Tavares nets OT winner for Leafs

John Tavares scored his 10th goal of the season at 1:45 of overtime, and host Toronto defeated Buffalo 2-1 in NHL action on Saturday night.

It's the fourth win in five games under new coach Sheldon Keefe for the Maple Leafs.

Tavares scored on a wrist shot from the left side on a pass from Kasperi Kapanen. William Nylander also scored for Toronto, while Frederik Andersen made 29 saves.

Rasmus Ristolainen scored for Buffalo, and Carter Hutton stopped 41 shots. The Sabres won the first game of the back-toback set 6-4 Friday afternoon in Buffalo.

Avalanche 7, Blakhawks 3: Joonas Donskoi and Nazem Kadri had two goals apiece, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and three assists in his first game in more than a month, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks.

Nathan MacKinnon added a goal and two assists, Tyson Jost also scored and Philipp Grubauer stopped 26 shots for the Avalanche, who swept the back-toback set against Chicago. Colorado won 5-2 in Chicago on Friday night.

Flyers 4, Canadiens 3 (OT): Ivan Provorov's near end-to-end rush in overtime gave visiting Philadelphia a win over Montreal.

Provorov's sixth goal of the season gave Philadelphia its second overtime victory over the Canadiens this season, as the Flyers also needed the extra frame in a 3-2 result over Montreal on Nov. 7.

Islanders 2, Blue Jackets 0: Thomas Greiss and Semyon Varlamov combined for 39 saves in a rare two-goalie shutout for host New York, who snapped a threegame losing streak by beating Columbus.

Sharks 4, Coyotes 2: Logan Couture scored two goals and Martin Jones finished with 21 saves as San Jose rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to defeat Arizona in Glendale, Ariz.

Dylan Gambrell and Timo Meier also scored goals and Tomas Hertl had two assists for San Jose, which tied a franchise record with 11 wins in the month of November. The Sharks also extended their NHL record of winning when allowing

two goals or less to 45 games.

Capitals 5, Red Wings 2: A battle between the best and worst teams in the NHL had the predictable outcome, as Alex Ovechkin notched a hat trick and added an assist to lead Washington past host Detroit.

The Capitals lead the NHL with 43 points and have won five of their last seven games. Detroit has a league-worst 17 points and is winless in its last nine, including seven straight regulation losses.

T.J. Oshie and Tom Wilson also scored for the Capitals, and Ilya Samsonov made 25 saves.

Blues 5, Penguins 2: St. Louis got third-period goals from Ivan Barbashev, Mackenzie MacEachern and Jaden Schwartz to win its third straight game, knocking off visiting Pittsburgh, which has lost two in a row.

Rangers 4, Devils 0: Mika Zibanejad and Jesper Fast scored short-handed goals in the third period and Alexandar Georgiev made 33 saves as New York blanked New Jersey in Newark, N.J.

Hurricanes 3, Lightning 2: Sebastian Aho and Jaccob Slavin each had a goal and an assist and Carolina held off host Tampa Bay's third-period rally to win for the first time in their past 10 trips to Tampa.

Flames 3, Senators 1: Elias Lindholm's late third-period goal, his first of two goals on the night, came just after his team saw a lead disappear and proved to be the game winner as host Calgary beat Ottawa in Calgary's first game after coach Bill Peters resigned.

Panthers 3, Predators 0: Chris Driedger earned a shutout in his first NHL start, and defenceman Anton Stralman scored twice, leading host Florida to a win over Nashville.

Kings 2, Jets 1: Joakim Ryan and Nikolai Prokhorkin scored first-period goals as Los Angeles started fast and hung on for a victory over Winnipeg to set a franchise record for home victories in November.

Canucks 5, Oilers 2: Tanner Pearson scored twice in a four-point game while Loui Eriksson scored his first goal of the season as Vancouver collected a road victory over Edmonton.