Sutter brace caps Penguins rally

Brandon Sutter scored twice as the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat the Boston Bruins 3-2.

Chris Kunitz began the comeback at 13:42 in the third after goals from Zdeno Chara and Tyler Seguin had seemingly put Boston in control in the first.

Sidney Crosby saw his scoring streak halted at eight games.

Steven Samkos scored his NHL-leading 20th goal of the season as the Tampa Bay Lightning edged out the Florida Panthers 3-2.

Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St Louis also scored for the Lightning, despite the team registering just 13 shots.

Kris Versteeg and Tomas Kopecky tallied for the Panthers, who were level in the third before Stamkos' intervention.

Marcus Foligno netted twice to help the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers.

Thomas Vanek also scored for Buffalo while Derek Stepan got the Rangers on the board.

Pekka Rinne got his fifth shutout of the season as the Nashville Predators beat the Dallas Stars 4-0.

Riley Nash scored twice in the Carolina Hurricanes' 4-0 win over the Washington Capitals and the St Louis Blues overcame the San Jose Sharks 4-2.

Mikkel Boedker had two goals to help the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 and Blake Wheeler did likewise in the Winnipeg Jets' 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 following a shootout, the Anaheim Ducks were 2-1 winners over the Minnesota Wild and the Edmonton Oilers eased past the Colorado Avalanche 4-0.