Laine scores five goals to lead Jets in rout of Blues

Connolly scores tiebreaking goal as Capitals top Rangers

ST. LOUIS — Patrik Laine scored five goals Saturday in the Winnipeg Jets’ 8-4 victory at St. Louis, two short of a 97-year-old NHL record.

It was the 61st five-goal game in league history. Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs was the last player to score six goals in a game, on April 22, 1976, against Boston.

Brandon Tanev, Blake Wheeler, and Jack Roslovic also scored for the Jets, who snapped their first two-game losing streak of the season.

Laine’s five-. goal outburst gives him a leagueleading 16 goals in 10 November games.

Joe Malone, who played in the early days of the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens, scored seven goals in a game with the Quebec Bulldogs in January 1920. He also had a six-goal game and three five-goal games.

Laurent Brossoit allowed four goals on 27 shots for his first career win against St. Louis. He improved to 4-1-1.

Vladimir Tarasenko, David Perron, Ryan O’Reilly, and Pat Maroon scored for the Blues.

CAPITALS 5, RANGERS 3: In New York, Brett Connolly scored the tie-breaking goal with 6:24 left in the third period, and Washington won its seasonhigh fifth straight game.

Alex Ovechkin, Nic Dowd, Jakub Vrana and Tom Wilson also scored for defending Stanley Cup champion Washington, and John Carlson had three assists.

BLACKHAWKS 5, PANTHERS 4, OT: In Sunrise, Fla., Erik Gustafsson scored 2:32 into overtime to give Chicago the win.

Gustafsson wristed in his third goal of the season to beat Florida goalie James Reimer, snapping Chicago’s two-game overall losing streak and eightgame road skid.

Alex DeBrincat tied it with 2 seconds left in regulation and David Kampf, Patrick Kane and Alexandre Fortin also tallied for the Blackhawks.

SABRES 3, RED WINGS 2, SO: In Detroit, Sam Reinhart and Tage Thompson scored in a sevenround shootout to give Buffalo its ninth consecutive victory.

Jeff Skinner and Thompson scored for Buffalo in regulation, and Linus Ullmark made 35 saves.

MAPLE LEAFS 6, FLYERS 0: In Toronto, Andreas Johnsson had a hat trick midway through the first period and Toronto routed Philadelphia.

John Tavares, Patrick Marleau and Josh Leivo also scored, and backup goalie Garret Sparks made 35 saves for his first shutout of the season and the second of his career. Mitch Marner added two assists.

BRUINS 3, CANADIENS 2: In Montreal, John Moore scored a power-play goal with 2:57 left and Boston beat Montreal.

David Backes and Jake DeBrusk also scored to help the Bruins win for third time in four games. Tuukka Rask made 32 saves, and David Krejci had two assists.

Jonathan Drouin and Tomas Tatar scored in the third period for Montreal, and Carey Price stopped 32 shots. The Canadiens have lost four straight.

PENGUINS 4, BLUE JACKETS 2: In Pittsburgh, Jake Guentzel scored his first career regular-season hat trick to send Pittsburgh past Columbus.

Tanner Pearson also scored for the Penguins, who have won two of their last three after losing nine of their previous 10. Kris Letang had three assists and Sidney Crosby two. Phil Kessel continued an eight-game point streak for Pittsburgh and Evgeni Malkin has a seven-game run. Casey DeSmith made 37 saves for Pittsburgh. ISLANDERS 4, HURRICANES 1: In New York, Thomas Greiss made 26 saves, and Valtteri Filppula, Anthony Beauvillier, Josh Bailey and Adam Pelech scored for the Islanders.

Brock Nelson, Anders Lee and Bailey finished with multipoint games. It was the sixth multipoint game of the season for Bailey.