AP NHL Roundup: Lightning top Senators on shootout goals from Point, Stamkos

Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout, lifting the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

The Lightning threatened to win on a power play at the end of overtime, but Nikita Kucherov’s shot past Craig Anderson was launched a split-second after the buzzer.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped shots by Ottawa’s Tom Pyatt and Matt Duchene in the shootout.

Ottawa broke out on top in unusual fashion. Bobby Ryan was credited with an unassisted goal 6:31 into the game after Dan Girardi’s attempt to clear a rebound glanced off the shin of fellow Lightning defenseman Braydon Coburn and past Vasilevskiy.

Twelve minutes into the second period, Tampa Bay pulled even on a delayed penalty with a deflected goal of its own. Kucherov blasted a shot from the top of the right circle that glanced off teammates Tyler Johnson and Alex Killorn in the slot and through the legs of Anderson.

STARS 4, BLACKHAWKS 0

DALLAS (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored two goals in the second period, Ben Bishop earned his 22nd career shutout and Dallas beat Chicago.

Bishop made 24 saves for his third shutout of the season.

Dallas had lost its previous three games and Chicago arrived with a five-game winning streak, but the Stars improved to 3-0 against the Blackhawks this season.

The win was the 800th of coach Ken Hitchcock’s career.

Jamie Benn scored the only goal of the first period. Antoine Roussel scored barely a minute into the second before Seguin’s two goals made it 4-0.

OILERS 3, BLUES 2

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Drake Caggiula scored with less than a minute remaining, and Edmonton won its third straight game for the first time this season, beating St. Louis.

Caggiula took a pass in front from behind the net by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and beat Jake Allen with 49.8 seconds left.

Michael Cammalleri and Connor McDavid also scored for the Oilers (16-17-2), who have won four of their last five.

Tage Thompson and Patrik Berglund responded for the Blues (22-13-2), who have lost three in a row and five of their last six.

DEVILS 4, RANGERS 3, SO

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Brian Boyle scored the tying goal in the third period and the game-winner in a shootout against his former team, and New Jersey overcame a season-high 45 saves by Henrik Lundqvist to beat New York.

John Moore and Blake Coleman also scored in regulation, and Kyle Palmieri converted in a four-round shootout for the Devils on the way to their third straight victory.

Cory Schneider made 25 saves and stopped three of four attempts in the tiebreaker, denying Jimmy Vesey when the Rangers had a chance to win. Schneider also turned aside defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk to end it after Boyle put New Jersey ahead.

Vesey, Nick Holden and Kevin Hayes scored for the Rangers, who had won three in a row. Mika Zibanejad had a goal in the shootout.

PENGUINS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2, SO

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kris Letang scored the deciding goal in the shootout, and Pittsburgh beat Columbus.

Letang scored in the fourth round of the shootout, beating Sergei Bobrovsky to the glove side after a series of dekes. Evgeni Malkin also scored for Pittsburgh in the shootout.

Cam Atkinson scored in the shootout for Columbus, but Matt Murray stopped Artemi Panarin, Jack Johnson and Oliver Bjorkstrand. Murray made 29 saves, while Bobrovsky stopped 39 shots.

Patric Hornqvist and Malkin both scored their 12th goals of the season on the power play for the Penguins, who have two wins in their last three games following a three-game losing streak. Pittsburgh scored twice on the power play after a 0-for-15 slump.

Panarin and Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist apiece for Columbus.

BRUINS 2, JETS 1, SO

BOSTON (AP) — Charlie McAvoy celebrated his 20th birthday by scoring the decisive goal in the shootout, Tuukka Rask made 37 saves and Boston beat Winnipeg.

After Winnipeg’s Nikolaj Ehlers’ first attempt of the sudden-death portion of the shootout clanged off the post, McAvoy took the puck and meandered up the ice before firing his shot past Connor Hellebuyck.

Torey Krug scored his sixth goal of the season for Boston (18-10-5), which won its third straight game and sixth of its last seven.

Rask recorded a point for his eighth straight game (7-0-1) as the Bruins beat the Jets for the fourth straight meeting.

Patrik Laine scored his team-leading 18th goal for the Jets. Hellebuyck had 32 saves.

HURRICANES 4, PREDATORS 1

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Noah Hanifin had a goal and two assists to lead an early outburst that carried Carolina past Nashville.

Derek Ryan, Elias Lindholm and Victor Rask also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won four of five. Cam Ward made 28 saves.

Kevin Fiala had the goal for Nashville, which has lost two straight.

Carolina scored four times in the first 6½ minutes to chase Predators goalie Pekka Rinne.

DUCKS 5, ISLANDERS 4, OT

NEW YORK (AP) — Hampus Lindholm scored his third goal of the game in overtime to give Anaheim the victory over New York.

Lindholm’s sixth of the season came at 4:03 of the extra period, snapping a three-game losing streak for Anaheim.

The Ducks tied the game with goalie Ryan Miller pulled for an extra skater when Rickard Rakell scored at 18:45 of the third period. Brandon Montour and Ryan Getzlaf assisted. Getzlaf had four assists overall and has points in five games since returning from a facial fracture.

Andrew Ladd put the Islanders ahead 4-3 at 7:52 of the third as New York rallied from a 3-1 deficit.

New York lost for the fourth time in five games.

KINGS 2, AVALANCHE 1, OT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Playing in his 1,000th career game, Dustin Brown scored in overtime to lift Los Angeles over Colorado.

Brown came streaking down the left side and fired a shot past goalie Semyon Varlamov 44 seconds into the extra period. It was Brown’s 13th goal of the season.

Alec Martinez also scored for the Kings, tying it 1-all in the third period. Jonathan Quick stopped 31 shots.

Gabriel Landeskog scored for the Avalanche, and Varlamov made 25 saves.

SHARKS 5, CANUCKS 4, OT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Labanc scored 1:53 into overtime and San Jose beat Vancouver.

Labanc also had three assists as the Sharks improved to 4-1-2 over their last seven games. Joe Thornton scored twice for San Jose and added an assist as he moved past Doug Gilmour for 18th place on the NHL list with 1,416 career points.

Labanc’s fourth goal of the season came off an assist from Tomas Hertl, who scored on a 5-on-3 power play with 1:04 left in the second period to give the Sharks a 4-3 lead..

The Canucks lost for the sixth time in seven games, with their lone win during that span coming against San Jose on Dec. 15.

Vancouver trailed 4-3 before Daniel Sedin scored at 2:09 of the third period to tie it. The Canucks rallied from a 3-1 deficit.

Jake Virtanen scored to bring Vancouver within a goal at 8:49 of the second, and Brock Boeser tied the game at 16:02.

NHL roundup: Kings end skid with win in Philly

PHILADELPHIA -- Adrian Kempe and Tyler Toffoli scored third-period goals, and the Los Angeles Kings leaned heavily on their top-ranked penalty kill in a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.

Alec Martinez and Trevor Lewis also scored for the Kings, and Jonathan Quick turned aside 36 shots as Los Angeles ended a four-game road trip with a win, snapping a three-game losing streak. The Kings killed off five of their six penalties.

Jakub Voracek scored the lone goal for the Flyers, who had their six-game win streak snapped. Brian Elliott (21 saves) took his first defeat since Dec. 2.

