MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal defenseman P.K. Subban was taken off the ice on a stretcher after being hit on the side of the head by a teammate, overshadowing the Canadiens' 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Thursday night.
The Canadiens said Subban was taken to a hospital for further testing and that he had normal movement in his extremities.
Subban was injured late in the third period when teammate Alexei Emelin ran into him, knocking him on the side of the head with his back side while retrieving the puck in Montreal's corner. Subban was nearly motionless on the ice for about 10 minutes while doctors and trainers tended to him.
Alex Galchenyuk scored twice for the Canadiens, Torrey Mitchell added a goal, and Mike Condon made 36 saves for his 17th victory of the season, best among rookie goaltenders.
Nicolas Deslauriers and Brian Gionta scored for Buffalo, and Robin Lehner stopped 31 shots.
PANTHERS 6, SENATORS 2
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jaromir Jagr scored twice and Vincent Trocheck had a goal and three assists to lead Florida.
Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and an assist, and Aaron Ekblad and Jussi Jokinen also scored for the Panthers. Roberto Luongo stopped 26 shots.
Erik Karlsson and Zack Smith scored for Ottawa, which has lost five of six. Craig Anderson made 25 saves in his first start after missing four games with a knee injury.
The Panthers stretched their lead to 5-2 on Jagr's second goal as his shot from the slot got past Anderson at 4:26 of the third for his team-leading 23nd goal and 51st point of the season. The 44-year-old Jagr became the fifth player in NHL history to have at least 50 points in 20 NHL seasons — joining Ron Francis, Gordie Howe, Ray Bourque and Mark Messier.
OILERS 2, WILD 1
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Rookie sensation Connor McDavid scored the go-ahead goal with 7:29 left, leading Edmonton to the win.
With Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon trying to slow his rush, the 19-year-old McDavid reached out and snapped the puck underneath goalie Darcy Kuemper's arm to give the Oilers the lead. McDavid has four goals in the last six games.
Lauri Korpikoski scored in the first period and Cam Talbot made 29 saves for the Oilers, who won for the fifth time in their last seven games and stuck the Wild with a costly loss in their competition with the Colorado Avalanche for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
Zach Parise's second goal in his last 19 games forged a tie in the second period for the Wild, who trail the Avalanche by two points in the standings.
RED WINGS 3, JETS 2
DETROIT (AP) — Justin Abdelkader scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period to help Detroit snap a three-game losing streak.
Dylan Larkin and Jonathan Ericsson also scored and Petr Mrazek stopped 23 shots for the Red Wings.
Marko Dano and Tyler Myers scored for Winnipeg and Michael Hutchinson finished with 32 saves.
On the go-ahead score, Tomas Tatar intercepted Myers' pass behind the net and passed to Abdelkader in the slot, who shot the puck top shelf for his 17th of the season with 4:36 remaining.
HURRICANES 3, BRUINS 2, OT
BOSTON (AP) — Phillip Di Giuseppe scored on a rebound 1:30 into overtime and Carolina beat Boston.
Di Giuseppe had a wide-open net when Boston goalie Tuukka Rask couldn't corral the rebound on Jeff Skinner's breakaway.
The officials reviewed the play for a few minutes before ruling there was no interference when Skinner made contact with Rask outside the crease.
It was the fourth OT game in a row for the Bruins, who still pulled ahead of Tampa Bay for sole possession of the Atlantic Division lead with the single point.
Elias Lindholm and Nathan Gerbe also scored for Carolina and Cam Ward stopped 30 shots. Riley Nash had two assists for Carolina.
Loui Eriksson and David Pastrnak scored for Boston, which still hasn't lost in regulation since Feb. 28.
DEVILS 3, SHARKS 0
SAN JOSE Calif. (AP) — Keith Kinkaid made 30 saves for his second career shutout and Travis Zajac scored twice to lead New Jersey.
Devante Smith-Pelly and Zajac scored on successive shots for New Jersey that came more than 18 minutes apart as the Devils opened a three-game California swing by winning for the third time in 11 games. Zajac also added an empty-net goal to help New Jersey match last season's win total of 32 to move within five points of Pittsburgh for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Martin Jones made 13 saves but the Sharks were shut out for the fifth time this season. San Jose lost for just the second time in seven games and remained four points behind first-place Los Angeles and three in back of Anaheim in the Pacific Division.
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