L0S ANGELES FORWARD Milan Lucic (17) skates past Boston Bruins’ Brad Marchand during the third period of the Los Angeles Kings 9-2 win over the Boston Bruins in an NHL hockey game in Boston on Tuesday.
Adam Henrique also had a goal and an assist as the Devils snapped a threegame losing streak and sent the Oilers to their third straight loss. Cory Schneider made 19 saves for New Jersey.
Connor McDavid, the top pick in last year’s draft, set up Jordan Eberle’s goal for Edmonton.
Panthers 7, Sabres 4
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Panthers defenseman Alex Petrovic scored in the first minute of the second period to cap Florida’s four-goal opening surge against Buffalo.
Florida scored seven goals for the second time this season after managing just two in its past two games, including a 3-0 loss at Detroit on Monday night.
Reilly Smith scored twice, including an empty-netter, and added an assist. Petrovic, Jussi Jokinen and Brian Campbell had a goal and assist apiece for the Atlantic Division leaders.
Jaromir Jagr and Brandon Pirri also scored in helping Florida improve to 6- 1-1 in its past eight. The Panthers are 8- 0-2 in their past 10 games at Buffalo.
Ducks 4, Flyers 1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rickard Rakell had two goals, Chris Stewart scored on a penalty shot and Andrew Cogliano added an empty-netter to lead Anaheim over Philadelphia.
Frederik Andersen made 28 saves for the Ducks, who bounced back from Monday’s 6-2 blowout at Pittsburgh that snapped their six-game winning streak. Anaheim improved to 14-4-1 since Christmas while getting the victory in the second game of a sevengame road trip that will cover 7,300 miles in 13 days.
Islanders 3, B-Jackets 2 (SO)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cal Clutterbuck scored the winning goal in the shootout, lifting New York to a comeback victory over Columbus.
Frans Nielsen also scored in the shootout and Jaroslav Halak stopped three of four attempts by the Blue Jackets. Anders Lee had the tying goal early in the third period.
Ryan Strome also scored in regulation for the Islanders, who completed a four-game sweep of the season series.
Sharks 2, Blackhawks 0
CHICAGO (AP) — Martin Jones made 33 saves for his fifth shutout this season and Patrick Marleau scored a power-play goal in the second period to lead San Jose past Chicago.
Joe Thornton added a long emptynetter with 1:42 left.
Marleau’s goal, on the Sharks’ only man advantage, ended his six-game drought and was just his second in his last 17. But it was all the offense San Jose needed to improve to 18-8-2 on the road, best in the Western Conference.
The Sharks, who ended Chicago’s three-game winning streak, are 10-2-2 in their last 14.
Habs 4, Lightning 2
MONTREAL (AP) — Tomas Plekanec scored twice and added an assist, helping the Canadiens to a victory over Tampa Bay that extended Montreal’s winning streak to three games.
Brendan Gallagher and Devante Smith-Pelly also scored for Montreal. With 37 saves, Ben Scrivens earned his third consecutive victory after going 0- 4 to start the season.
Valtteri Filppula and Victor Hedman scored for the Lightning. Ben Bishop stopped 23 shots but Tampa Bay has dropped consecutive games in regulation for the first time since Nov. 27-28.
Jets 2, Blues 1 (SO)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mark Scheifele scored in the fourth round for his first career shootout goal in four attempts, lifting Winnipeg over St. Louis.
Bryan Little had his 16th goal in the opening minute of the second period for the Jets, who beat the Blues for just the second time in 15 games (2-11-2) since moving back to Winnipeg in 2011. Dustin Byfuglien had an assist a day after signing a $38 million, five-year contract extension with the Jets, who are 4-0-1 in their last five on the road.
Capitals 5, Predators 3
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Marcus Johansson had a goal and two assists to lead Washington past Nashville.
Tom Wilson and Justin Williams each had a goal and an assist, and Jason Chimera and Alex Ovechkin also scored. Braden Holtby made 23 saves for the Capitals, winners of four straight.
Stars 4, Wild 3 (OT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — John Klingberg scored in overtime and Kari Lehtonen made 37 saves to win for the first time in more than a month as Dallas defeated slumping Minnesota.
It was the 11th loss in 12 games for the fading Wild.
Jamie Benn, who had two assists, set up Klingberg’s high shot from the slot that eluded Darcy Kuemper at 2:39 of the extra period. Patrick Eaves added a goal and an assist and Tyler Seguin had two assists for the Stars, who recovered from a 5-1 loss Saturday at Chicago.
DENVER (AP) — Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist, and Jacob Markstrom made 29 saves and chipped in with an assist in Vancouver’s victory over Colorado.
Sven Baertschi and Matt Bartkowski also scored for the Canucks, who stopped a four-game losing streak.
Francois Beauchemin had the lone goal for Colorado, and Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves. The Avalanche fell to 12-13-4 at home.
Flames 4, Maple Leafs 3
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Markus Granlund scored short-handed for his first goal in 21 games and added an assist to lead Calgary over Toronto.
It was the first multipoint game of the season for Granlund, a healthy scratch the previous three games. The Finnish center was back in the lineup due to three benchings at forward by Flames coach Bob Hartley.
All-Star Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan — the team’s top two scorers — along with veteran Lance Bouma were healthy scratches for disciplinary reasons after reportedly arriving to the arena late for practice on Monday.
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