BLUE JACKETS 6, PENGUINS 2

Zac Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov each had a goal and an assist, Elvis Merzlikins made 23 saves and Columbus snapped a sixgame skid with a victory over Pittsburgh on Friday night.

Zach Aston-Reese, Mathieu Olivier, Damon Severson and Cole Sillinger also scored for the Blue Jackets. They improved to 6-8-2 with their first victory since Oct. 30.

Anthony Beauvillier and Michael Bunting scored for Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry, starting for the first time since Oct. 16, made 34 saves. The Penguins have lost five of six to fall to 6-10-3.

Sean Monahan got the 300th assist of his career on Voronkov’s goal. He had two on the night. Merzlikins played the 200th game of his NHL career.

Defensive issues that have plagued the Penguins continued against Columbus. Sidney Crosby had an assist, but didn’t score and is still two goals short of 600 for his career.

The Blue Jackets scored at least three goals for the first time in seven games. They never trailed in beating a Metropolitan Division rival that has gotten the best of them more times than not.

Voronkov got his second goal of the season and put the Blue Jackets up by two when he scored from the doorstep early in the third period. Fifteen Blue Jackets players had points.

Both teams will be back in action on Friday night, with the Penguins hosting San Jose, and the Blue Jackets at Montreal.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, UTAH HOCKEY CLUB 2

William Karlsson tippedin the go-ahead goal with 1:13 left, and Vegas rallied.

Karlsson scored twice in the final 73 seconds, adding an empty-netter with 28.2 seconds left. Tomas Hertl had a pair of powerplay goals to help Vegas erase a two-goal deficit. Adin Hill made 32 saves for the Golden Knights. Logan Cooley and Mikhail Sergachev scored for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 25 saves. Cooley blasted in a 30-foot slap shot in the first period and Sergachev scored on a second-period power play to put Utah ahead 2-0. Hertl got Vegas on the board when he tapped in the puck later in the second and then tied it in the third on another close-range blast.