Sabres end 10-game road winless streak

Defenseman Rasmus Dahlin scored and set up the winning goal by Casey Mittelstadt as the Buffalo Sabres snapped a 10-game road winless streak with a 5-3 over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.

Ramus Asplund, Brandon Montour and Rasmus Ristolainen also scored for the Sabres, who recently snapped an 18-game winless streak. Linus Ullmark made 27 saves to beat the Devils for the fourth time this season.

Damon Severson, Jesper Bratt and Pavel Zacha scored for New Jersey, which is 1-4-2 in its last seven games. Scott Wedgewood made 13 saves in his first start in five games.

Dahlin tied the game 3-all at 15:19 of the second period with a shot from low in the left circle. It was only the third goal of the season for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft.

Mittelstadt’s game winner came with 9:40 left in regulation with the Sabres on their second power play of the period. Dahlin prevented Travis Zajac from clearing the puck, skated to the right circle and found Mittelstadt for a redirection into an open net.

Ristolainen iced the game with an empty-net goal as the Sabres won on the road for the first time since a 4-1 victory at New Jersey on Feb. 23. The road skid was the NHL’s longest since the Los Angeles Kings went 010-1 from Oct. 24 to Dec. 7, 2019.

The game between the bottom two teams in the East Division was entertaining and was tied 3-all after two periods.

Bruins 4, Flyers 2: Patrice ● Bergeron recorded a hat trick and reached 900 career points, and Brad Marchand’s short-handed goal led Boston over hostPhiladelphia.

Marchand’s goal midway through the third period helped put more distance between the Bruins and Flyers for the final playoff spot in the East Division. The Bruins now hold a five-point lead over the Flyers for fourth.

Bergeron added an empty-netter in the final minute.

Jake Voracek and Shayne Gostisbehere scored for the Flyers.

Philadelphia’s Carter Hart, who has been ineffective for more than a month, was outplayed by fellow 22-year-old goalie Jeremy Swayman.

Swayman made his NHL debut and became the fourth goalie to play for the Bruins this season. Jaroslav Halak tested positive for COVID-19 and Tuukka

Rask is still sidelined with an undisclosed upper-body injury. Dan Vladar made 29 saves in the first game of the back-to-back set.

The Flyers beat the

Bruins 3-2 on Travis Sanheim’s overtime goal a night earlier for their first win in six games in the series this season.

Bergeron’s milestone helped the Bruins split the home-and-home set.

Bergeron hit the 900point milestone just 7:09 into the game with his 13th goal of the season. He joined Ray Bourque (1,506), Johnny Bucyk (1,339) and Phil Esposito (1,012) as players who scored 900 points with the Bruins.

Rangers 8, Penguins

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4: Artemi Panarin had a goal and three assists, Adam Fox had a goal and two assists and host New Yorkbeat Pittsburgh.

Blue Jackets 4, Lightning

● 2: Zac Dalpe scored for the first time in 4 1⁄2 years, Joonas Korpisalo made 36 saves and host Columbus beat Tampa Bay.