BRUINS 7, BLUE JACKETS 2

BOSTON -- Three rookies played key roles, as Danton Heinen and Jake DeBrusk both had a goal and two assists and Charlie McAvoy recorded a Gordie Howe Hat Trick with a goal, an assist and a fight, helping Boston rout lifeless Columbus.

Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Backes added a goal and an assist each, and Torey Krug also scored for the Bruins, who snapped a two-game losing streak and finished 1-1-1 on a three-game homestand.

Josh Anderson and Seth Jones scored for the Blue Jackets.

DEVILS 5, DUCKS 3

NEWARK, N.J. -- Stefan Noesen scored off a scramble at 15:53 of the third period to lift New Jersey to a come-from-behind victory over Anaheim.

Noesen's tiebreaking goal ruined the homecoming of former Devils center Adam Henrique, who had a goal and an assist in his first game against his old team since New Jersey traded him to Anaheim for defenseman Sami Vatanen on Nov. 30. Noesen iced the game with an empty-net goal at 19:53.

Miles Wood also scored twice for the Devils, while Jesper Bratt found the back of the net and Brian Boyle picked up three assists. Vatanen earned an assist, his first point since the trade.

Ryan Getzlaf and Jakob Silfverberg scored for the Ducks, and Josh Manson contributed two assists.

OIERS 5, SHARKS 3

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Edmonton got two goals from Ryan Strome, including the 10,000th NHL goal, en route to a victory over San Jose.

Oilers goalie Cam Talbot won his second in a row since returning from a stint on injured reserve, making 18 saves. Sharks goalie Martin Jones remained stuck on 99 career wins. The Oilers put 29 shots on goal.

Patrick Maroon, Mark Letestu and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for the Oilers. Joe Pavelski, Tomas Hertl and Marcus Sorensen scored for the Sharks.

AVALANCHE 4, PENGUINS 2

DENVER -- Tyson Barrie scored two goals, Semyon Varlamov had 30 saves, and Colorado beat Pittsburgh.

J.T. Compher and Mikko Rantanen also scored and Sven Andrighetto had two assists for the Avalanche, who swept the season series from the two-time reigning Stanley Cup champions.

Chad Ruhwedel had a goal and an assist, Evgeni Malkin also scored and Matt Murray had 33 saves for the Penguins.

NHL roundup: Golden Knights win again at home

LAS VEGAS -- Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and two assists, and Erik Haula scored the game-winner with 8:20 remaining as the Vegas Golden Knights moved back into a tie for first place in the Pacific Division with a 5-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Sunday night at T-Mobile Arena.

Nate Schmidt, Colin Miller and James Neal also had goals for Vegas, which improved to 13-2-1 at home this season. The Golden Knights, New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning share the NHL lead with 13 home wins.

Malcolm Subban stopped 16 shots for the Golden Knights, who joined the Los Angeles Kings atop the Pacific Division standings.

BLACKHAWKS 4, WILD 1

CHICAGO -- Patrick Kane scored the first two goals of the game, and Chicago held on for a win over Minnesota.

Ryan Hartman and Tommy Wingels also scored as the Blackhawks increased their season-best winning streak to five games. Chicago improved to 10-5-2 on home ice.

Matt Dumba scored the lone goal for the Wild, who have lost back-to-back games after winning the previous four in a row.

FLAMES 6, CANUCKS 1

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Mark Giordano scored two of Calgary's four second-period goals in a win over Vancouver.

Sam Bennett had a goal and three assists, and Mark Jankowski had a goal and two assists for the Flames.

Matthew Tkachuk and Micheal Ferland also scored, and David Rittich made 16 saves for Calgary, which snapped a three-game skid.

JETS 4, BLUES 0

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Adam Lowry scored the winner for Winnipeg against St. Louis.

Patrik Laine, Mark Scheifele and Josh Morrissey also had goals and Connor Hellebuyck stopped all 24 shots he faced for his second shutout of the season.

Jake Allen stopped 42 shots for the Blues (22-11-2), who shut out the Jets 2-0 on Saturday night despite being outshot, 48-30.

NHL roundup: Fleury, Golden Knights defeat Penguins

LAS VEGAS -- The historically successful start for the expansion Vegas Golden Knights got even more rich Thursday night as they beat the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1.

Vegas' Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves against his former team and defenseman Jon Merrill scored the game-winner at 8:17 of the third period for his first goal of the season. The Golden Knights improve to 20-9-2, reaching the 20-win plateau the fastest for an expansion team in NHL history.

The sellout crowd included a strong contingent of Penguins fans, who along with the Golden Knights backers gave Fleury a loud round of applause when he was introduced. Fleury played his previous 13 seasons with Pittsburgh before he was taken by Vegas in the expansion draft in June.

Murray also made 24 saves for the Penguins, who have lost three consecutive games.

CAPITALS 5, BRUINS 3

BOSTON -- Alex Chiasson scored two third-period goals -- the second short-handed -- to help Washington defeat Boston for the 11th straight time.

The Capitals' Braden Holtby stopped 34 shots to raise his career record against the Bruins to 13-2-0. Rookie Jakub Vrana, Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin (empty net) also scored for Washington, which has won nine of its last 11 games.

Patrice Bergeron scored twice -- including a power-play goal 4:22 into the second period to tie the game for Boston, which had its three-game winning streak snapped and lost for only the third time in its last 11 games. Brad Marchand set up Bergeron's first goal, notching his 400th NHL point and extending his points streak to seven straight games (four goals, seven assists).

LIGHTNING 4, COYOTES 1

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Nikita Kucherov scored for a third consecutive game and set up one of two goals in a 41-second span of the first period, and league-leading Tampa Bay won its season-high sixth straight game.

Kucherov took over the NHL scoring lead by one point (44-43) over teammate Steven Stamkos, who had an assist, and the Lightning improved to an NHL-best 23-6-2 while dropping Arizona to a league-worst 7-22-5. The Coyotes lost their fifth in a row and eighth in nine games.

Tyler Johnson and Brayden Point also had a goal and an assist each to support goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, who excelled again by stopping 32 shots. Vasilevskiy has given up only eight goals while winning his last five starts, and is a league-best 21-4-1.

PREDATORS 4, OILERS 0

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Juuse Saros stopped 46 shots as Nashville improved to 15-2-2 in its last 19 games despite recording only 23 shots.

Pontus Aberg, Kevin Fiala, Kyle Turris and Roman Josi scored in the second period for the Predators. Aberg scored on their first shot of the second period and Nashville's fifth of the game.

Laurent Brossoit made 19 saves in his sixth straight start for Edmonton. It has been a maddening four-game stretch for the Oilers, who scored 13 goals in defeating Montreal's Carey Price and Columbus' Sergei Bobrovsky, but were stymied by backups Saros and Toronto's Curtis McElhinney, who beat them 1-0.

FLYERS 2, SABRES 1

PHILADELPHIA -- Valtteri Filppula scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Brian Elliott turned aside 19 shots to help Philadelphia win its fifth straight game.

Travis Sanheim also netted his first NHL goal for the Flyers, who have won five straight games in regulation after stumbling through an 0-5-5 stretch from Nov. 11 through Dec. 2.

Ryan O'Reilly scored for the Sabres, who saw their modest four-game points streak (2-0-2) come to an end. Robin Lehner made 25 saves for Buffalo (8-18-6), which has the NHL's second-worst record behind Arizona. The Sabres have scored one or fewer goals in 12 of their 32 games this season and rank last in the NHL with 68 goals (2.1 per game).

