Gabriel Vilardi tied it with 28 seconds left with goalie Eric Comrie off for an extra attacker, Kyle Connor scored in a shootout and the Winnipeg Jets beat the host St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Saturday night for their team-record ninth straight victory.

Vilardi also scored in the first period. Nikolaj Ehlers added a goal in regulation and Comrie made 21 saves.

Robert Thomas scored twice for St. Louis. The Blues have won just two of their past nine games.

CAPITALS 8, PENGUINS 3: Jakob Chychrun scored twice during a second-period surge and visiting Washington raced past Pittsburgh.

Alexander Ovechkin was held without a goal to remain at 879 for his career, 15 away from tying Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky’s all-time mark.

Chychrun beat Alex Nedeljokvic twice in less than four minutes to break open a tie game. Aliaksei Protas and Tom Wilson pushed Washington’s lead to 6-2 by the end of the period as the Metropolitan Division-leading Capitals improved to 13-1-6 in their last 20 games.

Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby scored his 18th of the season on a pretty backhand 6:36 into the second that briefly tied the game before Washington took firm control. The goal was the 610th of Crosby’s career, tying him with Bobby Hull for 18th in NHL history.

MAPLE LEAFS 6, HURRICANES 3: Alex Steeves scored his first NHL goal as host Toronto beat Carolina.

Pontus Holmberg added two goals and an assist.

The 25-year-old Steeves, who leads the AHL with 29 goals, also had an assist in his 12th NHL game.

SABRES 8, RANGERS 2: Rasmus Dahlin scored twice and had an assist, and host Buffalo capitalized on a five-goal first period in a win over New York.

Tage Thompson and Ryan McLeod also each scored twice, and Jason Zucker had three assists as the Sabres improved to 5-1 in their past six games.

The Rangers failed to build on the momentum of their pre-break 11-5-2 run.

Igor Shesterkin was pulled with 1:39 left in the first period after allowing five goals on 16 shots. Jonathan Quick finished the game allowing three goals on 17 shots.

STARS 4, DEVILS 2: Evgenii Dadonov and defenseman Thomas Harley scored first-period goals and Casey DeSmith made 31 saves as Dallas won at New Jersey.

Matt Duchene and Wyatt Johnston also scored for the Stars.

Jack Hughes scored twice for the Devils.

KRAKEN 2, PANTHERS 1: Jared McCann scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Seattle held on to edge host Florida.

Kaappo Kakko also had a goal for the Kraken, who snapped a three-game skid.

Eetu Luostarinen scored for the Atlantic Division-leading Panthers, who played without star forward Matthew Tkachuk after he suffered a lower body injury during the 4 Nations Face-Off while representing the United States.

WILD 4, RED WINGS 3 (OT): Marco Rossi scored with 1:25 remaining in overtime as visiting Minnesota rallied for a victory over Detroit.

Rossi had just come out of the penalty box after being called for hooking. He wound up with a breakaway and his shot squirted past the goal line.

Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which rallied from a 3-1 third-period deficit.

FLYERS 6, OILERS 3: Matvei Michkov and Sean Couturier each had a goal and two assists, Owen Tippett scored a pair of goals and Philadelphia won at home over Edmonton.

PREDATORS 2, AVALANCHE 1: Jonathan Marchessault scored at 9:11 of the third period to give Nashville a home victory over Colorado.

BLUE JACKETS 5, BLACKHAWKS 1: Zach Werenski scored and had two assists and Kent Johnson scored twice for Columbus in a home victory against Chicago to end a four-game losing streak.

CANADIENS 5, SENATORS 2: Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist and Montreal won at Ottawa.