Patrik in the fast Laine, nets 5 goals

ST LOUIS: Patrik Laine scored five goals on Saturday in the Winnipeg Jets’ 8-4 victory at St Louis, two short of 97-year-old NHL record.

It was the 61st five-goal game in league history. Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs was the last player to score six goals in a game, on April 22, 1976, against Boston.

Brandon Tanev, Blake Wheeler, and Jack Roslovic also scored for the Jets, who snapped their first two-game losing streak of the season.

Laine’s five goal outburst gives him a league-leading 16 goals in 10 November games.

Joe Malone, who played in the early days of the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens, scored seven goals in a game with the Quebec Bulldogs in January 1920. He also had a six-goal game and three fivegoal games.

Laurent Brossoit allowed four goals on 27 shots for his first career win against St Louis. He improved to 4-1-1.

Vladimir Tarasenko, David Perron, Ryan O’Reilly, and Pat Maroon scored for the Blues.

In New York, Brett Connolly scored the tie-breaking goal with 6:24 minutes left in the third period as Washington rallied from a two-goal deficit to register a 5-3 victory.

Alex Ovechkin, Nic Dowd, Jakub Vrana and Tom Wilson also scored for defending Stanley Cup champions Washington, and John Carlson had three assists. Pheonix Copley, starting in place of Braden Holtby, stopped 27 shots.

Jimmy Vesey, Brady Skjei and Ryan Strome scored for the Rangers, who lost their second straight, ending a seven-game winning streak on home ice. Kevin Hayes had two assists and Alexandar Georgiev finished with 23 saves.

In Sunrise, Erik Gustafsson scored 2:32 minutes into overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 5-4 victory over the Florida Panthers.

Gustafsson wristed in his third goal of the season to beat Florida goalie James Reimer, snapping Chicago’s two-game overall losing streak and eight-game road skid.

Alex DeBrincat tied it with two seconds left in regulation and David Kampf, Patrick Kane and Alexandre Fortin also tallied for the Blackhawks. Gustav Forsling had two assists and Kampf added an assist for a three-point night.

Goalie Cam Ward made his first start since Nov 12 and stopped 34 shots.

Mike Hoffman, Jared McCann, Aaron Ekblad and Frank Vatrano scored goals for the Panthers. Jonathan Huberdeau recorded a pair of assists.

Reimer made 36 saves for the Panthers, who lost their third straight.

In Detroit, Sam Reinhart and Tage Thompson scored in a seven-round shootout to give Buffalo a 3-2 win — their ninth consecutive victory.

Jeff Skinner and Thompson scored for Buffalo in regulation, and Linus Ullmark made 35 saves.

Dylan Larkin, Anthony Mantha scored for Detroit, and Jimmy Howard stopped 33 shots. Andreas Athanasiou scored in the shoot-out for the Red Wings.

Mikko Rantanen scored a tie-breaking goal 46 seconds as Colorado rallied past Dallas 3-2 at Denver.