BLACKHAWKS 5, JETS 1

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Vinnie Hinostroza and Tommy Wingels scored on Chicago's first two shots as the Blackhawks routed Winnipeg.

Patrick Kane, Nick Schmaltz and Michal Kempny also scored for the Blackhawks, who won their fourth straight game. Corey Crawford stopped 27 shots in the Chicago net.

Nikolaj Ehlers scored for the Jets, whose home winning streak was snapped at seven games. Connor Hellebuyck, who entered the game with the best home save percentage in the NHL, made 25 stops.

WILD 2, MAPLE LEAFS 0

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Goals by Tyler Ennis and Mikael Granlund supplemented a 28-save performance by goaltender Alex Stalock as Minnesota defeated Toronto.

Stalock, playing in place of the injured Devan Dubnyk, picked up his fifth win of the season (5-3-1) and fifth career shutout in his first appearance against his former team. Stalock denied Tyler Bozak's blast from the center hash marks at 2:22 of the third period and a redirect by James van Riemsdyk at 6:12 to preserve the lead until Granlund scored at 8:06.

Frederik Andersen made 24 saves in seeing his record fall to 17-10-1 on the season for the Maple Leafs.

DUCKS 3, BLUES 1

ST. LOUIS -- Kevin Roy scored a pair of goals and John Gibson stopped 29 shots to lead Anaheim past St. Louis.

For the second consecutive game against the Blues, Gibson's bid for his first shutout of the season was spoiled late in the third period, this time on a goal by Patrik Berglund with 5:53 to play. On Nov. 29, Gibson stopped the first 36 shots before St. Louis' Kyle Brodziak scored twice in the final four minutes in a 3-2 Ducks victory.

Andrew Cogliano broke a scoreless duel at 11:11 of the second period when he won a battle for a loose puck in front of the St. Louis net and poked it past goaltender Jake Allen (15 saves) to help improve the Ducks to 3-0-3 in their last six games.

BLUE JACKETS 6, ISLANDERS 4

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus gave away a three-goal lead but recovered by scoring twice in the second period and holding on to defeat New York.

Zach Werenski, Markus Nutivaara, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Seth Jones, Nick Foligno and Josh Anderson each had a goal to help keep the Blue Jackets in first place in the Metropolitan Division. Oliver Bjorkstrand had three assists, and Artemi Panarin and Wennberg two each for Columbus.

Josh Bailey had a hat trick and Casey Cizikas added a goal for the Islanders, who played for the third time in four days. Captain John Tavares had three assists for New York, which was coming off a 5-2 loss at home to Dallas on Wednesday.

SHARKS 3, FLAMES 2

CALGARY, Alberta -- Joonas Donskoi scored at 17:12 of the third period to lead San Jose over Calgary.

Donskoi, who missed the past six games with a lower-body injury, added a first-period assist. Chris Tierney and Timo Meier also had a goal and an assist for the Sharks while Aaron Dell made 32 saves.

Michael Frolik and Johnny Gaudreau scored for the Flames, who had gone 2-0-2 in their previous four games. Mike Smith stopped 26 shots.

CANADIENS 2, DEVILS 1 (OT)

MONTREAL -- Carey Price made 31 saves and Tomas Plekanec scored at 1:52 of overtime as Montreal snapped a three-game losing streak.

Andrew Shaw also scored for the Canadiens, who last won 10-1 over Detroit on Dec. 2. Plekanec's fourth goal of the season was assisted by Charles Hudon and Alex Galchenyuk while Jordie Benn and Phillip Danault had helpers on Shaw's tally.

Stefan Noesen scored for the Devils, who have lost three of their last four games. Cory Schneider made 34 saves while Andy Greene and Jesper Bratt recorded assists.

AVALANCHE 2, PANTHERS 1

DENVER -- Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and Semyon Varlamov made 32 saves as Colorado defeated Florida.

It was MacKinnon's third two-goal game this season and it helped the Avalanche beat the Panthers for the second time in five days. Colorado won at Florida 7-3 on Saturday night.

Aleksander Barkov scored for the Panthers and James Reimer had 28 saves. MacKinnon was denied a goal by Reimer's glove at 4:44 of the third, but got the best of the goalie two minutes later for the game winner.

NHL roundup: Stars' Lehtonen gets 300th win

NEW YORK -- Kari Lehtonen became the 33rd goalie in NHL history to record 300 career wins Wednesday night, when he carried a shutout into the third period and recorded 32 saves as the Dallas Stars defeated the New York Islanders 5-2.

The win capped a milestone-filled night for Lehtonen. The game appearance was the 624th of his career, breaking a tie with Miikka Kiprusoff for the most games played by a Finnish-born goaltender.

Lehtonen is also the second goalie in as many nights to reach 300 career wins. Carolina Hurricanes netminder Cam Ward recorded his 300th victory Tuesday in a 3-2 shootout win over the Vegas Golden Knights. Ward and Lehtonen are the fifth and sixth active goalies with 300 wins.

Tyler Pitlick scored twice for Dallas. The Islander fell behind 5-0 before getting two goals from Anders Lee.

PREDATORS 7, CANUCKS 1

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Defenseman P.K. Subban scored two goals on a pair of strange plays to help Nashville defeat Vancouver.

Subban's first goal was a fluttering shot from the faceoff circle that opened the scoring in the first period. His second was a slapshot from center ice that gave the Predators a 3-0 advantage early in the second period.

Craig Smith had a goal and two assists while Kevin Fiala and Filip Forsberg added a goal and an assist for the Predators, who are 9-1-2 in their last 12 games. Viktor Arvidsson and Calle Jarnkrok also scored. Ryan Johansen had two assists in his return after missing the past three games.

Alexander Burmistrov scored for the Canucks, who lost their fourth straight game. Henrik Sedin collected his 800th NHL assist.

SENATORS 3, RANGERS 2

OTTAWA -- Ottawa stopped a five-game losing streak by earning only its second victory in 14 games.

Bobby Ryan, Cody Ceci and Zack Smith scored the Ottawa goals. Michael Grabner and Pavel Buchnevich replied for New York.

Craig Anderson made 27 saves in the Senators net while Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 shots for the Rangers.

BRUINS 3, RED WINGS 2 (OT)

DETROIT -- Brad Marchand's goal 35 seconds into overtime gave Boston the win over Detroit.

Marchand also had an assist, and Noel Acciari and David Pastrnak also scored for Boston, which won its third straight. Tuukka Rask stopped 31 shots.

Tomas Tatar and Dylan Larkin scored for Detroit, which has lost 10 of its last 11 (1-5-5). Jimmy Howard made 29 saves.

NHL roundup: Devils snap Kings' streak at 8

NEWARK, N.J. -- Taylor Hall scored twice and Cory Schneider made 16 saves as New Jersey beat Los Angeles 5-1 on Tuesday night.

The win snapped New Jersey's two-game skid and halted the Kings' eight-game winning streak, the longest in the NHL this season and one shy of the longest in franchise history.

Hall recorded his second multi-goal game of the season, while Travis Zajac, Brian Boyle and Brian Gibbons also scored for the Devils.

Torrey Mitchell scored a third-period goal for the Kings.

LIGHTNING 3, BLUES 0

ST. LOUIS -- Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov each scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves to lead Tampa Bay to its fifth consecutive win.

The Lightning moved into sole possession of the top spot in the NHL standings, breaking a tie with the Blues, who had won four straight.

