Panthers 4, oilers 3

Nate Schmidt and Carter Verhaeghe had third-period goals, Anton Lundell had a goal and two assists and the Florida Panthers topped the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Thursday night.

Uvis Balinskis also scored for Florida, which jumped Toronto for first in the Atlantic Division.

Leon Draisaitl scored his 44th goal for the Oilers, who also got goals from Brett Kulak and Zach Hyman.

BLUES 5, CAPITALS 2

Philip Broberg scored twice to help St. Louis beat Washington, inching closer to the final playoff spot in the Western Conference and handing the top team in the East a rare second loss in a row.

HURRICANES 5, SABRES 2

Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist and Carolina beat Buffalo.

Jordan Staal, Sebastian Aho, Taylor Hall and Seth Jarvis also scored for Carolina, which had lost its first two games after the league break for the 4 Nations Face-Off. Pyotr Kochetkov made 14 saves.

LIGHTNING 3, FLAMES 0

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and the 38th of his career in Tampa Bay’s victory over Calgary.

ISLANDERS 2, BRUINS 1

Ilya Sorokin stopped 38 shots and Alexander Romanov and Kyle Palmieri scored to lead New York to a win over Boston.

BLUE JACKETS 5, RED WINGS 2

James van Riemsdyk scored twice and Columbus beat Detroit in a matchup of playoff contenders.

CANADIENS 4, SHARKS 3, OT

Cole Caufield scored at 3:21 of overtime and Montreal beat San Jose for their third straight victory since the 4 Nations Face-Off break.

PENGUINS 5, FLYERS 4, OT

Evgeni Malkin scored his second goal at 1:03 of overtime and Pittsburgh rallied to beat Philadelphia.

PREDATORS 2, JETS 1

Juuse Saros made 23 saves and the Nashville Predators ended NHL-leading Winnipeg’s franchise-record winning streak at 11 games, beating the weary Jets.