Kings run wining streak to five

Dustin Brown had three goals and an assist and the Los Angeles Kings won their fifth straight game, 7-3 over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.

Blake Lizotte and Trevor Moore scored 53 seconds apart in the second period, Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist and Gabriel Vilardi added a goal to help the Kings improve to 8-2-1 in their past 11 games. Calvin Petersen made 25 saves for his third straight victory.

Marcus Foligno had a goal and an assist for Minnesota, Jared Spurgeon and Luke Kunin also scored, and Alex Stalock made 28 saves. The Wild had won six in a row on the road. They missed a chance to reclaim the first wild-card in the Western Conference.

Brown made it 4-1 early in the third period with his 297th career goal. He had a tap into an open goal after Stalock saved Ben Hutton’s initial shot. PREDATORS 1, STARS 0 >> Juuse Saros shut out Dallas for the second time in three days, Ryan Ellis gained a measure of revenge with the only goal and Nashville beat the Stars. HURRICANES 3, ISLANDERS 2 >> Vincent Trocheck scored early in overtime and Carolina ended a four-game losing streak.

CAPITALS 5, PENGUINS 2 >> Nic Dowd scored twice for the first multigoal game of his career, Braden Holtby stopped 26 shots and Washington dominated Pittsburgh.

LIGHTNING 5, BRUINS 3 >> Anthony Cirelli and Mikhail Sergachev scored shorthanded goals just 1:02 apart in the first period and Tampa Bay beat Boston.

FLYERS 3, SABRES 1 >> Claude Giroux scored two goals and Carter Hart made 38 saves to lead streaking Philadelphia to its ninth straight victory.

Joel Farabee also scored and Jakub Voracek and Travis Sanheim each had a pair of assists for Philadelphia, which remained tied for first place with Washington in the Metropolitan Division.

DEVILS 6, RANGERS 4 >> Travis Zajac and Kyle Palmieri each scored twice and New Jersey used a big second period to beat New York.