WASHINGTON (AP) — Alexander Wennberg's power play goal with 53.6 seconds remaining gave the Columbus Blue Jackets their fourth straight win, 3-2 over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Washington's Nicklas Backstrom was called for high-sticking Nick Foligno with 1:34 remaining. Wennberg took a pass from Foligno and slammed it past Capitals goalie Braden Holtby. It was Wennberg's third goal of the season.
The goal was confirmed after a video review. It was the Blue Jackets' second power play goal of the game.
Alex Ovechkin's ninth goal of the season midway through the second period gave the Capitals a 2-1 lead, but the Blue Jackets tied it 14 seconds into the third period on Brandon Dubinsky's second goal of the season.
PANTHERS 3, RANGERS 2, SO
NEW YORK (AP) — Vincent Trocheck and Aleksander Barkov scored in the shootout to lift Florida over New York.
James Reimer made 33 saves and two more in the shootout, backing goals from Keith Yandle and Aaron Ekblad for Florida.
This is the first time this season the Rangers have dropped back-to-back games after losing to Columbus on Friday. It's the first time Florida has beaten New York at Madison Square Garden since April 18, 2013.
Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves in his 700th start. He is only the fifth goaltender in NHL history to play 700 games with one franchise.
Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad scored for New York.
KINGS 3, DUCKS 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jeff Carter scored twice and got his 600th career point, Peter Budaj made 28 saves and Los Angeles beat Anaheim.
Carter assisted on Drew Doughty's score early in the second period and then added power-play goals 71 seconds apart to make it 3-0. The first goal got him to 600 points.
Antoine Vermette and Rickard Rakell scored for Anaheim, and John Gibson made 26 saves.
FLAMES 3, RED WINGS 2
DETROIT (AP) — Mikael Backlund scored with 7:46 left in the third period to give Calgary a victory over slumping Detroit.
Garnet Hathaway got his first career goal and Matt Stajan also scored for Calgary. Flames defenseman Dougie Hamilton had three assists, and Chad Johnson stopped 21 shots.
Tomas Tatar and Anthony Mantha scored for Detroit, which lost its fourth straight. Jimmy Howard made 23 saves.
Backlund broke a 2-all tie when he slammed Michael Frolik's pass from the left circle past Howard and into the open side of the net. It was Backlund's second goal.
HURRICANES 3, JETS 1
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Victor Rask got his eighth goal of the season and 19-year-old Noah Hanifin scored his first, helping Carolina beat Winnipeg for its fourth straight win.
Elias Lindholm also got his first goal this season in the first period, and the Hurricanes kept up the pressure from there, challenging goalie Connor Hellebuyck with 40 shots.
Rask made it 2-0 on a power play early in the third, and after Mark Scheifele got his 11th goal for the Jets, Hanifin put it away with a power-play score with 1:43 left.
Cam Ward had 28 saves for Carolina, which finished 4-1-0 on this homestand.
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