GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6, SENATORS 4

Tomas Hertl and Keegan Kolesar scored a minute apart to give Vegas the lead, and the Golden Knights beat Ottawa on Friday.

Ivan Barbashev had two goals, and Nicolas Roy and Nicolas Hagu ealso scored for the Golden Knights. Alex Pietrangelo had three assists, and Jack Eichel, Mark Stone and Tanner Pearson each added two. Adin Hill made 34 saves to earn his third win of the season.

Vegas has now scored six goals in back-to-back games and is averaging 4.37 goals per game.

Adam Gaudette had two goals while Claude Giroux and Drake Bratherson also scored for the Senators. Linus Ullmark made 22 saves.

Ottawa came into the game 3-0-0 when scoring first, and also when leading after two periods.

ISLANDERS 4, DEVILS 3, OT

Bo Horvat scored 1:09 into overtime winner and New York beat New Jersey, Brock Nelson, Anders Lee and Kyle Palmieri also scored for the Islanders, and Ilya Sorokin stopped 32 shots.

Nico Hischier, Curtis Lazar and Jesper Bratt scored for the Devils, who lost their fourth straight since starting the season 5-2-0. Jake Allen finished with 26 saves.

Horvat scored his third goal of the season on a onetimer in the extra period after Bratt tied the score for the third time with 1:29 left in the third period.

BLACKHAWKS 3, PREDATORS 2

Brady Skjei’s scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 6:53 left in the the third period, and Nashville rallied to beat Chicago.

Filip Forsberg split Chicago’s defense for a highlight reel goal with 6:19 left in the second period, then Gustav Nyquist got a shorthanded score 2:18 later for his 200th career goal that tied it at 2-2. Juuse Saros stopped 27 shots.

Connor Bedard and Craig Smith scored to give Chicago a 2-0 lead, but the Blackhawks lost their third straight. Alexandre Carrier had two assists and Petr Mrazek finished with 31 saves.

In the extra period, Skjei connected on a screened shot from left circle, lifting Nashville to its second straight win.