Flames all the rage with 6 straight wins

Kampf scores first goal on his birthday, Chicago cools hot Jets

Mikael Backlund had an empty-net goal and a pair of assists, helping lift the Calgary Flames to their sixth straight victory with a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday night.

Johnny Gaudreau, Matthew Tkachuk and Sean Monahan also scored for the Flames, and David Rittich stopped 41 shots in his first start in seven games.

Evgenii Dadanov scored both goals for the Panthers, breaking a 19-game goal drought. James Reimer made 25 saves in his 16th consecutive start, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Panthers from their fourth loss in five games.

BLACKHAWKS 2, JETS 1 >> Rookie center David Kampf scored his first NHL goal and added an assist on his birthday, Jeff Glass blocked 31 shots and Chicago held off the Winnipeg.

Jan Rutta also scored for the Blackhawks, who ended the Jets’ three-game winning streak and handed Winnipeg its first regulation loss in seven games (60-1).

OILERS 4, COYOTES 2 >> Darnell Nurse scored twice on rising slap shots from the left circle and Edmonton overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat Arizona.

CAPITALS 4, HURRICANES 3 >> Jay Beagle scored with 1.3 seconds remaining and Washington rallied to beat Carolina.

Brett Connolly notched the tying goal with 3:08 left, and Alex Ovechkin added his NHL-leading 28th goal and two assists for firstplace Washington.

• Tom Dundon was introduced as the majority owner of Carolina, which has the NHL’s longest active postseason drought at eight years.

The 46-year-old Dallas billionaire also says he’s “not going to make irrational, silly decisions” as a first-time owner of a professional sports team.

CANUCKS 5, BLUE JACKETS 2 >> Sven Baertschi sparked a four-goal second period for Vancouver, Jacob Markstrom had 27 saves and Vancouver beat Columbus.

Seth Jones put Columbus up 1-0 during a strong first period, but Vancouver powered ahead in the second. Baertschi, Erik Gudbranson, Brandon Gaunce and Alexander Edler scored, and Jake Virtanen added an empty-net goal with 9 seconds left in the third to help the Canucks snap a five-game skid.

PENGUINS >> Goaltender Matt Murray is in Canada with his family to tend to a personal matter and will be away from the team indefinitely.