NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins thrash Buffalo Sabres; Wins for NY Islanders and Tampa Bay

The Pittsburgh Penguins extended their winnings streak to seven games after a 6-1 rout over the Buffalo Sabres.

Sidney Crosby registered five assists, as Kris Letang (two), Patric Hornqvist (two) and Robert Bortuzzo all scored for the Eastern Conference Atlantic leaders.

National Hockey League:

Arizona Coyotes 0 New York Islanders 1
Buffalo Sabres 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 6
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 Tampa Bay Lightning 7
Dallas Stars 3 San Jose Sharks 5
Florida Panthers 4 Calgary Flames 6
Los Angeles Kings 5 Vancouver Canucks 1
Montreal Canadiens 4 Minnesota Wild 1
Ottawa Senators 1 Winnipeg Jets 2
Philadelphia Flyers 4 Colorado Avalanche 3
St Louis Blues 1 Nashville Predators 2
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 New York Rangers 4
Washington Capitals 4 Carolina Hurricanes 3.

The New York Islanders have stayed in touch after Frans Nielsen scored the only goal with just two minutes left in their match against the Arizona Coyotes.

Tampa Bay Lightening picked up their fifth win in a row after a 7-4 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

JT Brown, Cedric Paquette, Anton Stralman, Brian Boyle, Ryan Callahan and a brace from Tyler Johnson saw the Eastern Conference Atlantic Division side to victory.

Montreal Canadiens are level on points with Tampa after they were 4-1 winners over the Minnesota Wild thanks to goals from Brendan Gallagher, Lars Eller, Jiri Sekac (two) and Max Pacioretty.

Nashville are a point clear of St Louis in the Western Conference Central Division after the Predators came from behind to beat theSt Louis Blues 2-1, with Filip Forsberg and James Neal on target.

Vancouver Canucks failed to take advantage of Pacific Conference leaders Anaheim Ducks' defeat on Friday night as they were soundly beaten 5-1 at the Los Angeles Kings, for who Marian Gaborik, Jake Muzzin, Anze Kopitar, Tyler Toffoli and Jeff Carter were on target.

Flame move level

Calgary Flame moved level on points with the Canucks after a 6-4 triumph over the Florida Pantherswith third period goals from Sean Monahan, Lance Bouma and Johnny Grandeau sealing victory.

Leo Komarov was the Toronto Blue Jays hero as his late strike led his side to a 5-4 win over the New York Rangers.

Rangers took the lead through Chris Kreider, before Toronto went 3-1 ahead thanks to Phil Kessel, Peter Holland and Richard Panik's goals.

Matz Zuccarello reduced the arrears before goals from Carl Hagelin and Rick Nash, put Rangers ahead in Canada.

However, the hosts were not done as Roman Polak then Komarov secured victory.

In the days other matches, Winnipeg Jets beat Ottawa Senators 2-1, Philadelphia Flyers were 4-3 winners over the Colorado Avalanche, Washington Capitals claimed a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes and San Jose Sharks won 5-3 against the Dallas Stars.