red wings 5, panthers 2

Dylan Larkin scored two goals and Detroit beat Florida on Thursday.

Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine.

Anton Lundell and Evan Rodrigues scored for Florida. Sergei Bobrovsky was chased in the second period after allowing four goals on 15 shots. Florida was 12-0-1 in its previous 13 games against Detroit.

capitals 1, senators 0, ot

Alex Ovechkin scored with 1:53 left in overtime to give Washington a victory over Ottawa.

Ovechkin’s goal was the 874th of his career, moving him within 20 of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, and he broke a league record by scoring against his 179th goaltender. Jaromir Jagr scored against 178 goalies.

blue jackets 4, sharks 1

James van Riemsdyk scored twice and Columbus beat San Jose to extend their win streak to six.

maple leafs 4, devils 3, ot

William Nylander scored his second goal of the game at 1:10 of overtime to give Toronto a win over New Jersey.

lightning 4, ducks 3, so

Jake Guentzel scored the only goal in the shootout and Tampa Bay beat Anaheim.

flyers 5, islanders 3

Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist as Philadelphia defeated New York.

blues 4, flames 1

Brayden Schenn scored twice and St. Louis beat Calgary.

predators 3,

blackhawks 2, so

Steven Stamkos scored in regulation and had Nashville’s third straight shootout goal against Chicago.

canadiens 3, stars 1

Alex Newhook’s deflection broke a tie midway through the third period and Montreal defeated Dallas.

jets 2, kraken 1

Dylan DeMelo scored with 27 second left in regulation to lift Winnipeg over Seattle.

rangers 5, utah 3

Reilly Smith and Chris Kreider scored in the third period to push New York past Utah.