SUNRISE, Fla. — Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in the shootout, and the Florida Panthers continued their string of comebacks by rallying from three one-goal deficits to beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Saturday.
Maxim Mamin scored two goals and Reinhart added a goal for Florida. Lucas Carlsson and Anton Lundell each had two assists and Sergei Bobrovsky made 22 saves for the Panthers – plus stopped Ryan O’Reilly to end the shootout.
Ville Husso made a career-best 48 saves for the Blues, who got goals from Brandon Saad, Logan Brown and Jake Walman. O’Reilly had two assists for St. Louis.
CAPITALS 3, BLUE JACKETS 1: Alex Ovechkin scored his 20th goal of the season and the 750th of his NHL career to help Washington win at home.
Ovechkin became the second-fastest player to reach the 750-goal mark, doing so in his 1,222nd regular-season game. Wayne Gretzky, whose record of 894 goals Ovechkin is chasing, got to 750 in 1,001 games.
PREDATORS 4, CANADIENS 3: Filip Forsberg scored with 11.1 seconds remaining in overtime, giving Nashville a victory over visiting Montreal.
Eeli Tolvanen, Tanner Jeannot and Luke Kunin also scored, and Juuse Saros made 20 saves for Nashville.
RED WINGS 4, ISLANDERS 3: Moritz Seider scored 3:33 into overtime and Detroit handed visiting New York its 10th straight loss.
Filip Hronek, Sam Gagner and Givani Smith also scored for the Red Wings, who won their season-high fifth straight. Alex Nedeljkovic made 20 saves.
Oliver Wahlstrom scored two power-play goals, Cal Clutterbuck scored short-handed, and Mathew Barzal had two assists as the Islanders fell to 0-8-2 during their skid.
WILD 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3: Kirill Kaprizov scored in the third round of a shootout and Minnesota beat visiting Toronto for its sixth straight win.
Jordan Greenway, Mats Zuccarello and Marcus Foligno had goals in regulation for Central Division-leading Minnesota, which has outscored its opponents 28-12 during its winning streak.
HURRICANES 6, SABRES 2: Teuvo Teravainen scored two goals and Carolina rode an early burst of offense to a win in Raleigh, North Carolina.
SENATORS 6, AVALANCHE 5: Brady Tkachuk scored his second goal 51 seconds into overtime, giving Ottawa a win at home.
RANGERS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2: Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome each had a goal and two assists, and New York won at home for its sixth straight victory.
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