Flyers beat Wild, give Tortorella his 700th victory

James van Riemsdyk scored the only goal in a shootout, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Thursday night for coach John Tortorella’s 700th career victory.

Tortorella is 700-573-181 in 1,454 games as an NHL head coach. His 700 wins rank 12th in NHL history and his career games rank ninth in NHL history. He led Tampa Bay to the Stanley Cup in 2004 and is in his first season coaching the Flyers. Tortorella joined Peter Laviolette as the second American-born coach to win 700 games.

Scott Laughton, Joel Farabee, Rasmus Ristolainen and Tyson Foerster scored for the Flyers.

MAPLE LEAFS 6, PANTHERS 2 >>

Auston Matthews had two goals and Mitch Marner, William Nylander each had a goal and an assist and John Tavares finished with three assists as Toronto won for the third time in four games

Eric and Marc Staal of the Panthers declined to wear special Pride-themed warmup jerseys ahead of team’s game in support of the area’s LGBTQ community. The brothers cited their religion as the reason for their decision.

CAPITALS 6, BLACKHAWKS 1 >>

John Carlson had a goal and an assist in his return from a fractured skull as Washington beat Chicago.

Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom also had a goal and an assist for Washington.

BRUINS 4, CANADIENS 2 >>

David Pastrnak scored his 49th goal, Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist and Boston overcame a sluggish performance for their fifth straight victory.

RANGERS 2, HURRICANES 1 >>

Adam Fox ended a 24-game stretch without a goal and New York overcame Carolina in a battle of Metropolitan Division contenders.

Artemi Panarin also scored and assisted on the goal-ahead goal, and Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves.

The Hurricanes could have clinched an Eastern Conference playoff spot with a victory.

STARS 3, PENGUINS 2 >>

Joe Pavelski scored the tiebreaking goal on a thirdperiod power play as Dallas moved a point ahead of Minnesota atop the Central Division.

Sidney Crosby scored for the Penguins. His 548th career goal was the 35-yearold’s first in Dallas, giving him at least one in each of the other 31 NHL cities.

SENATORS 7, LIGHTNING 2 >>

Alex Debrincat and Brady Tkachuk each scored two goals and Ottawa cruised past Tampa Bay. It was the Senators’ 35th win, the team’s most since 2015-16.

PREDATORS 2, KRAKEN 1 , SO >>

Matt Duchene and Philip Tomasino scored in the shootout, and Juuse Saros made 27 saves to lead Nashville over Seattle.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, FLAMES 2 >>

Nicolas Roy scored the winning goal early in the third period as Vegas topped Calgary.

MCDAVID NETS 60TH >>

Connor Mcdavid scored his 60th goal of the season with his second of the game 1:31 into overtime, lift Edmonton to a 4-3 victory over the Arizona late Wednesday.

Mcdavid has 60 goals in 72 games, making him the fastest player to reach the mark since Mario Lemieux accomplished the feat in 62 games in 1995-96.