Boston Herald

Leafs edge Sens

- — Herald Wire serViCes

Auston Matthews scored three times to increase his NHL-leading goals total to 31, Jack Campbell made 27 saves to set an NHL record for consecutiv­e victories to start a season and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Ottawa Senators 6-5 on Saturday night.

Mitch Marner added a goal and three assists for Toronto. The North-leading Maple Leafs have won six straight to improve to 28-10-3.

Matthews had the third hat trick of his career, and also had an assist for a four-point night. He has five straight 30goal seasons to start his career. Campbell broke the mark of 10 wins to start a season set by Montreal’s Carey Price in 2016-17.

Jets 5, Canadiens 0 — Connor Hellebuyck made 19 saves for his second shutout of the season and Andrew Copp, Nikolaj Ehlers and Mathieu Perrault each had a goal and an assist in Winnipeg’s victory over Montreal.

The Canadiens have lost three in a row.

Blackhawks 4, Blue Jackets 3 — Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist, Kevin Lankinen stopped 23 shots and Chicago rallied to beat Columbus.

Carl Soderberg, Wyatt Kalynuk and Dylan Strome also scored for Chicago.

Michael Del Zotto, Cam Atkinson and Patrik Laine scored for Columbus.

Stars 4, Panthers 1 — Rookie Jason Robertson scored twice for his first multigoal NHL game in Dallas’ victory over Florida.

Jamie Benn had his third power-play goal in the last six games, and Anton Khudobin made 20 saves.

Red Wings 5, Hurricanes 4 — Adam Erne scored in the seventh round of the shootout to lift Detroit past Carolina. Dylan Larkin, Anthony Mantha, Valtteri Filppula and Erne had goals in regulation for Detroit.

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