NHL roundup: Sharks win 6th straight

The
Canucks took their fourth loss in five games.

Kane now has five goals in his past three games and 15 goals in 16 games since
Jan. 1. Tomas Hertl, Joe Pavelski and Melker Karlsson each provided a goal and
an assist for San Jose. Timo Meier and Kevin Labanc also tallied for the
Sharks.

San Jose veteran Joe Thornton recorded his 1,050th career assist, overtaking
Gordie Howe for ninth place on the NHL's all-time helper list. Logan Couture
had two assists for the Sharks, who got 25 saves from Martin Jones.

Bo Horvat and Derrick Pouliot scored for the Canucks. Vancouver goalie Mikey
DiPietro, 19, stopped 17 of 24 in his NHL debut.

Penguins 4, Flyers 1

Sidney Crosby had one goal and two assists while Nick Bjugstad, Jake Guentzel
and Kris Letang each scored one goal to lift Pittsburgh to a win at
Philadelphia.

Matt Murray stopped a career-high 50 shots as the Penguins snapped a four-game
losing streak.

Jake Voracek scored for the Flyers, who had won nine of 10 games coming in
with a 10-game streak of securing points. Philadelphia goaltender Carter Hart
made 24 saves and had a personal eight-game winning streak broken.

Capitals 6, Kings 4

Evgeny Kuznetsov finished with two goals and two assists while linemate Alex
Ovechkin added one goal and two assists as Washington defeated visiting Los
Angeles.

The Capitals completed a 4-1-1 homestand while the Kings closed out a 3-2-1
road trip. Brett Connelly, Christian Djoos and Jakub Vrana also scored for
Washington. Los Angeles got two tallies from Austin Wagner and one apiece from
Tyler Toffoli and Oscar Fantenberg.

Washington goalie Pheonix Copley made 29 saves in the win. Los Angeles'
Jonathan Quick stopped 25 shots.

--Field Level Media