Pittsburgh — Olli Maatta and Matt Cullen scored 11 seconds apart in the first period, Matt Murray stopped 33 shots and the surging Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Winnipeg Jets, 4-0, on Friday night for their eighth straight victory.
Maatta picked up his first goal since last March when his power-play goal beat Connor Hellebuyck 14:19 into the first period and Cullen added his fourth when Zach Aston-Reese’s centering pass went airborne and caromed off Cullen’s left shoulder and into the net.
Hurricanes 4, Blue Jackets 2
Raleigh, n.c. — Greg McKegg had a goal and an assist in his Carolina debut and the Hurricanes defeated Columbus. McKegg was recalled from Charlotte of the AHL on an emergency basis earlier Friday after Carolina placed Jordan Staal on injured reserve.
Red Wings 4, Predators 3 (ot)
Detroit— Dylan Larkin scored with 24.9 seconds left in overtime as Detroit won for the first time in seven games.
Andreas Athanasiou, Thomas Vanek and Tyler Bertuzzi also scored for Detroit, which had gone 0-4-2 in its last six games. Jimmy Howard stopped 27 shots.
