WILSON’S GOAL HELPS BEAT WILD

MINN.» Tom Wilson

ST. PAUL, returned early from his playersafety suspension and scored a first-period goal, helping the Washington Capitals cool off Minnesota with a 5-2 victory on Tuesday night for the Wild’s first regulation loss at home.

Dmitry Orlov had his first two goals of the season and an assist, Andre Burakovsky and T.J. Oshie also scored and Pheonix Copley made 26 saves for the Capitals, whose four-game road trip was jump-started in the morning by an arbitrator’s reduction of Wilson’s 20-game ban by six games to make him immediately eligible again.

Panthers 2, Flyers 1.

PHILADELPHIA» Aaron Ekblad and Evgenii Dadonov scored goals, Roberto Luongo made 29 saves and Florida beat Philadelphia for its fifth straight win.

Jakub Voracek had the lone goal for the Flyers, who had won three straight and five of six.

Red Wings 6, Coyotes 1.

Defenseman Mike Green had a goal and two assists and the Wings extended their winning streak to four games.

Andreas Athanasiou added a goal and an assist for the third straight game.

Oilers 6, Canadiens 2.

Six different Oilers scored a goal each.

Sabres 2, Lightning 1.

» Carter Hutton stopped 30 shots and the Sabres won their third straight game.

Jeff Skinner scored his teamleading 13th goal and Kyle Okposo also scored for Buffalo. Defenseman Nathan Beaulieu had two assists, and the Sabres improved to 10-6-2 for their best start since opening 11-7 in 201112.

Devils 4, Penguins 2.

» Taylor Hall scored the

N.J. game-winning goal on a breakaway at 8:07 of the third period and added an empty-net tally to lead the Devils.

Hall also had two assists, and Travis Zajac and Damon Severson each had a goal and an assist as the Devils snapped a threegame losing streak by beating the Penguins for the second time in just over a week.

Keith Kinkaid had 29 saves for New Jersey, which was returning home following a 1-6 road trip.

Islanders 5, Canucks 2.

Tom Kuhnhackl scored two goals to lead the Islanders.