An overview of the March 6 games in the NHL

Jared McCann broke a 3-3 tie when he scored the only goal of the third period and it resulted in a 4-3 win for the Pittsburgh Penguins over the Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena.

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The Penguins thus win this three-game series of the Battle of Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh won the first inning on Tuesday, but the Flyers tied the game on Thursday.

McCann, who was on his fifth goal of the season, found the back of the net at 10:41 of the third. It allowed the Penguins to win a ninth game in 11 outings at home since the start of the campaign (9-2-0). Brandon Tanev prepared that goal, just as he collected the first assist on the fourth goal of Zach Aston-Reese, which tied 3-3 at 6:10 pm of the second engagement.

Other goals for the home team came from Evgeni Malkin (5th), who also added an assist, and Bryan Rust (8th). They both scored during a power play. Sidney Crosby and Jake guentzel They also had a game of two assists each.

Video: Malkin wins

Travis Konecny scored his sixth goal in addition to amassing an assist from the Flyers (12-6-3), who have suffered only a second loss in their last six games (4-2-0). Kevin Hayes, his eighth, and Shayne Gostisbehere, his third, also scored for the losers, while Scott Laughton amassed two helpers.

Tristan Jarry made 19 saves in the win and Brian Elliott blocked 23 shots.

Philadelphia was deprived of the defender’s services Philippe Myers, who was injured Thursday in a collision with Anthony Angello, of the Penguins.

Sabres 2, Islanders 5

Mathew Barzal scored the first goal in an unanswered four-goal push in the second period, so the New York Islanders were able to go for a fourth straight victory, 5-2 against the Buffalo Sabers at Nassau Coliseum .

The Islanders (14-6-4) were trailing 1-0 when Barzal started the comeback with his ninth goal of the season at 3:51 of the second period. Brock Nelson, with its seventh at 5:16, Cal Clutterbuck, his second at 8:45, and Scott Mayfield, his second at 15:29, then scored to give the home side a 4-1 lead.

Anders Lee scored the winners’ fifth goal at 2:15 of the third, giving them the cushion to sign a sixth win in their seven most recent outings (6-0-1) and a ninth triumph in 11 home games this season (9-0-2).

Video: Barzal amazes the gallery in the victory of his family

Barzal and Mayfield each added an assist while Semyon Varlamov blocked 20 shots.

Jacob Bryson scored his first NHL goal at 0:33 of the first period and Sam Reinhart scored his ninth of the season, 0:52 of the third, for the Sabers (6-13-3). They suffered a sixth straight setback (0-5-1).

Carter Hutton made 24 saves en route to an eighth loss in nine decisions (1-7-1).

Rangers 6, Devils 3

Filip Chytil and Julien gauthier participated in a three-goal push that put the New York Rangers off the New York Devils and win 6-3 at the Prudential Center.

It was tied 2-2 when Chytil prepared for the fourth goal of the season. Kevin Rooney at 17:06 of the first period. After seeing Libor Hajek register his first of the season for a 4-2 lead to the Rangers (10-9-3), Chytil went from there with his third goal of the campaign at 8:38 of the third for a priority of 5-2. Gauthier took part in this net, as did Rooney’s.

Ryan Strome scored his seventh and eighth goals of the season, completing his brace late in the game in a deserted cage, while Adam Fox registered a goal and an assist. Strome has four goals and seven assists for a total of 11 points in his last eight outings.

Alexandar Georgiev rejected 24 shots to help the New York team to sign a third straight win and a sixth in its last eight meetings (6-2-0).

Video: A balanced attack allows the Rangers to win

P.K. Subban, his second, and Mikhail Maltsev, his third, allowed the Devils (7-11-2) to close a 2-0 deficit in the first engagement. Nathan Bastian narrowed the lead to 5-3 at 5:48 p.m. of the third but New Jersey couldn’t do more, suffering a fifth straight setback, their longest streak of their kind this season.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 22 saves.

Panthers 6, Predators 2

Noel acciari scored a hat trick and Jonathan huberdeau scored a goal and an assist in a 6-2 win for the Florida Panthers over the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena.

Acciari, who was on his first three goals of the season, gave the Panthers a 4-1 lead (15-4-4) with two consecutive goals at 11:17 and 18:46 of the second period, then he completed the score at 16:58 of the third. He was on his third career hat trick, he who scored the other two in December 2019.

Huberdeau scored his 10th goal of the season in addition to participating in Acciari’s third. Frank Vatrano (eighth) and Aaron Ekblad (ninth) also had a game of one goal and one assist. The latter was in a second strong game in a row against the Predators (10-14-0), who had totaled two goals and two assists on Tuesday.

Keith Yandle had two assists, while Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves in net for Florida, which has not suffered loss in regulation in its five most recent outings (3-0-2).

Eeli Tolvanen, his fourth, and Viktor Arvidsson, his third, responded for Nashville, which suffered a third straight loss. Filip Forsberg had two assists.

Pekka Rinne made 26 saves.

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