Sabres 5, Senators 2

Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Tuch each had a goal and an assist, and Buffalo swept its season series against Ottawa.

Buffalo outscored the Senators 17-5 in their four meetings this season.

The Senators were without captain Brady Tkachuk, who is sidelined with an upper-body injury from a hit by Ryan Graves in Sunday’s game against Pittsburgh

Capitals 4, Bruins 3

Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal, moving him four away from passing Wayne Gretzky’s record, and Dylan Strome broke a third-period tie to lead Washington to a win over Boston.

Nic Dowd and Tom Wilson also scored for Washington. Charlie Lindgren made 21 saves to help the Eastern Conference-leading Capitals snap a a three-game losing streak.

David Pastrnak had two goals, Vinni Lettieri scored one and Jeremy Swayman stopped 27 shots for Boston, which lost its ninth in a row.

Canadiens 3,

Panthers 2, OT

Nick Suzuki scored his second of the game 29 seconds into overtime as Montreal came back for a dramatic victory over Florida in the second game of a home-and-home.

Suzuki also tied the game with 8.4 seconds remaining in regulation.

Blue Jackets 8,

Predators 4

Kirill Marchenko scored three goals for his third career hat trick and added an assist, and Columbus beat Nashville.

Sean Monahan had two goals and two assists, Adam Fantilli had two goals and an assist, Dante Fabbro had a goal and an assist, and Zach Werenski and Kent Johnson each had two assists for Columbus.

Lightning 4, Islanders 1

Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 shots, and Tampa Bay beat New York on for its fourth straight win to inch closer to clinching a playoff spot.

Blues 2, Red Wings 1, OT

Cam Fowler scored with 1:34 remaining in overtime and St. Louis won its 10th straight game in Detroit.