Blue Jackets 6, Penguins 2

Pittsburgh 1 1 0 — 2 Columbus 2 1 3 — 6

First Period: 1, Columbus, Aston-Reese 4 (Christiansen, Labanc), 2:20. 2, Columbus, Werenski 4 (Chinakhov, Fantilli), 8:39 (pp). 3, Pittsburgh, Beauvillier 6 (Crosby), 11:51.

Second Period: 4, Pittsburgh, Bunting 3 (O’Connor, Beauvillier), 12:06 (pp). 5, Columbus, Olivier 5 (Werenski, Fabbro), 16:27.

Third Period: 6, Columbus, Voronkov 2 (Marchenko, Monahan), 1:56. 7, Columbus, Severson 4 (Voronkov, Monahan), 9:49. 8, Columbus, Sillinger 3 (Provorov, Danforth), 15:32 (en).

Shots on goal: Pittsburgh 9-10-4: 23. Columbus 6-14-20: 40.

Power-play opportunities: Pittsburgh 1 of 4. Columbus 1 of 5.

Goalies: Pittsburgh, Jarry 1-2-0 (39 shots-34 saves). Columbus, Merzlikins 3-5-1 (23-21).

A: 18,348 (18,500). T: 2:26.

Referees: Francis Charron, Beaudry Halkidis; Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Dan Kelly.

Capitals 5, Avalanche 2

Washington 2 2 1 — 5 Colorado 1 1 0 — 2

First Period: 1, Colorado, Kelly 1 (Girard), 2:00. 2, Washington, Vrana 3 (Dubois, Ovechkin), 4:25 (pp). 3, Washington, McMichael 11 (van Riemsdyk, Wilson), 7:48.

Second Period: 4, Washington, McMichael 12, 1:53. 5, Colorado, Kovalenko 3 (Wood, Kelly), 4:03. 6, Washington, Chychrun 4 (Dubois), 9:21.

Third Period: 7, Washington, Sandin 3 (Carlson, Strome), 19:57 (en).

Shots on goal: Washington 5-8-7: 20. Colorado 5-9-5: 19.

Power-play opportunities: Washington 1 of 2. Colorado 0 of 1.

Goalies: Washington, Lindgren 4-4-0 (19 shots-17 saves). Colorado, Annunen 5-3-0 (6-3), Colorado, Miner 0-0-0 (13-12).

A: 18,083 (18,007). T: 2:32.

Referees: Brandon Blandina, Tom Chmielewski; Linesmen: Trent Knorr, Kilian McNamara.

Golden Knights 4, Utah 2

Vegas 0 1 3 — 4 Utah 1 1 0 — 2

First Period: 1, Utah, Cooley 3 (Maccelli, Guenther), 11:16.

Second Period: 2, Utah, Sergachev 4 (Keller, Kerfoot), 6:59 (pp). 3, Vegas, Hertl 6 (Eichel, Roy), 13:37 (pp).

Third Period: 4, Vegas, Hertl 7 (Karlsson, Eichel), 8:23 (pp). 5, Vegas, Karlsson 3 (Korczak, Schwindt), 18:42. 6, Vegas, Karlsson 4, 19:31.

Shots on goal: Vegas 9-9-11: 29. Utah 16-10-8: 34.

Power-play opportunities: Vegas 2 of 3. Utah 1 of 4.

Goalies: Vegas, Hill 8-3-1 (34 shots-32 saves). Utah, Vejmelka 1-4-0 (28-25).

A: 11,131 (18,300). T: 2:35.

Referees: Peter MacDougall, Kyle Rehman; Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, James Tobias.