BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Nicholas Paul and Tyler Motte scored 52 seconds apart in the first period and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday for their fifth consecutive victory.
Brandon Hagel had two assists, and Paul added an assist when defenseman Calvin de Haan scored into the empty net late in the third period. Jonas Johansson, a former Sabres player now backing up Andrei Vasilevskiy with the Lightning, made 27 saves in the opener of a three-game road trip.
Dylan Cozens scored for the Sabres after missing the previous game with an upper-body injury. Following consecutive shutout victories, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 13 of 15 shots for Buffalo.
CANUCKS 6, MAPLE LEAFS 4
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Conor Garland and Nils Hoglander each scored twice and NHL-leading Vancouver beat Toronto.
After Toronto tied it at 4 early in the third period, J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson scored power-play goals to put it away. Thatcher Demko made 44 saves to help Vancouver improve to 31-11-4.
William Nylander scored twice for Toronto to reach 200 for his career. Jake McCabe and Mitch Marner also scored and Martin Jones stopped 15 shots. The Maple Leafs fell to 22-14-8.
BRUINS 9, CANADIENS 4
BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand set a club record by scoring his 20th goal for the 11th consecutive season, Danton Heinen got his first career hat trick and Boston rolled over Montreal for its fourth straight victory.
David Pastrnak added his team-leading 30th goal, Pavel Zacha scored the 100th of his career and the Bruins beat their longtime rivals for the 12 time in 13 meetings. Charlie Coyle and Jake DeBrusk also scored, and defenseman Brandon Carlo had a goal in his first game since being sidelined nearly two weeks with what he called a “little concussion.”
Playing for the first time since leaving a Jan. 9 game with an unspecified injury, Linus Ullmark made 17 saves for Boston.
Brendan Gallagher, Cole Caufield, Joel Armia and Mike Matheson scored for Montreal, which has lost five of its last seven.
JETS 2, SENATORS 1, OT
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nikolaj Ehlers’ goal with 45.8 seconds remaining in overtime lifted Winnipeg past Ottawa.
Mason Appleton scored in the second period for the Jets to open the scoring. Connor Hellebuyck made 34 saves.
Parker Kelly scored the tying goal in the third period for Ottawa, which played its first overtime game of the season. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 27 shots.
AVALANCHE 7, FLYERS 4
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and three assists, Logan O’Connor had a hat trick and Colorado held on to defeat Philadelphia.
Cole Makar recorded his 300th career point, Mikko Rantanen scored twice and Ross Colton added three assists for the Avalanche, who ended a five-game road trip with a 3-2 record. Alexandar Georgiev made 34 saves.
Cam Atkinson had a goal and two assists for Philadelphia, which had won five in a row. Travis Konecny, Joel Farabee and Tyson Foerster also scored for the Flyers. Coach John Tortorella replaced goalie Carter Hart with Sam Ersson to start the third period after Hart gave up five goals on 15 shots.
STARS 6, DEVILS 2
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Roope Hintz scored twice in a three-goal second period and Scott Wedgewood made 29 saves against his former teammates to lead Dallas to a victory over New Jersey.
Joe Pavelski, Matt Duchene, Craig Smith and Wyatt Johnston also scored as the Stars improved to 6-1-1 in their last eight games against New Jersey.
Jesper Bratt and Tyler Toffoli scored for the Devils after the Stars built a 6-0 lead.
Nico Daws finished with 30 saves for the Devils, whose four-goal loss matched their worst of the season.
COYOTES 3, PREDATORS 2
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Clayton Keller scored two goals and Connor Ingram made 31 saves in Arizona’s victory over Nashville.
Michael Carcone also scored for Arizona, which had lost its last two games. Ingram posted his 16th victory while making his sixth straight start.
Roman Josi and Tommy Novak scored and Juuse Saros made 23 saves for the Predators, who had won three of four and six of nine. Josi had his 166th career goal, passing Shea Weber for the most by a defenseman in franchise history.
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