NHL roundup: Penguins rout Hurricanes for 6th straight win

Jake Guentzel, Olli Maatta, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin also scored for
the Penguins, who have a six-game winning streak. Kessel assisted on the
game's first goal, so he had a three-point game. Guentzel, who assisted on
both of Kessel's goals, and Malkin also each had three points.

It continued a special week for the Kessel family. The Pittsburgh right
winger's sister, Amanda Kessel, was one of the standouts for the U.S. goal
medal team in the Olympics.

The Hurricanes have gone 0-3-1 across their last four games after they had
moved into playoff position in the Eastern Conference.

Jets 4, Blues 0

Connor Hellebuyck had 34 saves en route to his sixth shutout of the season to
help lead Winnipeg past host St. Louis.

Hellebuyck, making his 10th straight start, also finished with his 32nd win of
the season, second only to Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy, who has 35. It also
was the 12th shutout of his career.

Blake Wheeler and Kyle Connor each had a goal and an assist, Patrik Laine and
Nic Petan scored goals and Mark Scheifele added a pair of assists for
Winnipeg, which was playing its first road game since a 4-3 shootout loss at
Anaheim on Jan. 25, a span of 28 days. The Jets remained in second place in
the Central Division but closed to within two points of first-place Nashville.

Wild 4, Rangers 1

Eric Staal and Mikael Granlund registered two goals and assists apiece as
Minnesota beat New York at Madison Square Garden.

Staal recorded his 13th career game with at least four points and first since
March 8, 2015, when he played for Carolina. Granlund tied a career high with
his second career four-point game.

For most of the game, Granlund had his third career hat trick. He was credited
with Minnesota's second first-period goal until a scoring change with about a
minute left gave the tally to Staal.

Blackhawks 3, Sharks 1

Goaltender Jean-Francois Berube made 42 saves to earn his first victory in
more than a year, and host Chicago held off San Jose.

Jan Rutta, Nick Schmaltz and Artem Anisimov each scored one goal apiece for
the Blackhawks. Chicago won back-to-back games for the first time since
January.

Timo Meier scored the lone goal for the Sharks. San Jose lost its second game
in as many nights.

--Field Level Media