Marchment, Pavelski end droughts as Stars dominate Avs 7-3

DALLAS >> Mason Marchment and Joe Pavelski ended career-long goal droughts, sending Dallas to the victory.

Jason Robertson had two goals, including an emptynetter, for the Stars, who are 4-0-1 in their last five games. Miro Heiskanen, Radek Faksa and Wyatt Johnston also scored, and Jake Oettinger made 32 saves.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice in the third period to give him 815 career goals, helping the Capitals shake off a rough start.

Washington erased a 2-0 deficit by scoring four goals in the final 12 minutes of the second period.

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Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves, Sam Bennett scored in his return to the lineup and Florida stopped Pittsburgh’s four-game win streak.

Bennett missed six games with a lower-body injury. Aleksander Barkov had two assists for Florida after he was sidelined for three games with a hand injury.

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Rookie Jack Quinn scored during Buffalo’s three-goal second period.

Tage Thompson, Jeff Skinner, Tyson Jost and Vinnie Hinostroza also scored for Buffalo (32-25-4), which matched its win total from last year. Eric Comrie stopped 33 shots.

The Sabres were coming off consecutive losses to Columbus and Boston by a combined 12-4 score.

The Lightning dropped to 0-3-1 in their past four to mark the team’s longest skid since losing four straight a year ago.

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Anders Lee scored two of New York’s four third-pe- riod goals, helping the Is- landers to the victory.

New York improved to 5-2-1 in its last eight games and remained in position for one of two Eastern Conference wild cards. Zach Parise and Kyle Palmieri also scored, and Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves.