capitals 5, senators 4, so

Tom Wilson fought Brady Tkachuk late in the first period, scored on a power play in the second and assisted on Martin Fehervary’s goal in the third to help Washington end their season-worst losing streak at three games by beating Ottawa on Monday in a shootout.

Wilson finished off his “Gordie Howe Hat Trick” — a goal, an assist and a fight — by setting up Fehervary with 7:17 left in regulation. Tkachuk tied it with 1:08 left with a 6-on-4 goal to get the Senators into overtime and earn a point.

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin remains 10 goals from tying Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record.

sharks 3, maple leafs 2

Fabian Zetterlund scored in the fourth round of the shootout as San Jose battled back from a two-goal deficit in the third period to stun Toronto Maple and snap an eight-game slide.

John Tavares, with a goal and an assist, and Matthew Knies scored for Toronto.

canadiens 4, sabres 3, ot

Mike Matheson scored at 1:21 of overtime to lift Montreal to a win over Buffalo.

Cole Caufield — with his team-leading 30th of the season — also scored for Montreal.

Rasmus Dahlin scored the equalizer with 61 seconds remaining in regulation, while Alex Tuch and Tage Thompson also scored for Buffalo.

panthers 2, lightning 1

Aleksander Barkov scored twice in the second period, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots, and Florida beat their in-state rival Tampa Bay.

Brayden Point got the Lightning on the board with his team-leading 32nd goal of the season early in the third.

rangers 4, islanders 0

Will Cuylle and Will Borgen scored in the first period, Igor Shesterkin stopped 21 shots for his fourth shutout of the season, and the Rangers beat the crosstown-rival Islanders.

Ilya Sorokin finished with 22 saves for the Islanders.

blackhawks 5, kings 1

Spencer Knight made 41 saves in his first game with Chicago, helping the Blackhawks beat Los Angeles.

Knight was acquired by Chicago when it traded defenseman Seth Jones to Florida on Saturday.

Anze Kopitar scored his 14th goal for Los Angeles