Associated Press
The NHL roundup …
PITTSBURGH ó Cam Ward made 32 saves, Ray Whitney and Eric Staal scored and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 Tuesday night.
Ward, making his 13th consecutive start for Carolina, earned his 100th career victory for the Hurricanes, who won on consecutive nights after snapping a five-game losing streak.
League scoring leader Evgeni Malkin had a goal for Pittsburgh, the reigning Eastern Conference champion which fell into 10th place in the conference heading into the All-Star break.
The Hurricanes killed off four minutes of power-play time over the final 4:15 of the game after Tim Gleason was given a double-minor for high-sticking Malkin.
Ward stopped Malkin from point-blank range with 24.1 seconds to play and allowed one goal over 120 minutes of game action during about a 27-hour period. He stopped all 35 shots Monday night in Toronto.
The only goal he allowed Tuesday came 2:33 into the game, Malkin’s 19th of the season.
Whitney tied it at 14:30 with a power play of his own, a slap shot from the point that encountered traffic in front of the net.
It was the first goal Pittsburgh had allowed in 99 minutes, 52 seconds.
Staal scored the winner while standing all alone just to the left of Fleury eight minutes into the second, taking a pass from Justin Williams and redirecting it in for his 20th.
Thrashers 4, Canadiens 2
ATLANTA ó Rookie defenseman Zach Bogosian and Chris Thorburn each had a goal and an assist.
Tied for the NHL’s second-lowest points total with 37 when the night began, Atlanta won its third straight to snap Montreal’s two-game win streak.
Rangers 4, Ducks 2NEW YORK (AP) ó Markus Naslund scored on a power play and set up Scott Gomez’s man-advantage goal in the third period that snapped a tie.
The Rangers, playing their first home game following a 3-1-1 trip, hopped back over the New Jersey Devils into first place in the Atlantic Division. New York is now off for a week for the NHL All-Star break.
Gomez also had an assist, Fredrik Sjostrom added a short-handed goal in the second period, and Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves for his 24th win.
Senators 3, Capitals 2
OTTAWAó Brendan Bell scored Ottawa’s third power-play goal of the game with 1:22 remaining.
Kings 5, Wild 2
ST. PAUL, Minn. ó Kyle Calder had a goal and an assist to help Los Angeles end a four-game losing streak.