Panthers rally for three late goals to stun Stars

Frank Vatrano scored the go-ahead goal with 3:10 remaining and the Florida Panthers stunned the Dallas Stars 3-2 with a late comeback Thursday night.

Aleksander Barkov and Anton Stralman also scored in the final 6 1/2 minutes as the Panthers overcame a 2-0 deficit. Sergei Bobrovsky made 37 saves for the win.

Florida defenseman Keith Yandle played in his 885th consecutive regular-season game dating to March 26, 2009, passing Steve Larmer (1982–93) for sole possession of the thirdlongest ironman streak in NHL history.

Joe Pavelski and Jamie Benn had the goals for Dallas.

ISLANDERS 7, BRUINS 2 >> Anthony Beauvillier scored the tiebreaking goal in a fivegoal third period and New York beat Boston.

Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist to help the Islanders beat Boston for the third time in three meetings and moved one point behind Boston and Washington in the East.

DEVILS 4, SABRES 3, OT >> Pavel Zacha converted Jesper Bratt’s drop pass to score 1:17 into overtime and New Jersey rallied to beat Buffalo. Zacha also two assists to extend his points streak to eight games.

CAPITALS 5, PENGUINS 2 >> Tom Wilson scored the goahead goal on a power play with 7:20 left and Washington beat Pittsburgh for its second victory in six games this season between the rivals.

BLACKHAWKS 2, BLUE JACKETS0>> Patrick Kane broke a scoreless tie in the third period with his 399th goal, Malcolm Subban got his first shutout of the season and Chicago beat Columbus to sweep the two-game series.

LIGHTNING 3, HURRICANES 1 >> Curtis McElhinney stopped 31 shots and had an assist in Tampa Bay’s victory over Carolina.

SENATORS 6, FLAMES 1 >> Colin White scored twice, Matt Murray made 29 saves and Ottawa routed Calgary for its third straight victory.

RED WINGS 5, PREDATORS 2 >> Sam Gagner scored three goals, ending a 17-game drought that lasted nearly a year, and Detroit beat Nashville. Luke Glendening and Adam Erne also scored for Detroit, which set a season high for goals.

JETS 6, CANADIENS 3 >> Kyle Connor had two goals and teammates Blake Wheeler, Andrew Copp, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Mark Scheifele also had multi-point performances as Winnipeg drubbed Montreal in interim coach Dominique Ducharme’s debut.

The Canadiens, who have won just two of the past nine games, fired coach Claude Julien on Wednesday.