SUNRISE, Fla. — Jaromir Jagr scored twice to move into third place on the NHL career goals list and help the Florida Panthers beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 on Saturday night.

Reilly Smith had the go-ahead power-play goal early in the third period for Florida and Roberto Luongo stopped 30 shots in his return after missing two games. The Panthers won for just the third time in eight games (3-3-2).

Nikolaj Ehlers scored his 14th of the season on a power play in the first period, and Michael Hutchinson finished with 25 saves for the Jets, losers of three straight (0-2-1).

Jagr’s goal 4:53 into the second period tied Brett Hull for third with 741. Only Wayne Gretzky (894) and Gordie Howe (801) had more goals.

Skating down the middle toward the goal, Jagr redirected a centering pass from Dmitry Kulikov and put the puck over Hutchinson’s right shoulder to tie the score at 1.

Smith scored his 19th goal, at 3:58 of the third on a power play, to give Florida a 2-1 edge. The right wing fired a wrist shot from the right circle and the puck beat Hutchinson to the right side.

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Jagr then scored his 20th of the season and No. 742 for his career on a wrist shot from close range with 4:23 left in the third period to make it 3-1.

Luongo played for the first time since allowing five goals on 28 shots in a 5-0 loss against Nashville a week earlier.

LIGHTNING 4, PENGUINS 2: Tampa Bay center Steven Stamkos became the third player in franchise history to reach 300 goals, and the Lightning ended a long losing streak in Pittsburgh.

Stamkos knocked in a rebound off Alex Killorn’s shot midway through the first period to join Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis as the only Lightning players with 300 goals.

CAPITALS 4, DEVILS 3: Brooks Orpik scored his second goal of the season with 3:58 left and host Washington rallied to beat New Jersey Devils, becoming the first NHL team with 90 points this season.

Washington’s T.J. Oshie tied the game with 6:05 left in his 500th NHL game. Orpik got his fourth assist of the season on Oshie’s goal.

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SENATORS 3, RED WINGS 2: Kyle Turris scored the shootout winner and Dion Phaneuf got his first goal with host Ottawa in a win over Detroit.

Zack Smith also scored for the Senators. Ottawa has won three straight games for the first time since Nov. 19-24.

FLYERS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 4: Shayne Gostisbehere scored 29 seconds into overtime, extending his scoring streak to 15 games, and Philadelphia won at Toronto despite the absense of captain Claude Giroux, who sat out with an upper-body injury.

NOTES

RANGERS: Although captain Ryan McDonagh cleared concussion screenings, he will not play Sunday against Detroit.


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