


Golden Knights 3, Devils 1
Nicolas Roy, Shea Theodore and Jack Eichel scored and Adin Hill made 16 saves as Vegas defeated New Jersey on Thursday and snapped a four-game skid.
The Golden Knights also won on the road for just the second time since Jan. 7.
Roy scored his seventh goal at 3:09 of the middle period to put Las Vegas up 1-0. Theodore followed with his seventh at 11:18.
Eichel made it 3-0 at 4:06 of the third with his 19th goal. Ondrej Palat ruined Hill’s shutout bid with his 12th goal at 15:43 of the third on the power play.
Capitals 4, Flyers 3
Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record and the Capitals beat Philadelphia.Ovechkin scored with 53 seconds remaining in the first period, taking a centering pass from Martin Fehervary and flicking it past Ivan Fedotov to tie the game at 1-1. It was Ovechkin’s 26th goal of the season.
Lightning 5, Senators 1
Brandon Hagel scored the go-ahead goal for the second consecutive game, helping Tampa Bay defeat Ottawa to sweep a two-game set with the Senators.
Tampa Bay moved into a tie with Ottawa for third place in the Atlantic Division. The Lightning beat the Senators 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Utah 3, Blue Jackets 2, OT
Dylan Guenther scored with 33 seconds left in overtime to lift Utah past Columbus for its second straight win.
Lawson Crouse and Olli Maatta also scored and Connor Ingram made 20 saves for Utah.
Panthers 3, Blues 2
Sam Reinhart scored with 12 seconds left to give Florida a victory over St. Louis.
Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist, Mackie Samoskevich also scored and Spencer Knight made 20 saves to help Florida win for the fourth time in five games
Wild 2, Hurricanes 1
Filip Gustavsson made 38 saves and Minnesota scored for the first time in three games for a win over Carolina.
Yakov Trenin and Vinnie Hinostroza scored for Minnesota, which had been shut out 6-0 by the Senators and 3-0 by the Bruins in its previous two games.