SUNRISE, Fla. — Jaromir Jagr and the Florida Panthers have been together for two games, and it’s working out quite well for each side.

Jagr had a goal and an assist, and the Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Sunday.

Aaron Ekblad, Brad Boyes and Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers (28-22-13). Al Montoya made 20 saves, and Jonathan Huberdeau had three assists.

Jagr, who was acquired in a trade with New Jersey on Thursday for two draft picks, moved into a tie with Phil Esposito for fifth on the NHL list with 717 career goals. It was his first multipoint game since Jan. 3 when he scored three times against Philadelphia.

Tyler Johnson, Steven Stamkos and Anton Stralman scored for the Lightning (38-20-6). Ben Bishop stopped 22 shots.

JETS 5, KINGS 2: Andrew Ladd scored twice and Winnipeg boosted its playoff hopes with a win over Los Angeles in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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The Jets also got goals from a pair of recent acquisitions, Drew Stafford and Tyler Myers, and held the defending Stanley Cup champions to 20 shots in one of their most complete efforts of the season. Blake Wheeler added an empty-net goal.

Jeff Carter scored twice for Los Angeles, and the Kings dropped their third consecutive game after an eight-game winning streak.

PENGUINS 5, BLUE JACKETS 3: Evgeni Malkin scored twice and added an assist, and Pittsburgh’s revived power play dominated Columbus, in Pittsburgh.

David Perron, Steve Downie and Derrick Pouliot also scored for the Penguins, who have won four straight. Sidney Crosby picked up two assists and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 22 shots as Pittsburgh sent the Blue Jackets to their sixth straight defeat.

Pittsburgh went 3 of 6 with the man advantage, scoring all three goals during a dynamic second period.

Curtis McElhinney made 36 saves for the Blue Jackets. James Wisniewski, Ryan Johansen and Nick Foligno scored for the short-handed Blue Jackets, who had no answer when Malkin got rolling.

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The former MVP has five goals and six assists in his last five games.

CAPITALS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 0: Alex Ovechkin scored his 40th and 41st goals of the season and added an assist, Braden Holtby made 32 saves, and Washington defeated Toronto in Washington, snapping a three-game losing streak.

Ovechkin struck just 33 seconds into the game and added a second-period score as he surpassed the 40-goal mark for the seventh time.

DUCKS 3, STARS 1: Clayton Stoner scored his first goal of the season to break a tie in the third period, and Anaheim beat host Dallas.

Stoner, who hadn’t scored in his first 54 games, put a slap shot from the left point between the legs of Dallas’ Jhonas Enroth. The goal was unassisted.

The game was tied at 1 before Stoner’s goal at 4:19 of the third. Ryan Getzlaf increased the lead to 3-1 on a breakaway at 14:09.


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