Senators 4, Red Wings 3

Thomas Chabot and Tim Stutzle scored in the first period for Ottawa and the Senators held off Detroit on Thursday night.

Linus Ullmark made 31 saves and David Perron and Michael Amadio also had goals for the Senators, who have won eight of their last 11 while holding the first wild-card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

SABRES 7, PENGUINS 3

Jiri Kulich scored twice as part of a five-goal second period, and Buffalo routed Pittsburgh in an outing where Penguins captain Sidney Crosby broke an NHL record for point-per-game consistency he shared with Wayne Gretzky.

LIGHTNING 8, UTAH 0

Jake Guentzel and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored two goals each, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves for his sixth shutout of the season, and Tampa Bay routed Utah.

Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov, Gage Goncalves and Victor Hedman also scored for Tampa Bay, which won its second in a row and has won five of its last seven games. Kucherov also had three assists.

FLYERS 6, CANADIENS 4

Matvei Michkov had two goals and an assist and Philadelphia got off to fast start in their first game after coach John Tortorella’s morning firing, beating Montreal.

With Brad Shaw serving as interim coach, Philadelphia ended a six-game losing streak and handed Montreal its fourth straight loss.

WILD 4, CAPITALS 2

Matt Boldy had the go-ahead goal and an assist in the second period for Minnesota in a victory over Washington.

Frederick Gaudreau had two goals, Jon Merrill scored and Filip Gustavsson made 28 saves for the Wild, the only NHL team this season that hasn’t lost (28-0) when leading after two periods.

Blues 3, Predators 2

Dylan Holloway scored two goals to lead St. Louis to a comeback victory over Nashville their season-best eighth straight win.