Evgeny Kuznetsov’s tiebreaking goal with two minutes left off an assist from ex-Kings player Justin Williams, a score that withstood a coach’s challenge for goalie interference, lifted the NHL-leading Washington Capitals to a 3-1 comeback victory over visiting Los Angeles Tuesday night.

Kuznetsov’s 16th goal, but first in a month, gave him 20 points in his past 14 games. Andre Burakovsky got a secondary assist on that score, after tying the game with 48.1 seconds left in the second period. Jason Chimera added an empty-netter with 8.6 seconds left.

Anze Kopitar put Los Angeles ahead in the first period on a shorthanded goal.

Washington goalie Philipp Grubauer, getting a rare start in place of Braden Holtby, made 39 saves.

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick, back after missing three games with a lower-body injury, finished with 29 stops.

Flyers 6, Devils 3 — Wayne Simmonds and Nick Cousins scored 50 seconds apart in a four-goal third period and visiting Philadelphia got a big game from its special teams in posting a victory over New Jersey, snapping the Devils’ three-game winning streak.

Rookie defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere extended his point scoring streak to 13 games with a goal, Brayden Schenn had a goal and two assists, and Claude Giroux added three assists as the Flyers won for the second time in seven games (2-3-2). Jakub Voracek and Ryan White also scored in the third period and Michal Neuvirth made 21 saves.

Tyler Kennedy, Jordin Tootoo and Kyle Palmieri scored for the Devils.

Hurricanes 2, Jets 1 — Jordan Staal and Riley Nash scored power-play goals, and host Carolina defeated Winnipeg.

The Hurricanes swept the season series. Carolina won, 5-3, at Winnipeg on Feb. 5.

The win snapped Winnipeg’s four-game road winning streak. The Jets had not lost on the road since Jan. 7 against Dallas. Winnipeg had won in its previous five trips to Raleigh.

Eddie Lack made 20 saves for Carolina, facing eight shots through the first 44½ minutes. Carolina outshot Winnipeg, 29-21, including 25-8 at one point early in the third period.

Sharks 4, Lightning 2 — In Tampa, Matt Nieto and Joel Ward both had a goal and an assist as San Jose beat Tampa Bay.

Joe Pavelski and Melker Karlsson scored for the Sharks, who are 7-2-2 over their last 11 games. Martin Jones improved to 11-2-1 in his last 14 decisions after making 28 saves.

The Lightning, losers in four of their last five games, got goals from Ryan Callahan and Cedric Paquette.

Senators 2, Sabres 1 — Bobby Ryan and Kyle Turris scored in the shootout and host Ottawa snapped its three-game losing streak.

Ryan Dzingel scored in the first period for the Senators, and Craig Anderson made 38 saves.

Matt Moulson scored for the Sabres as Robin Lehner stopped 25 shots.

Anderson made a huge save on Sabres rookie Jack Eichel with 15 seconds remaining in overtime to force the shootout.

Blues 2, Stars 1 — Kevin Shattenkirk scored a power-play goal at 1:11 of overtime and Brian Elliott had another strong game in net for St. Louis, which ended Dallas’s four-game winning streak.

Jaden Schwartz got the other goal for the Blues on a fluke when a dump-in bounced off referee Kelly Sutherland’s ankle at 12 seconds of the second period.

The Blues have won five of six against the Central Division-leading Stars.

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