Tyler Johnson added an empty-net goal with 22 seconds to play.

FLYERS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 2

PHILADELPHIA -- Claude Giroux scored one goal and set up Sean Couturier's game-winner with a spectacular between-the-skates pass in the closing minutes of regulation to give Philadelphia a victory over Toronto.

Taylor Leier and Scott Laughton also scored for the Flyers, who won for the fourth straight time following a 10-game losing streak. It was the Flyers' first win at Wells Fargo Center since Nov. 9, snapping an 0-4-2 streak. Brian Elliott earned the win with 20 saves.

Patrick Marleau and James van Riemsdyk scored for the Maple Leafs, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Frederik Andersen stopped 35 shots in the loss.

OILERS 7, BLUE JACKETS 2

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Mark Letestu scored a short-handed goal and had an assist, and Connor McDavid tallied a goal and three assists to lead Edmonton over Columbus.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Milan Lucic, Matt Benning, Zack Kassian and Jesse Puljujarvi also scored for the Oilers and Puljujarvi, Anton Slepyshev, Michael Cammalleri, Leon Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse each contributed an assist.

Oliver Bjorkstrand and Jack Johnson scored for the Blue Jackets.

CAPITALS 5, AVALANCHE 2

WASHINGTON -- Evgeny Kuznetsov had three assists, Braden Holtby stopped 22 shots as Washington defeated Colorado.

Jakub Vrana, John Carlson, Matt Niskanen, Brett Connolly and Devante Smith-Pelly scored for the Capitals, and Madison Bowey had two assists.

Colin Wilson and Tyson Jost scored for the Avalanche, and Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves against his former team.

SABRES 3, SENATORS 2

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Evander Kane, Kyle Okposo and Benoit Pouliot scored to lead Buffalo over Ottawa.

Buffalo has points in its last four games (2-0-2) after losing 11 of 12 games (1-9-2). Robin Lehner made 24 saves.

Cody Ceci and Derick Brassard scored for the Senators, who have lost 12 of their past 13 games. Mike Condon made 23 saves.

BLACKHAWKS 3, PANTHERS 2 (OT)

CHICAGO -- Patrick Kane scored at 2:24 of overtime, and Brandon Saad tallied a goal and an assist as Chicago defeated Florida for its third straight victory.

Corey Crawford made 35 saves to help preserve the victory.

Jonathan Toews' goal with 6:02 remaining drew the Blackhawks even when he beat Panthers goalie John Reimer, who finished with 25 saves.

Jamie McGinn and Nick Bjugstad scored for the Panthers.

WILD 2, FLAMES 1 (SO)

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Chris Stewart and Mikael Granlund scored in a shootout, lifting Minnesota over Calgary.

The Wild got a regulation goal from Matt Cullen and 16 saves from goalie Alex Stalock en route to their third consecutive win. Devan Dubnyk started the game in goal for Minnesota but left with an injury.

The Flames got a regulation goal from Micheal Ferland and 21 saves from goalie Mike Smith but saw their two-game winning streak snapped. Johnny Gaudreau had Calgary's only shootout goal.

HURRICANES 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2 (SO)

LAS VEGAS -- Phil Di Giuseppe scored the decisive goal in a shootout to give Carolina the win over Vegas, snapping the home side's four-game winning streak.

Cam Ward, who notched his 300th career win, finished with 22 saves.

Marcus Kruger and Trevor van Riemsdyk scored in regulation for the Hurricanes. Both were traded by Vegas to the Hurricanes during the summer for draft picks. The goals were the first of the season for each player.

Deryk Engelland and Reilly Smith lit the lamp for the Golden Knights. The game marked the return of Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who had missed 25 games since Oct. 13 with a concussion. Fleury, a 14-year veteran, made 35 saves.

NHL roundup: Isles snap skid

NEW YORK -- Andrew Ladd and John Tavares scored less than a minute apart early in the second period Monday night as the New York Islanders snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Washington Capitals at Barclays Center.

Brock Nelson scored in the first period for the Islanders, who vaulted past the idle New Jersey Devils into a tie for second place in the Metropolitan Division with the Capitals. Jaroslav Halak recorded 31 saves.

Dmitry Orlov scored in the third period for the Capitals, who had their season-high, four-game winning streak halted as they lost for the second time in the past nine games (7-2-0). Braden Holtby made nine saves before being chased after Tavares' goal. Philipp Grubauer stopped all 17 shots he faced.

AVALANCHE 2, PENGUINS 1

PITTSBURGH -- Defenseman Mark Barberio's goal at 6:17 of the third period broke a scoreless tie, and Colorado downed Pittsburgh.

Blake Comeau added an empty-net goal with 1:29 left before Phil Kessel broke up what would have been a shutout by Avalanche goaltender Jonathan Bernier with 11.8 seconds left.

Bernier made 39 saves. Tristan Jarry stopped 26 shots for the Penguins and is on a 1-2-0 stretch plus a no-decision after getting pulled following one period Saturday.

STARS 2, RANGERS 1 (SO)

NEW YORK -- Jason Spezza scored the decisive goal in the third round of a shootout as Dallas edged New York.

The Stars, who snapped their second three-game losing streak of the season, got a goal from Julius Honka.

The Rangers' Rick Nash forced overtime by scoring his eighth goal of the season on a deflection with 3:41 remaining in regulation.

PANTHERS 2, RED WINGS 1 (OT)

DETROIT -- Mike Matheson scored 2:02 into overtime as Florida rallied past Detroit.

After Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard sprawled to make a save on Nick Bjugstad, Matheson pounded a rebound into the net for his first goal of the season.

Vincent Trocheck also scored for the Panthers, while Henrik Zetterberg had the Red Wings' goal.

JETS 5, CANUCKS 1

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Mathieu Perreault scored two goals, including what proved to be the game-winner, and assisted on an insurance goal to help Winnipeg beat Vancouver.

Nikolaj Ehlers, Josh Morrissey and Dmitry Kulikov also scored for the Jets.

The Canucks, who lost their third straight, got a goal from rookie Brock Boeser, his team-leading 16th of the season. Boeser matched Tony Granato's 1988-89 mark for the most goals by a U.S.-born rookie through his first 30 games.

DUCKS 3, HURRICANES 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Logan Shaw had a goal and an assist, and John Gibson recorded 28 saves as Anaheim defeated Carolina.

The Ducks celebrated the return of Ryan Getzlaf to the lineup after the captain missed 19 games due to facial fractures. However, Anaheim's Corey Perry left in the first period with an apparent knee injury.

Derek Grant and Jakob Silfverberg also scored for the Ducks. Justin Williams and Victor Rask had the goals for the Hurricanes, who went winless on their three-game California road trip, though they took both the San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings to overtime.

NHL roundup: Backes, Bruins clobber Coyotes

BOSTON -- David Backes, who recently made a quicker-than-expected return from colon surgery, scored his first two goals of the season in the second period, and the Boston Bruins earned their 12th straight win over Arizona with a 6-1 rout of the Coyotes on Thursday night.

Backes was playing his fourth game since returning after missing a month recovering from being diagnosed with diverticulitis and the subsequent surgery.

Brad Marchand, David Krejci, Danton Heinen and Anders Bjork also scored for the Bruins.

Christian Dvorak scored his first goal in 10 games for the Coyotes.

