Sabres 4, Golden Knights 3, SO

Alex Tuch scored the deciding goal in the shootout to lead Buffalo to a win against Vegas.

Rasmus Dahlin, Ryan McLeod, and Jason Zucker scored in regulation for the Sabres. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 16 saves and stopped two out of three Vegas shooters in the tiebreaker.

The Sabres had dropped seven of eight.

Penguins 7, Devils 3

Erik Karlsson scored a power-play goal and Pittsburgh beat New Jersey.

Capitals 5, Sharks 1

Alex Ovechkin scored his 887th career goal to move within eight of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and Washington beat San Jose.

Ovechkin deflected a shot from Martin Fehervary past Georgi Romanov with 9:06 remaining in the third period. Romanov is the NHL-record 182nd goalie that Ovechkin has scored on.

The 39-year-old Russian star has 34 goals on the season. He remains on pace before the end of this season to pass Gretzky’s mark of 894 that long seemed unapproachable before the end of this season. Ovechkin also had an assist on Dylan Strome’s game-opening goal to help Washington win for the sixth time in seven games.

Rangers 4, Blue Jackets 0

Vincent Trocheck scored twice in the third period, Igor Shesterkin made 18 saves for his fifth shutout this season and New York leapfrogged Columbus for the second Eastern Conference wild-card playoff spot with a 4-0 victory.

Lightning 6, Bruins 2

Anthony Cirelli scored twice and Tampa Bay held Boston without a shot in the second period in a victory over the Bruins.

Hurricanes 5, Flyers 0

Mark Jankowski scored twice, Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 26 shots for his second shutout of the season, and Carolina beat Philadelphia for its seventh straight win.

Canadiens 3, Panthers 1

Cole Caufield scored his team-leading 33rd goal and added an assist to help Montreal beat Florida. Patrik Laine and Christian Dvorak — with his 100th career goal — also scored for Montreal.

Senators 4, Maple Leafs 2

Claude Giroux broke a second-period tie on a power play and Ottawa beat Toronto for its sixth straight victory.