Schmaltz gets 2 goals and 5 assists, Coyotes beat Sens

Nick Schmaltz scored twice and had five assists for a franchise-record seven points as the host Arizona Coyotes recovered from a five-goal Ottawa rally to beat the Senators 8-5 Saturday.

Schmaltz helped set up four straight goals in the third period after the Coyotes fell behind. Carson Keller scored twice, including a goal that made it 5-all, and Lawson Crouse put Arizona ahead with a power-play tally.

Playing his second NHL game, Arizona rookie Matias Maccelli scored his first career goal to give Arizona a 4-0 lead midway through the second period. Parker Kelly then scored twice as the Senators got five goals in little over six minutes to go ahead 5-4 early in the third period.

The Coyotes, who beat NHL points leader Colorado on Friday, have won two in a row, three of four and four of six in their best extended stretch of the season.

Shayne Gostisbehere and Dyson Mayo also scored in the third for Arizona. Gostisbehere finished with three assists and Keller had two.

Josh Norris, Alex Formenton and Nick Paul scored for the Senators, who have lost four in a row.

The Coyotes signed center Travis Boyd to a two-year contract extension worth an estimated $3.5 million. Boyd has career season highs with 10 goals and 24 points in 46 games. Boyd, 28, also is one assist short of a career high while primarily skating on the Coyotes’ top line with Keller and Schmaltz.

Islanders 2, Blues 1: Oliver Wahlstrom and Brock Nelson each scored, Ilya Sorokin made 27 saves and host New York beat St. Louis. Sorokin had 14 stops in the third period as the Islanders snapped a two-game skid. Robert Thomas scored for St. Louis and Jordan Binnington recorded 18 saves, but the Blues fell for the second straight game despite a late push.

Flyers 4, Blackhawks 3: They weren’t exactly the Broad Street Bullies, but the host Flyers got a rare victory by playing the kind of physical hockey for which the franchise used to be known. Cam Atkinson had two goals and an assist, Joel Farabee chipped in three assists and Philadelphia beat Chicago.

Oskar Lindblom and Derick Brassard also scored for the Flyers, who won for just the fourth time in the past 25 games while continuing their home-ice dominance of the Blackhawks.