Sabres extend streak to eight with overtime win

>> BUFFALO: Jeff Skinner scored 3:06 minutes into overtime after getting the tying goal late in regulation, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Friday for their eighth straight victory.

Buffalo’s win streak is the longest in the NHL and the team’s best stretch since winning 10 in a row to start the 2006-07 season. Casey Mittelstadt also scored for the Sabres, and Carter Hutton made 31 saves.

Brendan Gallagher and Andrew Shaw scored the Canadiens, who have lost three straight. Phillip Danault had two assists, and Antti Niemi stopped 37 shots.

In St Paul, Eric Staal scored with 2:31 minutes remaining and Minnesota topped Winnipeg 4-2 in an emotional, penalty-filled match-up.

Nino Niederreiter, Eric Fehr and Zach Parise also scored for Minnesota, who trailed 2-0 after two periods. Alex Stalock made 26 saves while filling in for Devan Dubnyk, who was scratched with an illness.

Patrik Laine scored for the sixth time in three games for Winnipeg, who have lost back-to-back games for the first time this season. Nikolaj Ehlers added his fifth goal of the season, and Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves.

In Anaheim, Rickard Rakell scored 14 seconds into overtime as Anaheim rallied to beat Edmonton 2-1.

The Ducks earned their second straight win after a pair of overtime losses to Toronto and Colorado. Nick Ritchie tied the game with 16.2 seconds remaining, and John Gibson made 27 saves.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored a power-play goal for the Oilers. While Connor McDavid extended his point streak to five games.

In Washington, Michal Kempny and Alex Ovechkin scored in a 1:56minute span of the third period and Washington beat Detroit 3-1 for their season-high fourth consecutive victory.

Kempny snapped a 1-1 tie with a slap shot at 6:38 minutes, and Ovechkin extended the lead to 3-1 with his 16th of the season.

Washington goalie Braden Holtby had 31 saves.

Andreas Athanasiou scored his 10th goal of the season in the first period for Detroit, who were 9-2 in their last 11 games before the trip to Washington.