Oshie’s hat trick carries Capitals
T.J. Oshie had a hat trick against his old team and Washington beat St. Louis for its second consecutive victory.
Oshie’s two goals on the power play and a late empty-netter gave him five goals in his past four games after scoring just two in his first 21 this season. It was Oshie’s sixth career hat trick and first since Oct. 25, 2021.
Dylan Strome also scored his team-leading 16th of the season and had an assist. Alex Ovechkin set up Strome’s goal in his return from a three-game injury absence. Max Pacioretty assisted on Oshie’s first two goals, and Nicolas Aube-kubel also scored for Washington.
Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves against one of his former teams to improve to 9-4-3 this season.
FLYERS 5, STARS 1
Owen Tippett scored twice, including a highlight-reel goal late in the third period, Scott Laughton converted a penalty shot and streaking Philadelphia defeated Dallas for its fifth straight victory.
Sean Walker and Cam Atkinson also scored for Philadelphia, which outshot Dallas 43-16. Morgan Frost added two assists and Sam Ersson made 15 saves for the Flyers, who snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Stars.
Tyler Seguin scored for Dallas, which lost for just the second time in six games.
LIGHTNING 7, WILD 3
Nikita Kucherov had three assists to reach 500 for his career, Anthony Cirelli scored twice and Tampa Bay beat Minnesota.
Kucherov, who leads the league with 75 points, had his fourth game this season with three or more assists. He reached the milestone in his 688th game, the third-fewest among active players behind Connor Mcdavid (527) and Sidney Crosby (554).
Jake Middleton had a goal and two assists for the Wild. Joel Eriksson Ek and Marco Rossi had the other goals for Minnesota, which fell to 2-8-1 in its last 11 games.
SABRES 3, BLACKHAWKS 0
Ukko-pekka Luukkonen made 19 saves for his second consecutive shutout and Buffalo blanked Chicago in a game moved back a day because of snow.
Zemgus Girgensons, JJ Peterka and Rasmus Dahlin scored.
Luukkonen had his third NHL shutout, also beating San Jose 3-0 on Monday. Arvid Soderblom stopped 28 shots for the struggling Blackhawks, who have two wins in their last 11 games.
SENATORS 6, CANADIENS 2
Tim Stutzle had a goal and two assists, Joonas Korpisalo stopped 21 shots and Ottawa beat Montreal.
Brady Tkachuk, Rourke Chartier, Vladimir Tarasenko, Mathieu Joseph and Parker Kelly also scored in the Senators victory.