Panthers move into 1st in Eastern Conference with win over Senators

Anton Lundell scored 1:36 into overtime and the Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Tuesday night to jump over the idle Boston Bruins and into the top spot in the Eastern Conference.

Aaron Ekblad and Brandon Montour also scored while Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves in the Panthers’ sixth straight victory.

ISLANDERS 5, PENGUINS 4, OT

Adam Pelech beat Alex Nedeljkovic 57 seconds into overtime to lift the Islanders past the skidding Penguins.

Pelech’s winner was his first goal since last April as the Islanders recovered in the extra period after squandering a late lead.

Brock Nelson, Mathew Barzal, Simon Holmstrom and Mike Reilly also scored for the Islanders and Ilya Sorokin stopped 37 shots.

RANGERS 3, STARS 1

Igor Shesterkin made 41 saves and the Rangers beat the Stars for their eighth straight win.

Adam Fox, Kaapo Kakko and Vincent Trocheck scored for the Rangers in the matchup of division leaders.

Miro Heiskanen scored for Dallas, which lost for the second time in two days. The Stars lost to the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Monday in a shootout.

CAPITALS 6, DEVILS 2

Alex Ovechkin and Connor Mcmichael each scored twice, and Washington beat New Jersey to boost the team’s playoff chances and deal its division rivals a tough blow in their pursuit.

JETS 6, WILD 3

Gabriel Vilardi scored twice and added an assist to lift Winnipeg to a victory over Minnesota, ending the Wild’s six-game point streak.

Kyle Connor had a goal and pair of assists, while Mason Appleton, Sean Monahan and Nino Niederreiter also scored for the Jets, who rebounded from a 6-3 Monday loss to the Calgary Flames.

Adam Lowry and Dylan Demelo each contributed a pair of assists. Laurent Brossoit made 36 saves for Winnipeg.

Marco Rossi scored twice and Kirill Kaprizov notched a goal and assist for the Wild. Marc-andre Fleury stopped 24 of the 29 shots he faced for Minnesota, which is 5-1-1 in its last seven games.