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Stamkos hits 1,000 points, Lightning win

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Steven Stamkos had an assist for his 1,000th career point, Nick Paul scored twice and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelph­ia Flyers 4-1 on Thursday night.

Ian Cole had a goal and an assist, Ross Colton also scored, Corey Perry added two assists and Andrei Valilevsky made 21 saves. The Lightning have won seven of nine.

Travis Konecny scored for Philadelph­ia. The Flyers snapped a 10-game losing streak on Tuesday against the New York Islanders.

Stamkos, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 draft, assisted on Paul's second goal 7:55 into the second period that made it 2-0. Stamkos started the play with a pass behind the net to Cole, who sent the puck in front to Paul.

PENGUINS 4, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3 >> Jake Guentzel and Kasperi Kapanen scored less than two minutes apart in the third period to rally Pittsburgh at home.

Guentzel's power-play goal 7:33 into the third tied the game at 3, and Kapanen's first goal in nearly two months 112 seconds later put the Penguins in front for the first time. Tristan Jarry finished off a 34-save performanc­e as the Penguins won for the first time since defenseman Kris Letang suffered a stroke on Monday.

PREDATORS 4, DEVILS 3 >> Ryan Johansen scored his second goal of the game 33 seconds into overtime and Juuse Saros made 25 saves in Nashville's victory at New Jersey.

AVALANCHE 6, SABRES 4 >> Nathan MacKinnon and J.T. Compher scored two goals apiece to lead Colorado to victory at Buffalo.

HURRICANES 6, BLUES 4 >> Jordan Martinook had a hat trick to help Carolina win at St. Louis. After a turnover, Martinook scored the winning goal with 4:35 left, beating goalie Jordan Binnington on a wrist shot. Martinook also scored in the second period and completed the hat trick with nine seconds left.

WILD 5, OILERS 3 >> Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists to extend his career-best points streak to 10 games, and Joel Eriksson Ek added a goal and assist in Minnesota's victory over visiting Edmonton.

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