PENGUINS 4, ISLANDERS 3 (OT)

PITTSBURGH -- Matt Hunwick scored at 1:29 of overtime to give Pittsburgh a win over New York.

The Penguins' Jake Guentzel scored in the first period, and Jordan Eberle tied it in the second for the Islanders. After Phil Kessel and Riley Sheahan scored 32 seconds apart in the third period for a 3-1 Penguins lead, New York's Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson answered for a tie.

Kris Letang added two assists for the Penguins.

LIGHTNING 5, AVALANCHE 2

TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay pulled away with a power-play goal in the third, its eighth straight game with at least one goal with the man advantage, in a victory over Colorado.

Alex Killorn got his third goal of the season and his second in the last 25 games. Lightning center Steven Stamkos had a goal and two assists, moving ahead of teammate Nikita Kucherov for the NHL lead with 41 points. Backup goalie Peter Budaj picked up his second win in five starts this season, finishing with 28 saves, including 14 in the final period. Brayden Point, Vladislav Namestnikov and Chris Kunitz also scored for the Lightning.

Gabriel Landeskog, fresh off a four-game suspension, and Erik Johnson had the Avalanche goals.

FLAMES 3, CANADIENS 2 (OT)

MONTREAL -- Sean Monahan scored his second goal of the game at 1:14 of overtime to give Calgary a win against Montreal, ending a three-game losing streak.

Garnet Hathaway scored his first of the season for the Flames. Calgary goaltender David Rittich, making the second start of his career, made 35 saves.

Daniel Carr (second goal of the season) and Phillip Danault (fifth) scored for the Canadiens, and Carey Price made 34 saves.

PANTHERS 6, JETS 4

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Florida, despite losing star center Aleksander Barkov to an injury, rallied to defeat Winnipeg.

With Barkov out, fourth-line left winger Micheal Haley became the improbable hero. He scored the tiebreaking goal on a deflection with 9:58 left in the third period as the Panthers snapped a three-game losing streak.

Florida also got two goals from Vincent Trocheck and one each from Mark Pysyk, Aaron Ekblad and Denis Malgin. The Jets got one goal and two assists from Patrik Laine as well as scores from Nikolaj Ehlers, Adam Lowry and Blake Wheeler.

BLUES 3, STARS 0

ST. LOUIS -- Jake Allen stopped 29 shots, and St. Louis got power-play goals from Brayden Schenn and Colton Parayko in a win over Dallas.

Vladimir Tarasenko's empty-net goal capped the scoring for the Blues.

Allen recorded his first shutout of the season and 16th of his career to extend the Blues' home winning streak over the Stars to seven consecutive games in the regular season. It was Allen's third career shutout in 11 games against the Stars.

SHARKS 5, HURRICANES 4 (OT)

SAN JOSE -- Brent Burns scored his second goal of the season 22 seconds into overtime as San Jose beat Carolina.

The Sharks got power-play goals from Logan Couture and Joe Thornton and short-handed goals from Melker Karlsson and Barclay Goodrow. Thornton had a goal and two assists to give him 1,410 NHL points, good for 19th place in NHL history.

Sebastian Aho scored two goals, and Victor Rask and Jeff Skinner scored one goal each for the Hurricanes.

KINGS 4, SENATORS 3 (OT)

LOS ANGELES -- Drew Doughty scored 32 seconds into overtime as Los Angeles defeated Ottawa for its seventh consecutive win.

Tanner Pearson, Alex Iafallo and Dustin Brown registered the other Kings goals, and Darcy Kuemper made 37 saves.

The Senators lost their third straight game and 10th in their past 11 (1-9-1). Matt Duchene, Jean-Gabriel and Ryan Dzingel registered goals. Mike Condon made 34 saves.

FLYERS 4, CANUCKS 1

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Shayne Gostisbehere and Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist each as Philadelphia defeated Vancouver to extend its winning streak to three games.

Michael Raffl and Wayne Simmonds, into an empty net, also scored for Flyers, and Jakub Voracek notched three assists. Brock Boeser scored for the Canucks, who saw their three-game win streak end.

Flyers goaltender Brian Elliott stopped 36 shots for his 200th NHL victory. Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom made 22 saves.

NHL roundup: Ovechkin line carries Caps past 'Hawks

WASHINGTON -- Alexander Ovechkin scored his league-leading 21st goal, Nicklas Backstrom ended a 21-game goal-scoring drought, and Tom Wilson scored twice as the Washington Capitals cruised to a 6-2 victory over the sliding Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.

Brett Connolly and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored for the Capitals, who have won six of seven to move into a tie for second place in the Metropolitan Division.

Lance Bouma and Jonathan Toews scored for Chicago.

MAPLE LEAFS 2, Flames 1 (SO)

TORONTO -- Frederik Andersen made 47 saves, and William Nylander scored the decisive goal in a shootout as Toronto defeated Calgary.

Mark Giordano scored for the Flames in regulation, and Morgan Rielly replied for the Maple Leafs.

Mike Smith made 28 saves for Calgary.

DUCKS 3, SENATORS 0

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Ryan Miller made 29 saves to earn his 40th career shutout, and Adam Henrique registered two goals as Anaheim defeated Ottawa.

The Ducks broke a three-game losing streak (0-1-2) by taking the opener of a three-game homestand. Anaheim has defeated the Senators in seven of the past nine meetings played at Honda Center.

Ottawa lost its second straight game to start a season-high, seven-game road trip and has dropped nine of its last 10 contests. Craig Anderson made 19 saves.

FLYERS 4, OILERS 2

EDMONTON, Alberta -- After breaking a 10-game losing skid with a win over the Flames in Calgary on Monday, Philadelphia continued its turnaround with a victory over Edmonton.

Wayne Simmonds had a goal and an assist, and Jordan Weal, Dale Weise and Michael Raffl also scored for the Flyers, who were on an 0-5-5 run before Monday. Brian Elliott made 24 saves.

Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins got the goals for the Oilers. Goalie Laurent Brossoit, who gave up five goals -- including four in the third period -- in his most recent start, stopped 29 shots.

NHL roundup: Kings' Gaborik scores 400th goal

LOS ANGELES -- Marian Gaborik scored two third-period goals, the second representing the 400th of his NHL career, and the Los Angeles Kings came from behind to win their sixth consecutive game, 5-2 over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.

Jake Muzzin had a goal and an assist, Drew Doughty had three assists and Jonathan Quick made 19 saves for Los Angeles. Gaborik scored the first goal in Wild history and remains the franchise leader in several categories.

Anze Kopitar recorded an assist -- the 500th of his career -- and scored an empty-net goal with 56 seconds left.

Charlie Coyle and Tyler Ennis scored and Dubnyk made 23 saves for Minnesota.

LIGHTNING 6, ISLANDERS 2

TAMPA, Fla. -- Yanni Gourde scored twice in 94 seconds to snap a 2-2 tie as Tampa Bay defeated New York in a matchup of the league's top scoring teams.

Brayden Point, Andrej Sustr, Vladislav Namestnikov and Chris Kunitz also scored for the Lightning, who have 100 goals this season -- one more than the Islanders. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves to earn his league-leading 18th victory.

Mathew Barzal and Jordan Eberle scored, and Thomas Greiss stopped 26 shots for New York.

RANGERS 4, PENGUINS 3

PITTSBURGH -- Pavel Buchnevich scored the tiebreaking goal with 8:48 left as New York halted Pittsburgh's four-game winning streak.

Buchnevich attempted a pass across the slot, but the puck hit the stick of the Penguins' Kris Letang and sailed over the glove of Tristan Jarry (25 saves) to break a 3-3 tie. Ondrej Pavelec, who was pegged to start in net when Henrik Lundqvist developed a flu-like illness, stopped 41 shots for the Rangers, who have won six of their past seven and 12 of 15.

Patric Hornqvist scored for the fourth consecutive game for Pittsburgh.

DEVILS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Taylor Hall and Stefan Noesen scored second-period goals to propel New Jersey over Columbus.

Travis Zajac and Jesper Bratt scored, and Nico Hischier collected two assists for the Devils, who moved into first place in the Metropolitan Division ahead of the Blue Jackets. Cory Schneider stopped 41 shots to earn his 100th victory with New Jersey.

Nick Foligno scored for the Blue Jackets. Oliver Bjorkstrand and Seth Jones picked up assists while Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves for Columbus.

PREDATORS 5, STARS 2

DALLAS -- Juuse Saros stopped 43 shots as Nashville crushed Dallas.

Kevin Fiala, Cody McLeod, Pontus Aberg, Kyle Turris and Calle Jarnkrok each scored for the Predators, who jumped out to a 5-0 lead en route to their third consecutive victory. Turris added an assist and Mattias Ekholm had two assists for Nashville.

Stephen Johns and Jamie Oleksiak scored for the Stars, who saw their five-game winning streak snapped. Kari Lehtonen stopped 15 of 17 shots in relief of Ben Bishop.

RED WINGS 5, JETS 1

DETROIT -- Gustav Nyquist recorded two goals and an assist, and Jimmy Howard made 25 saves as Detroit snapped a seven-game losing streak.

Justin Abdelkader, Darren Helm and David Booth also scored for the Red Wings, who had gone 0-4-3 since a 3-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Nov. 17. Detroit came into the Tuesday game off its worst loss in four years, a 10-1 drubbing Saturday in Montreal.

Patrik Laine scored his 14th goal of the season for the Jets, who are 0-2-1 in their last three road games. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 27 shots for Winnipeg.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, DUCKS 3 (SO)

LAS VEGAS -- Alex Tuch scored on a backhand for the only goal in the shootout to give Vegas a victory over Anaheim.

James Neal, Oscar Lindberg and Erik Haula scored in regulation for the Golden Knights, who improved to 11-2-0 at home this season. Malcolm Subban stopped 26 shots for Vegas.

Francois Beauchemin, Antoine Vermette and Perry scored for the Ducks. John Gibson made 40 saves for Anaheim.

BLUES 4, CANADIENS 3

MONTREAL -- Brayden Schenn scored three goals as St. Louis stopped a three-game slide and ended Montreal's five-game winning streak.

Scottie Upshall also scored for the Blues and Jake Allen made 22 saves.

Shea Weber scored two goals, including the 500th point of his career, and Jordie Benn scored for the Canadiens. Carey Price made 26 saves. It was Price's first loss since returning from a lower-body injury six games ago.

SABRES 4, AVALANCHE 2

DENVER -- Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists, and Jake McCabe and Benoit Pouliot had a goal and assist apiece as Buffalo snapped a four-game losing streak.

Evander Kane scored a tiebreaking goal in the third period and Robin Lehner had 35 saves and for the Sabres.

Nathan MacKinnon scored two power-play goals, Alexander Kerfoot had two assists and Semyon Varlamov stopped 31 shots for the Avalanche. Colorado has lost three straight and dropped four of five on their homestand.

CANUCKS 3, HURRICANES 0

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Jacob Markstrom stopped 30 shots for his first career shutout and defenseman Derrick Pouliot scored a goal and added two assists as Vancouver defeated Carolina.

Thomas Vanek and Nikolay Goldobin also scored for the Canucks, who won their third consecutive game. Markstrom's shutout came in his 129th game and 115th start.

Scott Darling stopped 19 shots for the Hurricanes, who have lost 10 straight in Vancouver and haven't won there since 1999.

NHL roundup: Flyers snap 10-game skid

CALGARY, Alberta -- Scott Laughton scored twice to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Valtteri Filppula and Michael Raffl had a goal and an assist each for the Flyers, who snapped their 10-game losing streak (0-5-5).

Wayne Simmonds also scored, while Jakub Voracek had three assists for Philadelphia.

Troy Brouwer and Sean Monahan scored for the Flames, who wrapped up their four-game homestand with a 1-3-0 record.

ISLANDERS 5, PANTHERS 4 (SO)

SUNRISE, Fla. -- New York Islanders rookie center Mathew Barzal delivered in the shootout, giving New York a wild win over Florida.

The Islanders got goals in regulation from Anders Lee, Thomas Hickey, Brock Nelson and John Tavares. Lee's goal was No. 100 in his career.

The Panthers got goals from Keith Yandle, Aaron Ekblad, Aleksander Barkov and Denis Malgin.

CAPITALS 4, SHARKS 1

WASHINGTON Alex Ovechkin scored his league-leading 20th goal and added an assist, Philipp Grubauer stopped 24 shots and Washington defeated San Jose.

Devante Smith-Pelly, Brett Connolly and Jakub Vrana also scored for the Capitals, who have won five of six and are 2-1-0 on their season-high, five-game homestand.

Timo Meier scored for the Sharks, who finished 2-2-0 on their four-game road trip.

PREDATORS 5, BRUINS 3

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Craig Smith scored two first-period goals as Nashville burst out to a four-goal lead and held off Boston.

Nick Bonino, Kevin Fiala and Filip Forsberg also scored for the Predators.

Charlie McAvoy, Zdeno Chara and David Pastrnak scored for the Bruins to make a game of it after being down big.

NHL roundup: Predators halt Jets' four-game win streak

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Ryan Johansen and Kyle Turris each had a goal and an assist as the Nashville Predators dumped the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 on Monday night.

In a matchup of two of the NHL's hottest teams, Nashville won for the seventh time in eight games, using a three-goal uprising in the second period to hand Winnipeg only its third regulation loss in 18 games. The result halted the Jets' four-game win streak.

Johansen broke a 1-1 tie 26 seconds into the second period, taking Filip Forsberg's pass in the slot and ripping a wrister over the glove of Connor Hellebuyck. Turris made it 3-1 at 11:32 with a one-timer from Roman Josi on the power play.

DUCKS 3, SHARKS 2 (SO)

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Antoine Vermette scored in the ninth round of a marathon shootout as Anaheim beat San Jose at SAP Center.

Joonas Donskoi sent the game to overtime by scoring the tying goal for the Sharks -- his second goal of the game and seventh of the season -- on a power play at 8:19 of the third period.

The Ducks scored 45 seconds into the second period to tie the score at 1 when Brandon Montour made a perfect cross-ice feed from the right point to Corey Perry, who punched home his fourth goal. Rickard Rakel scored the go-ahead goal for Anaheim at 11:39 of the second.

BLUE JACKETS 3, SABRES 2

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Artemi Panarin scored for the second game in a row to lead Columbus over Buffalo.

Pierre-Luc Dubois and Boone Jenner also scored for the Blue Jackets, who won their fourth game in a row. Sam Reinhart and Evander Kane collected the Sabres' goals.

Robin Lehner made 27 saves for the Sabres. Sergei Bobrovsky had 30 saves for the Blue Jackets, but his shutout streak ended at 1:17:23 in the third period.

