Ovechkin tallies tying, winning goals

RALEIGH, N.C. — Alex Ovechkin tied the game late in the third period and scored the winner in a shootout as the Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Friday night.

Evgeny Kuznetsov and John Carlson also scored in regulation for Washington, which has an eight-game point streak. Ilya Samsonov made 16 saves before denying all three Carolina tries in the tiebreaker.

Ovechkin was the last Washington shooter and put the puck past goalie Antti Raanta.

Rookie center Seth Jarvis scored twice for his first multigoal game and Vincent Trocheck had the other goal for the Hurricanes, who have lost three in a row. Raanta stopped 37 shots.

■ Senators 3, Flyers 1: At Ottawa, Ontario, Josh Norris broke a tie on a power play midway through the third period and Anton Forsberg made 27 saves as Ottawa beat Philadelphia.

■ Bruins 4, Jets 2: At Winnipeg, Manitoba, Taylor Hall broke a tie by scoring a power-play goal with 4:47 left in the third period that sent Boston past Winnipeg.

■ Sabres 1, Flames 0: At Calgary, Alberta, Tage Thompson scored in overtime and Dustin Tokarski made 24 saves to lead Buffalo over Calgary.

■ Panthers 3, Ducks 0: At Anaheim, Calif., Jonathan Huberdeau scored twice to pass Olli Jokinen for second place in franchise history, Spencer Knight made 17 saves for his first career shutout, and Florida defeated Anaheim. The Panthers lost defenseman Aaron Ekblad to a right leg injury in the first period.

■ Avalanche 5, Sharks 3: At San Jose, Calif., Valeri Nichuskin tallied a pair of goals and Pavel Francouz stopped 25 of 28 shots as Colorado beat San Jose.