Chris Kreider scored two goals and the visiting Anaheim Ducks beat the Dallas Stars 7-5 on Thursday night for their fifth win in a row.
Leo Carlsson and Cutter Gauthier each had a goal and an assist to extend their point streaks to eight games each and Lukas Dostal made 21 saves for the Ducks, who bounced back from a 2-0 deficit after the first period to win for the seventh time in their past eight games.
Anaheim has scored seven goals in back-to-back games and has hit the mark four times this season.
Wyatt Johnston had two goals and an assist, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists, Miro Heiskanen had four assists and Jake Oettinger made 18 saves for the Stars, who came in on a seven-game point streak (4-0-3).
Penguins 5, Capitals 3
Sidney Crosby scored two goals and Pittsburgh beat visiting Washington despite surrendering a three-goal second-period lead.
Bryan Rust had the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and had two assists for the Penguins. Pittsburgh’s Anthony Mantha and Connor Dewar also scored, Ben Kindel had two assists, and Arturs Silovs made 28 saves.
Dylan Strome had a goal and two assists and Tom Wilson scored his fourth goal in four games and Rasmus Sandin also tallied for the Capitals. Charlie Lindgren stopped 26 shots, and Alex Ovechkin had two assists one night after recording his 900th NHL goal.
Devils 4, Canadiens 3 (OT)
Jesper Bratt’s goal 1:33 into overtime gave host New Jersey a come-from-behind win over Montreal in Newark, the Devils’ second win in three games.
Cody Glass, Ondrej Palat and Timo Meier also scored for the Devils, who are 2-3-0 since an eight-game winning streak that began with the second game of the season.
Kirby Dach, Jake Evans and Oliver Kapanen got the goals for the Canadiens, who played their fourth consecutive extra-time game (2-0-2) and have lost the last two. Defenseman Noah Dobson had two assists and Jakub Dobes stopped 24 shots.
Blues 3, Sabres 0
Joel Hofer made 28 saves for his third career shutout as St. Louis blanked host Buffalo, ending the Sabers’ seven-game point streak.
Mathieu Joseph had a goal and two assists for the Blues, who won for just the second time in 10 games. Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist for St. Louis and Nick Bjugstad also scored.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen allowed two goals on 16 shots for the Sabres, who entered the game 3-0-4 since Oct. 22. They surrendered a goal in each period and were shut out for the second time this season.
Bruins 3, Senators 2 (OT)
Pavel Zacha scored with 5.6 seconds left in overtime to propel Boston past visiting Ottawa. Zacha stuffed home a loose rebound in front of the crease after Charlie McAvoy’s hard net drive for the deciding goal, sending Boston to its fifth consecutive win and avenging a 7-2 loss to its Atlantic Division rival on Oct. 27.
Sean Kuraly and Morgan Geekie also scored, Andrew Peeke had two assists, and Joonas Korpisalo made 20 saves for the Bruins.
Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist to lead Ottawa, which has gone four straight without a regulation win (1-1-2). Michael Amadio also scored his third goal in four games.
Hurricanes 4, Wild 3
Nikolaj Ehlers scored a tiebreaking goal in the first minute of the second period to cap a dizzying stretch and Carolina held on to defeat Minnesota night in Raleigh, N.C.
Jackson Blake and Sean Walker both had a goal and an assist and Andrei Svechnikov also scored for the Hurricanes, whose rotations took a hit when defenseman Jalen Chatfield left in the first period with an upper-body injury.
Carolina goalie Frederik Andersen, who allowed three goals in the first four Wild shots, finished with 21 saves. Matt Boldy scored twice and Brock Faber had the other goal for the Wild, who were trying to build on their first two-game winning streak of the season. Filip Gustavsson stopped 23 shots.
Flyers 3, Predators 1
Matvei Michkov and Noah Cates scored second-period goals, leading Philadelphia to a win over host Nashville.
Philadelphia’s Travis Konecny logged an assist and added an empty-net goal with 1:13 remaining in the third period. Cam York picked up two assists. The Flyers have won back-to-back road games after starting the season 0-2-1 away from home. Dan Vladar made 23 saves to improve to 5-0-1 in six career appearances against Nashville
Ryan O’Reilly scored for the Predators, who have lost three in a row (0-1-2) and six of the past seven (1-4-2). Juuse Saros stopped 23 shots as Nashville dropped to 4-4-2 on home ice this season. Saros is now 5-5-1 in 11 career appearances against Philadelphia.
Panthers 5, Kings 2
Sam Reinhart celebrated his 30th birthday by scoring the game-winning goal in the second period and Brad Marchand tallied twice to give Florida a win in Los Angeles.
Sam Bennett and Anton Lundell also scored for the Panthers, who claimed only their second road win of the season by scoring four unanswered goals. Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made 24 saves for the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions.
Anze Kopitar and Corey Perry replied for the Kings, who have claimed only one victory in seven home games. Goalie Anton Forsberg stopped 19 shots in the loss.
Lightning 6, Golden Knights 3
Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel each scored two goals and an assist as Tampa Bay rallied from an early two-goal deficit to win in Las Vegas.
Dominic James scored his first NHL goal and also had two assists for Tampa Bay, which won for the sixth time in its last seven games. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves.
Ivan Barbashev scored two goals and had an assist and Mitch Marner had a goal and two assists for Vegas, which took its fourth loss in its past six games (2-3-1). Carl Lindbom stopped 21 of 26 shots in his third career NHL start.
