Hughes lifts hot Canucks

Quinn Hughes scored twice, including his eighth of the season 42 seconds into overtime, and the Canucks earned their fifth consecutive victory.

J.T. Miller and Tim Schaller also scored for the Canucks, and Jacob Markstrom had 34 saves. The Pacific Division-leading Canucks improved to 14-3-0 since Dec. 19.

Michael Dal Colle, Jordan Eberle and Brock Nelson scored for the Islanders in their third consecutive loss on home ice.

In other action: Jeff Petry had four assists, Carey Price made 29 saves and the Canadiens beat the Panthers 4-0. Nick Suzuki, Artturi Lehkonen, Tomas Tatar and Brendan Gallagher scored for the Canadiens, who improved to 6-2-0 in their last eight games . ... Jack Roslovic had two goals and an assist to lead the Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Blues to snap a five-game losing streak . ... Torey Krug scored twice and David Pastrnak added his 38th goal of the season as the Bruins defeated the Wild 6-1 . ... Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 19 shots in the Golden Knights’ 3-0 victory over the Predators.

Moving up charts: Alex Ovechkin scored two goals and moved into eight place on the NHL’s career goals list Friday, leading the Capitals to a 5-3 win over the Senators. Ovechkin’s secondperiod goal, his 36th of the season and the 694th of his career, tied him with Mark Messier on the goals list. He added a late empty-net goal and moved into eighth.