matt Murray made 22 saves in his second start of the season.
Dallas’ Miro Heiskanen had two assists giving him eight in the last three games and three consecutive multipoint games. Heiskanen also drew two of the Kraken’s four penalties.
SENATORS 4, MAMMOTH 2
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Leevi Merilainen made 29 saves in his third NHL start and Ottawa beat Utah, with both teams completing a back-to-back set.
On Saturday, the Mammoth fell 6-2 in Montreal, and the Senators outlasted the Flyers in 3-2 in overtime in Philadelphia.
Nick Cousins, Ridly Greig, Jordan Spence and Michael Amadio scored for Ottawa in the opener of a four-game homestand. Amadio has goals in his past four games.
Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller scored for Utah, and Vitek Vanecek made 21 saves.
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