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Scott Laughton scored twice, Brian Elliott made 43 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers snapped a 10-game losing streak Monday night with a 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames.

Calgary held a wide edge in play, outshooting Philadelphia 45-21, but the opportunistic Flyers scored three times in a 1:11 span of the second period to break open a 1-all game.

Valtteri Filppula, Michael Raffl and Wayne Simmonds also scored for Philadelphia (9-11-7), and Jakub Voracek had three assists. Five of the losses during the skid came in overtime.

Troy Brouwer, with his first of the season, and Sean Monahan scored for Calgary (14-12-1). The Flames lost three of four on their homestand.

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Capitals 4, Sharks 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 20th goal and assisted on another as Washington stopped its recent run of futility against San Jose.

The Capitals beat the Sharks for the fourth time in 18 meetings since Ovechkin entered the NHL in 2005-06. It was Washington’s second regulation win against San Jose in that time and first since Oct. 15, 2009. It also ended a four-game skid in the series.

Ovechkin continued his climb up the career list with his 578th goal, passing Hall of Famer Mark Recchi for 20th. He’s the 11th player in NHL history to score at least 20 goals in each of his first 13 seasons.

Islanders 5, Panthers 4

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Mathew Barzal scored the winning goal in a shootout to lift New York over Florida after Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo injured his leg in the second period.

Anders Lee scored his 100th career goal. John Tavares, Brock Nelson and Thomas Hickey also scored in regulation for the Islanders. Jaroslav Halak made 39 saves and stopped all three attempts in the shootout.



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