Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist and the visiting Washington Capitals won their fifth straight game, 3-2 over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.
Tom Wilson and Matt Roy also scored for the Capitals, who extended their point streak to 11 games (8-0-3). Logan Thompson, the reigning NHL first star of the week, made 30 saves and picked up his first assist of the season.
Leon Draisaitl scored his NHL-leading 34th goal and added an assist to extend his point streak to seven games for the Oilers, who have lost two straight after winning four in a row. Corey Perry also tallied, and Stuart Skinner allowed three goals on 14 shots.
Edmonton played without Connor McDavid, who served the first game of a three-game suspension for cross-checking Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland late in the game Saturday.
Flyers 2, Red Wings 1 (OT)
Rasmus Ristolainen scored with 26 seconds left in overtime as Philadelphia nipped visiting Detroit.
Joel Farabee had a goal and an assist for Philadelphia, which improved to 5-0-1 over its past six games. Samuel Ersson made 27 saves for the hosts.
Ben Chiarot scored the only goal for Detroit, which has lost four of its past five games (1-3-1). Alex Lyon stopped 24 shots against his former team.
Predators 7, Sharks 5
Nick Blankenburg scored the eventual game-winner as Nashville erased a four-goal deficit to defeat visiting San Jose.
Jonathan Marchessault scored and added three assists, and Tommy Novak and Filip Forsberg each tallied a goal and two assists for the Predators, who have won four straight. Fedor Svechkov, Justin Barron and Roman Josi also scored for Nashville, which improved to 10-6-1 over the last 17.
Mikael Granlund scored twice, and Macklin Celebrini, Luke Kunin and Jake Walman also scored for San Jose, which has lost four in a row and seven of eight. Cody Ceci and William Eklund had two assists each.
Rangers 5, Senators 0
Igor Shesterkin recorded his second straight shutout, making 20 saves as host New York rolled to a win over Ottawa.
The shutout was Shesterkin’s third of the season and the 18th of his career. Alexis Lafreniere scored in the first period, Arthur Kaliyev had a goal in the second and Matt Rempe, Artemi Panarin and Will Cuylle added insurance goals in the third for the Rangers, who extended their point streak to nine games (6-0-3).
Leevi Merilainen was pulled after allowing two goals on 16 shots before Anton Forsberg made 10 saves in relief for the Senators, who had their six-game point streak (5-0-1) end.
Canadiens 3, Lightning 2
Jake Evans scored the go-ahead goal with 2:15 left in regulation, rookie Lane Hutson matched an NHL record and Montreal topped visiting Tampa Bay.
Hutson had an assist to match Shayne Gostisbehere (2015-16 Philadelphia Flyers) for the longest point streak by a rookie defenseman. Alex Newhook and Juraj Slafkovsky, Patrik Laine posted two assists and Sam Montembeault stopped 33 shots for the Canadiens.
Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov tallied to move his points streak to 10 games, the longest active run in the NHL. Jake Guentzel also potted one for the Lightning, and Andrei Vasilevskiy turned aside 19 shots.
Hurricanes 2, Stars 1
Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored his second goal of the game just 24 seconds after host Dallas tied it in the third period, lifting Carolina to a victory.
The winning goal was fortunate for the Hurricanes as the puck went off Kotkaniemi’s skate with 9:25 to play as the center skated into the crease.
Carolina’s Pyotr Kochetkov made 22 saves, including 11 in the third period. Martin Necas assisted on both Hurricanes goals. Thomas Harley had the Dallas goal, and Jake Oettinger stopped 17 shots.
Panthers 5, Ducks 2
Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist as Florida opened a four-game western road trip with a victory over Anaheim to complete a sweep of a home-and-away back-to-back.
Sam Reinhart, Evan Rodrigues, Sam Bennett and Uvis Balinskis also scored goals and Mackie Samoskevich and Tomas Nosek each added two assists for the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves for Florida, which extended its point streak against the Ducks to 10 games (9-0-1).
Frank Vatrano and Mason McTavish scored for the Ducks, who lost their fourth straight game (0-3-1). Lukas Dostal finished with 24 saves.
Sabers 3, Canucks 2
Jiri Kulich had a goal and two assists to help visiting Buffalo rally for a win against Vancouver.
JJ Peterka added a goal and an assist, Tage Thompson also scored and Rasmus Dahlin had two assists for the Sabres, who had lost three of their previous four games. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves for the win.
Phillip Di Giuseppe and Elias Pettersson scored, and Thatcher Demko stopped 23 shots for the Canucks, who are 2-5-2 in their past nine games.
–Field Level Media
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