Sidney Crosby broke Mario Lemieux’s Pittsburgh franchise career record for assists on Michael Bunting’s power-play goal and the host Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Sunday.

Crosby has 1,034 assists, good for 12th in NHL history. Only three players — Ray Bourque, Wayne Gretzky and Steve Yzerman — have more assists with a single team. The 37-year-old Crosby has played 1,310-regular-season games. Lemieux played 915.

Philip Tomasino added the deciding power-play goal in the third for Pittsburgh, which has 14 goals with the man advantage in its last 13 games. Anthony Beauvillier also scored to help the Penguins win for the seventh time in their last eight home games.

Anders Lee scored two third-period goals for the Islanders, who fell behind 3-0 before their rally fell short.

RED WINGS 4, CAPITALS 2: Patrick Kane reached the 1,300-point mark and Todd McLellan won for the first time as Detroit’s coach in the host Red Wings’ victory over Washington.

Kane, who needed two points to reach that mark, had a power-play goal and assist during Detroit’s four-goal first period.

Alex DeBrincat scored two goals and Lucas Raymond added another as the Red Wings snapped a four-game losing streak. Alex Lyon made 26 saves.

McLellan replaced Derek Lalonde prior to Friday’s loss to Toronto.

Alex Ovechkin scored for the second consecutive game after missing the previous 16 due to a fractured fibula. The Capitals star forward is 25 goals shy of passing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894.

SABRES 4, BLUES 2: Jason Zucker scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 9:30 remaining and visiting Buffalo notched its third straight victory by beating St. Louis.

Jiri Kulich extended the Sabres’ lead with a breakaway goal that went between Blues goalie Jordan Binnington’s legs with 3:41 to play.

Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist against his former team as the Sabres won in St. Louis for just the second time in 12 years to sweep the season series. Zucker had a goal and an assist, and Jack Quinn had two assists for Buffalo. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 35 shots.

Brayden Schenn and Nathan Walker scored for the Blues. Binnington had 12 saves.

Buffalo scored on two of its first three shots, including its first of the game.

CANADIENS 5, LIGHTNING 2: Jake Evans scored for the career-high fifth consecutive game and surging Montreal beat host Tampa Bay.

Christian Dvorak, Joel Armia, Brendan Gallagher and Alex Newhook also scored to help the Canadiens win for the fifth time in six games. Sam Montembeault made 21 saves.

Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel scored for the Lightning. Jonas Johansson stopped 31 shots.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, FLAMES 0: Brett Howden scored his 15th goal of the season and Ilya Samsonov stopped 31 shots as host Vegas defeated Calgary.

Howden redirected defenseman Alex Pietrangelo’s shot from the top of the slot late in the second period and is now tied with Ivan Barbashev for the team lead in goals. Howden has scored a goal in four of the last five games.

Victor Olofsson and Tanner Pearson also scored for the Golden Knights, who have shut out Calgary twice this season, beating them 5-0 on Oct. 28.

SENATORS 3, WILD 1: Josh Norris broke a tie on a power play with 7:18 left, Leevi Merilainen made 30 saves in his fifth NHL game and visiting Ottawa beat Minnesota.

The Senators have won seven of their past nine games, while the Wild have lost five of their past seven.

Frederick Gaudreau opened the scoring for Minnesota late in the first period. Ridly Greig tied it early in the second.

Claude Giroux added an empty-netter.

STARS 5, BLACKHAWKS 1: Matt Duchene and Jamie Benn each had a goal and two assists and visiting Dallas beat Chicago.

Jason Robertson, Evgenii Dadonov and Wyatt Johnston each had a goal and an assist for the Stars, who had lost three of four. Jake Oettinger made 24 saves.

The Blackhawks dropped their fourth consecutive game.

Connor Bedard scored his 10th goal for Chicago. Arvid Soderblom made 26 stops.