COYOTES 4, MAPLE LEAFS 1

TORONTO -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored the go-ahead goal on a power play late in the second period and Arizona defeated Toronto.

The Coyotes ended the Maple Leafs' six-game winning streak and earned their third win in a row. Arizona is 7-0-1 in its past eight games at the Air Canada Centre.

Brendan Perlini, Max Domi and Tobias Rieder also scored for Arizona, and Antti Raanta made 27 saves. James van Riemsdyk scored for Toronto, and Frederik Andersen stopped 27 shots.

DEVILS 4, WILD 3 (OT)

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Two fortunate bounces and John Moore's goal in the first minute of overtime helped New Jersey snap a two-game losing streak. Moore got his third goal of the season 52 seconds into OT off a pass from Adam Henrique as Minnesota's late rally went for naught.

Henrique and Steven Santini both scored goals that went into the net off a Minnesota player, and Cory Schneider chipped in with 33 saves for the Devils. Will Butcher added a goal for New Jersey.

Minnesota's Mikael Granlund scored twice in the final 10 minutes to force overtime after New Jersey built a 3-1 lead. Nino Niederreiter also scored, and Devan Dubnyk had 21 saves for the Wild.

FLAMES 4, CAPITALS 1

WASHINGTON -- Johnny Gaudreau extended his career-best point streak to 10 games with a goal and an assist, Mike Smith made 29 saves, and Calgary defeated Washington.

Sean Monahan and Mikael Backlund each added a goal and an assist, and Mark Giordano scored for Calgary. Dougie Hamilton and Matthew Tkachuk each had two assists. Gaudreau has eight goals and 11 assists in his past 10 games.

Lars Eller scored for the Capitals, who saw their five-game home winning streak end.

NHL roundup: Anisimov's hat trick lifts Blackhawks

CHICAGO — Artem Anisimov scored a hat trick in the third period, and the Chicago Blackhawks pulled away for a 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.

Alex DeBrincat, John Hayden and Jonathan Toews also scored for the Blackhawks. Chicago's Corey Crawford made 25 saves to snap a three-game skid.

Mika Zibanejad, Kevin Hayes and Rick Nash scored for the Rangers, who had a six-game winning streak snapped. New York's Henrik Lundqvist allowed four goals on 34 shots before Ondrej Pavelec replaced him in the third period.

RED WINGS 8, FLAMES 2

DETROIT — Anthony Mantha scored two power-play goals, added an assist and had a fight to lead Detroit past Calgary.

Andreas Athanasiou had two goals and an assist, and Dylan Larkin added a goal and two assists for the Red Wings. Gustav Nyquist, Justin Abdelkader and Luke Glendening also scored. Mike Green had three assists and goalie Jimmy Howard made 26 saves.

Michael Ferland and Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist each for the Flames and Eddie Lack allowed five goals on 10 shots before being pulled early in the second period.

DUCKS 4, BRUINS 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Kevin Roy scored his first NHL goal and Anaheim continued its mastery over goaltender Tuukka Rask and Boston.

Josh Manson, Nick Ritchie and Derek Grant also scored for the Ducks, who won for the second time in their last seven games (2-3-2). John Gibson made 39 saves.

Danton Heinen scored for the Bruins, who lost their fourth straight game and fell to 1-11-1 against Anaheim since the start of the 2009-10 season. Rask (23 saves) dropped to 1-6-1 in his career against the Ducks.

NHL roundup: Rangers hand Lightning first home loss

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TAMPA, Fla. -- J.T. Miller scored the winning goal 1:19 into overtime as the New York Rangers picked up their first road win of the season, surprising the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 2-1 victory on Thursday.

Miller swept in front of the net and beat goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, who made 33 saves. Miller scored his third goal of the season moments after intercepting a wraparound attempt by Nikita Kucherov.

New York had been 0-3-0 away from home this season, while the Lightning fell to 6-1-1 at home.

The Lightning were able to overcome a slew of turnovers in their own zone, with Vasilevskiy making more than his share of saves on breakaways from errant passes. Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 shots.

CAPITALS 4, ISLANDERS 3

WASHINGTON -- Lars Eller had two goals, including the game-winner with 3:21 left, and added an assist as Washington defeated New York.

Minutes after Washington killed off a New York power play, Eller took a feed from Tom Wilson and came down the left side. He fired high from the left circle and beat Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak on the short side to snap a 3-3 tie.

The Islanders trailed 3-2 after two periods, but Anders Lee tied it at the 7:00 mark when he got hit by a Thomas Hickey shot and fired the loose puck past goalie Braden Holtby for his second goal of the night to go along with an assist.

FLYERS 2, BLUES 0

ST. LOUIS -- Michal Neuvirth stopped 33 shots and made an early second-period goal by Brandon Manning stand up to give Philadelphia a shutout win over St. Louis.

The loss, which snapped a four-game winning streak for the Blues, was their first at home in six games this season and their first in regulation in their last eight games.

Neuvirth withstood a strong start by the Blues, who outshot the Flyers 10-1 in the first 10 minutes of the game and went on to post his 11th career shutout. Philadelphia's Claude Giroux added an empty-net goal with six seconds left.

BLUE JACKETS 7, PANTHERS 3

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Josh Anderson and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice each to lead Columbus to a win over Florida.

Anderson has five goals this season, and Bjorkstrand has four. The Jackets also got one goal and two assists from Boone Jenner.

The Panthers lost their third straight game despite one goal and two assists by second-line center Vincent Trocheck.

BRUINS 2, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1

BOSTON -- Sean Kuraly scored his first regular-season goal midway through the third period, and Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots to lead Boston to a victory over Vegas.

The loss was the third straight for the expansion team, which settled for a 1-1-0 split with the Bruins in its first season series.

Kuraly, playing in his 19th regular-season game, stuffed a rebound past Maxime Lagace at 9:53 of the third period to snap a 1-1 tie.

SENATORS 3, RED WINGS 1

OTTAWA -- Ottawa reverted to defensive form in a victory over Detroit at Canadian Tire Centre.

Mark Stone, Alex Burrows and Nate Thompson scored for the Senators. who were coming off an 8-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.

Anthony Mantha scored for Detroit.

JETS 5, STARS 2

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Special-teams success and a Mark Scheifele hat trick led Winnipeg to a win over Dallas.

Scheifele scored a power-play goal in the first period and added two goals in the third period. Patrik Laine and Tyler Myers also scored for Winnipeg.

Alexander Radulov and Mattias Janmark scored for Dallas.

WILD 6, CANADIENS 3

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Matt Cullen had a goal and assist on his 41st birthday, and Minnesota earned a win against Montreal.

Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves in goal for Minnesota. Nino Niederreiter, Tyler Ennis, Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon and Marcus Foligno also scored for the Wild, who recovered from a listless home loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

Brendan Gallagher scored twice for Montreal.

AVALANCHE 5, HURRICANES 3

DENVER -- Semyon Varlamov had a career-high 57 saves, Carl Soderberg and Patrik Nemeth had a goal and an assist each, and Colorado beat Carolina.

Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog and Blake Comeau also had goals and Nathan MacKinnon had two assists for Colorado, which survived a strong Carolina push in the third period.

The Hurricanes outshot the Avalanche 22-7 in the last period but Varlamov stopped all of them to eclipse his previous high in saves of 54 done against Chicago on Jan. 6, 2015.

