TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Eric Fehr had two goals, including a tiebreaking redirection with 51.5 seconds left in the third period, as the Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night.
Tampa Bay had pulled even at 3 on Ondrej Palat’s nifty tip-in of Matt Carle’s shot at 14:30 of the third. Martin St. Louis also assisted on the goal to move past Rick Tocchet into sole possession of 89th place on the NHL’s career list with 953 points.
Washington also got goals from Mikhail Grabovski and Marcus Johansson.
Tyler Johnson and B.J. Crombeen had the other goals for the Lightning.
PANTHERS 2, SABRES 1, SO
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Brad Boyes scored in regulation and the shootout, lifting the Panthers over the Sabres.
Buffalo was playing its first game under general manager Tim Murray and special adviser Craig Patrick, introduced earlier Thursday by team President Pat LaFontaine.
Tim Thomas made 23 saves and was perfect in the shootout for Florida, which won on the road for the first time since Dec. 19.
Jhonas Enroth made 34 saves and Jamie McBain scored for Buffalo, which is 6-0-2 in its last eight home games.
DEVILS 1, STARS 0
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Cory Schneider earned his third shutout of the season and Michael Ryder scored his team-leading 15th goal as the Devils snapped a three-game winless streak with a victory over Dallas.
Schneider finished with 26 saves in his first victory since Dec. 28 against the New York Islanders. Schneider’s previous shutout was also a 1-0 victory against Buffalo on Nov. 30.
Despite stellar goaltending by Kari Lehtonen, who made 33 saves, Dallas dropped its fourth straight.
HURRICANES 6, MAPLE LEAFS 1
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal had a goal and three assists, and Jeff Skinner extended his offensive surge with a goal and an assist to lead the Hurricanes to a win over the Maple Leafs.
John-Michael Liles, Patrick Dwyer, Zach Boychuk and Elias Lindholm also scored for the Hurricanes, who won their fifth straight game. Liles was playing against his former team for the first time ”“ Carolina sent defenseman Tim Gleason to Toronto for Liles on Jan. 1.
Skinner’s goal was his 17th in his last 17 games, and he improved his point streak to a career-high six games, with seven goals and five assists in that stretch.
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