CAPITALS 6, PANTHERS 3

Tom Wilson scored his 31st goal of the season, Alex Ovechkin had a pair of assists and Washington beat defending Stanley Cup champion Florida on Saturday to win their fourth game in a row and pad their lead atop the NHL.

Ovechkin had five shots on net but remained at 888 career goals, seven back of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record.

Sam Bennett, Seth Jones and Jonah Gadjovich scored for the Panthers.

STARS 3, FLYERS 2, OT

Defenseman Thomas Harley scored his second goal of the game nine seconds into overtime, giving Dallas a win over Philadelphia.

RANGERS 5, CANUCKS 3

Jonny Brodzinski scored his second goal of the game late in the third period as New York downed Vancouver.

WILD 4, SABRES 1

Marco Rossi, Justin Brazeau, Mats Zuccarello and Frederick Gaudreau scored, and Minnesota beat Buffalo.

BLUES 4, BLACKHAWKS 1

Alexey Toropchenko had a goal and an assist, leading St. Louis to a win over Chicago.

FLAMES 4, ISLANDERS 3, OT

Nazem Kadri scored at 3:51 of overtime and Calgary beat New York.

KINGS 7, HURRICANES 2

Andrei Kuzmenko had a goal and an assist for his first points for Los Angeles since being acquired in a trade, and the Kings pummeled Carolina.

UTAH 6, LIGHTNING 4

Logan Cooley had two goals and an assist and Alexander Kerfoot also scored twice to lead Utah to a victory over Tampa Bay.

SENATORS 3, DEVILS 2

David Perron scored a power-play goal to cap Ottawa’s three-goal second period and beat New Jersey.

PREDATORS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 2

Filip Forsberg had two goals and an assist and Nashville defeated Toronto.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6, RED WINGS 3

Vegas scored three firstperiod goals and never looked back against Detroit.