FLAMES 2, PENGUINS 1 (OT)

CALGARY, Alberta -- Mark Giordano scored at 2:19 of overtime to lead Calgary to a win over Pittsburgh.

Giordano took a pass from Matthew Tkachuk and wired a shot to the top corner past Pittsburgh goalie Tristan Jarry, who was making just his second NHL start.

Sean Monahan also scored for the Flames, while goalie Mike Smith finished with 43 saves.

Patric Hornqvist scored the lone goal of the game for the Penguins, who skated to a 3-2 road win over the Edmonton Oilers one night earlier.

SABRES 5, COYOTES 4

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Kyle Okposo scored with one second remaining in the first period to swing the momentum and start Buffalo on a run of five consecutive goals, and the Sabres kept Arizona winless at home.

Benoit Pouliot had two goals and an assist and linemate Ryan O'Reilly added two assists to support Robin Lehner, who stopped 25 shots despite giving up three Arizona goals in the final eight minutes. The Pouliot-O'Reilly-Okposo line totaled seven points to help fend off the Coyotes' late comeback.

Antti Raanta made an uneven return to net for the Coyotes, who are 0-5-1 at home and an NHL-worst 1-12-1 overall. Raanta, who sat out nine games with a lower-body injury, made 26 saves but couldn't fend off a succession of odd-man rushes in which Pouliot, Seth Griffith and Evander Kane scored.

KINGS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 3

LOS ANGELES -- Tyler Toffoli scored two goals to help the Los Angeles beat Toronto.

Toffoli scored twice late in the second period to give the Kings a 5-0 advantage. Michael Cammalleri, Michael Amadio and Trevor Lewis also scored for Los Angeles (10-2-1).

Auston Matthews scored on a penalty shot for Toronto but missed on a penalty shot with 1:20 left in the third period. Connor Brown and Morgan Rielly also scored for the Maple Leafs.

NHL roundup: Golden Knights continue record start

LAS VEGAS -- Rookie Oscar Dansk, Vegas' third goaltender in only its eighth game, helped keep the expansion Golden Knights' dream start going in a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena. 

Dansk, making his first career NHL start, finished with 29 saves as the Golden Knights (7-1-0) continued the best start of any expansion franchise in NHL history.

Vegas can tie the record of five consecutive games won by an expansion team when it hosts the Colorado Avalanche on Friday to conclude its seven-game homestand. The Edmonton Oilers set the record in the 1979-80 season.

Jonathan Marchessault, a forward playing his first game after returning from injured reserve, put the Golden Knights ahead 4-1 on a power-play goal with 9:40 remaining.

PENGUINS 2, OILERS 1 (OT)

PITTSBURGH -- Phil Kessel scored off of a two-on-one with Evgeni Malkin 42 seconds into overtime to give Pittsburgh a victory over Edmonton.

It was Kessel's 299th career goal. Ian Cole scored on the Penguins' 32nd shot, at 3:24 of the third.

Connor McDavid tied it 1-1 at 17:07 of the third when he lofted a shot from the left dot over the glove of goaltender Matt Murray. Talbot made 42 saves for the Oilers. Murray stopped 29 shots.

CANADIENS 5, PANTHERS 1

MONTREAL -- After scoring three goals in less than two minutes en route to a victory over Florida, Montreal got a much-needed win.

Shea Weber scored twice, and Brendan Gallagher added a goal and an assist for the Canadiens. Alex Galchenyuk and Max Pacioretty had the Canadiens' other goals, and Jonathan Drouin contributed two assists. Carey Price stopped 26 shots for the win.

Keith Yandle opened the scoring for the Panthers and goalie James Reimer made 32 saves.

ISLANDERS 5, COYOTES 3

NEW YORK -- John Tavares collected his seventh career hat trick, capping it with the game-winner with 7:19 left in a New York victory over winless Arizona.

Brock Nelson scored in the third period and Scott Mayfield added an insurance goal with 2:57 remaining. Goalie Jaroslav Halak recorded 32 saves.

Anthony Duclair, Mario Kempe and Nick Cousins scored for the Coyotes (0-8-1), who are off to the worst start in the NHL since the New York Rangers went 0-14-1 to open the 1943-44 season.

DUCKS 6, FLYERS 2

PHILADELPHIA -- Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and an assist in his return to the lineup, leading Anaheim over Philadelphia.

Ondrej Kase also netted two goals, and Nick Ritchie, Rickard Rakell and Brandon Montour each scored once for the Ducks.

Sean Couturier netted his fifth and sixth goals of the season for the Flyers.

LIGHTNING 5, HURRICANES 1

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Tyler Johnson had a goal and assist as Tampa Bay remained the top team in the NHL through 10 games after defeating Carolina.

Mikhail Sergachev also scored for the Lightning (8-1-1), who got empty-net goals from Vladislav Namestnikov, Ryan Callahan and Nikita Kucherov.

Jaccob Slavin scored for the Hurricanes.

KINGS 3, SENATORS 2 (SO)

OTTAWA -- Adrian Kempe sent the game into overtime with a goal late in regulation and won it in the shootout as Los Angeles defeated Ottawa.

Alec Martinez also scored for the Kings and the Senators got goals from Nate Thompson and Dion Phaneuf.

Mike Condon made 41 saves in his second start of the season for the Senators, while Darcy Kuemper made 29 stops in the Los Angeles net.

SABRES 1, RED WINGS 0

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Robin Lehner made 32 saves and Benoit Pouliot scored the lone goal to lead Buffalo over Detroit.

It was Lehner's first shutout of the season and sixth of his career as he led Buffalo to its first home win of the season.

Jimmy Howard stopped 31 of 32 shots for the Red Wings.

FLAMES 3, PREDATORS 2 (SO)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Matthew Tkachuk's wrist shot goal in the third round of a shootout gave Calgary a win over Nashville.

The Flames rallied from a 2-0 deficit behind third-period goals from Tkachuk and Micheal Ferland to end a two-game skid and improve to 4-1-0 on the road. Calgary goalie Mike Smith stopped 28 shots.

Filip Forsberg and Roman Josi scored power-play goals during a 74-second span in the first period, giving the Predators the lead. Goalie Pekka Rinne made 30 saves.

CANUCKS 1, WILD 0

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Jake Virtanen scored his second goal in as many games in the third period as Vancouver closed a long road trip on a high note, beating Minnesota.

Virtanen's initial shot was blocked by Minnesota defenseman Jared Spurgeon, but the Vancouver top-line right winger gathered his own rebound and snapped a wrist shot just inside the far post to end a defensive battle in just the second home game of the season for Minnesota.

The Canucks got 29 saves from goalie Anders Nilsson, who has two shutouts in three starts this season. The Wild got 24 saves from goalie Devan Dubnyk, but were blanked for the first time this season.

AVALANCHE 5, STARS 3

DENVER -- Matt Nieto had three goals for his first career hat trick, Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist, and Colorado beat Dallas to end a three-game skid.

Mark Barberio also scored, Blake Comeau had three assists and Semyon Varlamov had 34 saves -- 13 in the third period when the Avalanche withstood a Dallas surge.

Jamie Benn had a goal and two assists, John Klingberg had a goal and an assist, and Brett Ritchie scored for The Stars. Kari Lehtonen stopped 14 shots in relief of Ben Bishop, who also stopped 14.