NHL roundup: Jets rally past Penguins to stay unbeaten

Mason Appleton had a goal and an assist in the third period and the Winnipeg Jets beat the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Sunday.

Mark Scheifele scored his fifth goal for the Jets, who have won five straight to start the season. Nikolaj Ehlers, Josh Morrissey and Colin Miller had two assists apiece, and Eric Comrie made 39 saves in his first start of the season.

Lars Eller scored twice for the Penguins and Alex Nedeljkovic made 31 saves in his first start of the season. Rookie Joel Blomqvist was the backup and Tristan Jarry was a healthy scratch.

Adam Lowry, Appleton and Nino Niederreiter scored in the third period to help Winnipeg pull away late.

Avalanche 4, Sharks 1

Ross Colton scored twice and Cale Makar added one goal and two assists as visiting Colorado defeated San Jose.

Joel Kiviranta scored the other goal for the Avalanche, who won back-to-back games for the first time this season after snapping a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.

William Eklund scored the lone goal and Vitek Vanecek stopped 18 shots for the Sharks, who are winless in six games this season (0-4-2).

Kings 4, Ducks 1

Adrian Kempe and Alex Laferriere scored goals early in the third period to help lead visiting Los Angeles to a victory over Anaheim in the first game of the season in the Freeway Faceoff Series.

Kevin Fiala and Mikey Anderson added two empty-net goals to cap the four-goal third-period and seal it for Los Angeles, which won its second straight game. David Rittich finished with 14 saves for the Kings, who were playing the sixth game of a season-opening seven-game road trip necessitated by renovations at Crypto.com Arena.

Ryan Strome scored a goal and Lukas Dostal made 33 saves for Anaheim.

--Field Level Media