Boston — The Boston Bruins are getting scoring from their top three lines and have three 20-goal scorers to prove it.
Bill Guerin scored his team-leading 24th goal and added two assists as the Bruins beat the Los Angeles Kings, 5-0, on Thursday night for their third straight victory.
"We are scoring a lot of goals right now," Bruins forward Joe Thornton said. "Murray has been awesome and Stumpel has been playing great."
Glen Murray and Jozef Stumpel, both former Kings, combined for four points as Boston snapped a six-game winless streak against Los Angeles.
The Kings were coming off an impressive three-game road sweep against the New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders and New York Rangers.
Murray who has 20 goals, has also scored in five straight games with 16 points in the last eight. Brian Rolston has 21 goals for Boston.
Martin Lapointe and Guerin scored to give the Bruins a 2-0 lead midway through the first period. Sergei Samsonov made it 3-0 when he rebounded a shot by Murray and flipped the puck over the shoulder of Felix Potvin at 4:20 of the second.
Penguins 2, Sabres 0
Buffalo, N.Y. Johan Hedberg stopped 36 shots for Pittsburgh. Stephane Richer's goal 46 seconds into the game stood up as the game-winner as the Penguins snapped a five-game road winless streak (0-3-2), and won for only the third time in their last 14 games.
Flyers 3, Devils 2
Philadelphia Jiri Dopita and Keith Primeau scored within a 40-second span of the second period as the Flyers won their fifth straight at home. Donald Brashear also scored for the Flyers, who increased their Atlantic Division lead to four points over the idle New York Rangers, who visit Philadelphia on Saturday.
Canadiens 4, Islanders 0
Montreal Oleg Petrov and Mike Ribeiro scored first period power-play goals and Jose Theodore stopped 26 shots to lead Montreal. Canadiens defenseman Patrick Traverse was taken to a hospital with a head injury after being checked into the boards by Michael Peca with 6:06 remaining in the second period. A team spokesman said Traverse was conscious and able to move his arms and legs after being taken to a hospital.
Wild 2, Predators 2, OT
Nashville, Tenn. Sergei Zholtok scored twice in the second period as Minnesota skated to a tie against Nashville Predators. The Predators scored their goals in the second period, too, with Denis Arkhipov bringing Nashhville even at 1-all at 15:25, and Greg Johnson evening the score again at 16:46.
Blackhawks 2, Blue Jackets 1
Chicago Eric Daze and Steve Dubinsky scored and Steve Passmore stopped 20 shots as Chicago defeated Columbus. Michael Nylander had two assists for Chicago, which has won seven of its last eight games. Passmore, making just his sixth start of the season, earned his second win.
Hurricanes 4, Oilers 1
Edmonton, Alberta Bates Battaglia scored two goals as Carolina ended a three-game losing streak. Battaglia put the Hurricanes ahead in the first period, and Jeff O'Neill made it 2-0 in the second period. The Southeast Division-leading Hurricanes (21-16-5-5) went 2-for-4 on the power play. The Oilers (23-15-6-2) were 0-for-5 and are 2-3-1-0 in their last six games.
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