blue jackets 5, red wings 3

Justin Danforth scored with 2:17 remaining to lift Columbus Blue over Detroit on Saturday in the Stadium Series, leapfrogging the Red Wings to take sole possession of the first Eastern Conference wild-card spot.

Elvis Merzlikins made 43 stops to help Columbus beat Detroit for the second time in three days and win its fourth straight.

Alex DeBrincat scored twice for the Red Wings to extend his point streak to nine games.

lightning 3, capitals 1

Mitchell Chaffee and Gage Goncalves scored, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of the 21 shots he faced behind a tight-checking team effort and Tampa Bay won their eighth consecutive game by beating Washington.

Alex Ovechkin scored his 884th career goal to move 10 back of tying Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record.

islanders 7, predators 4

New York goaltender Ilya Sorokin was credited with his first career goal when Nashville forward Steven Stamkos sent a pass into his own net in the final seconds of the Islanders’ victory.

panthers 3, flames 0

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots for his 47th career shutout and Florida beat Calgary.

bruins 3, penguins 2

David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist, extending his point streak to 17 games, and Boston beat Pittsburgh.

canadiens 4, sabres 2

Montreal extended their winning streak to a season-high four games with a victory against Buffalo.

senators 5, sharks 3

Tim Stutzle scored and added an assist to keep his 11-game point streak alive and Ottawa ended a five-game losing streak with a victory over San Jose.

oilers 3, hurricanes 1

Adam Henrique and Corey Perry scored to help Edmonton beat Carolina.

flyers 2, jets 1, so

Philadelphia rookie Matvei Michkov scored on a backhander in the shootout and the Flyers beat Winnipeg.

blues 4, kings 1

St. Louis tallied goals from four different players to defeat Los Angeles.