DADONOV NETS HAT TRICK, WINNER

Dadonov FLA.» Evgenii SUNRISE, scored with 1:53 to play to complete a hat trick and give the Florida Panthers a 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.

Dadonov beat goalie Matt Murray on a one-timer off Aleksander Barkov’s pass for the winner.

“The old saying, your best players got to be your best players in games like this. He definitely was,” Florida coach Bob Boughner said.

Dadonov has 18 goals this season.

HIGHLIGHTS

Alex Ovechkin added to his NHL lead with two goals for 37 on the season and he tied the Washington record for most games played at 983, and the Capitals beat the Sabres 5-1. Philipp Grubauer made 28 saves for his third win in three starts. Grubauer’s previous victory came against Buffalo, 3-2 on Monday. … Josh Anderson scored in the third period, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 shots and the Blue Jackets beat the Blackhawks 3-2. … Brandon Manning had a goal and two assists as the Flyers topped the Senators 5-3 for their fifth consecutive victory. Ivan Provorov, Robert Hagg, Claude Giroux and Nolan Patrick also scored for the Flyers. Petr Mrazek made 25 saves in his second start for the Flyers since being acquired in a trade with Detroit. … Henrik Zetterberg scored the go-ahead goal in the second period to tie Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay on Detroit’s career list with 335, and the Red Wings went on to beat the Hurricanes 3-1. … Brayden Point scored in regulation and added the shootout winner as the Lightning beat the Canadiens

4-3. … Ron Hainsey broke a tie with 1:23 left to give the Maple Leafs their franchise recordtying ninth straight home victory with a 4-3 win over the Bruins .… Patrik Laine scored two goals, Dustin Byfuglien had three assists and the Jets scored five goals in the second period in a 5-3 victory over the Stars. … Kyle Palmieri scored two third-period goals and the Devils opened some daylight on the Islanders

in the race for a wild-card playoff berth with a 2-1 win. Taylor Hall extended his Nhl-best points streak to 14 games with two assists. … Antti Raanta made 26 saves for his second shutout in three games as the Coyotes

held off the Ducks 2-0.

FOOTNOTES

Elias jersey retired. The Devils retired career scoring leader Patrik Elias’ No. 26 jersey in a ceremony before their game . ... The Oilers traded defenseman Brandon Davidson to the Islanders for a 2019 third-round draft pick. — The Associated Press