Eller sparks Capitals in win over Islanders
Lars Eller scored two goals, including the winner, and had an assist to help the Capitals beat the New York Islanders, 4-3, last night in Washington.
Eller’s play helped Washington escape despite being outshot 38-19 and 16-2 in the third period.
Braden Holtby made 35 saves, including 14 in the first. Taylor Chorney and Alex Chiasson each scored his first goal of the season for the Capitals.
New York’s Anders Lee scored twice and John Tavares got his 12th goal of the season, one behind Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov for the NHL lead. Jaroslav Halak made 15 saves.
Rangers 2, Lightning 1 — In Tampa, J.T. Miller scored 1:19 into overtime and New York defeated Tampa Bay.
Miller skated around defenseman Anton Stralman and beat Andrei Vasilevskiy. New York also got a goal from Chris Kreider, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 shots.
Yanni Gourde had a goal and Vasilevskiy made 33 saves for the Lightning. Vasilevskiy had won nine consecutive decisions.
Steven Stamkos, playing in his 600th NHL game, was held pointless for just the second time in 14 games.
Wild 6, Canadiens 3 — In St. Paul, Minn., Matt Cullen scored his first goal of the season on his 41st birthday and added an assist, giving sputtering Minnesota a welcome spark in beating Montreal.
Matt Dumba and Tyler Ennis also scored to send struggling Canadiens goalie Carey Price into the first intermission with a 3-0 deficit. Ryan Suter chipped in a second-period goal, and Jared Spurgeon scored on a power play in the third.
The Wild have won six straight games against the Canadiens while outscoring them 25-9.
Senators 3, Red Wings 1— Mark Stone had a goal and an assist and Craig Anderson made 24 saves as host Ottawa beat Detroit.
Alex Burrows and Nate Thompson also scored to help the Senators rebound from an 8-3 home loss to Montreal on Monday night.
Jimmy Howard made 27 saves, and Anthony Mantha scored for Detroit.
Blue Jackets 7, Panthers 3— In Sunrise, Fla., Oliver Bjorkstrand and Josh Anderson each scored twice to lift Columbus over Florida.
Boone Jenner, Tyler Motte and Markus Hannikainen also had goals for the Blue Jackets, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves.
Seven goals are a seasonhigh for Columbus, which won for the eighth time in 11 games.
Jets 5, Stars 2 — Mark Scheifele had a hat trick, Patrik Laine scored his first goal in five games and host Winnipeg beat Dallas to extend its points streak to six games.
The Jets have won three straight, and are 4-0-2 on the points streak.
Flyers 2, Blues 0 — Michal Neuvirth made 33 saves and Brandon Manning broke a scoreless tie with a secondperiod goal as Philadelphia beat host St. Louis.
St. Louis lost at home for the first time after opening 5-0. The Blues were the only team that hadn’t been beaten at home.
Flames 2, Penguins 1 — Mark Giordano scored 2:19 into overtime, Mike Smith made 43 saves and host Calgary beat Pittsburgh.
Giordano fired a perfect shot over Tristan Jarry’s glove off a pass by Matthew Tkachuk.
Avalanche 5, Hurricanes 3— In Denver, Semyon Varlamov stopped a careerhigh 57 shots and Blake Comeau scored the first of Colorado’s three secondperiod goals in a victory against Carolina.
Sabres 5, Coyotes 4 — In Glendale, Ariz., Benoit Pouliot had two goals and an assist, and Buffalo held off Arizona’s furious late charge.
Kings 5, Maple Leafs 3 — Tyler Toffoli scored twice, Tanner Pearson added three assists and host Los Angeles rolled over Toronto.