LIGHTNING 3, BLUES 1

Nikita Kucherov had a pair of assists to lead Tampa Bay to a victory against St. Louis on Thursday night. Anthony Cirelli, Gage Goncalves and Nick Perbix scored for the Lightning, who have won six of their last seven. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 31 saves in the win.

BLUE JACKETS 4, DEVILS 2

Sean Monahan had two goals and an assist, Elvis Merzlikins stopped a season-high 40 shots and Columbus snapped a fivegame skid with a victory over New Jersey.

Ivan Provorov and Zach Werenski also scored for Columbus, which has won only two of its last 10 games. Kirill Marchenko contributed two assists for his 100th NHL point, extending his point streak to four games.

KINGS 7, FLYERS 3

Anze Kopitar and Kevin Fiala scored two goals each and Los Angeles rallied to beat Philadelphia.

Kopitar scored the tying goal in the final minute of the second period and then re-directed a pass from Alex Turcotte for an insurance goal in the third period. Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves.

Kopitar now has at least one point in 19 of his last 24 games, but it was his first multi-goal game since scoring a hat trick on the opening night of the season.

BLACKHAWKS 3, KRAKEN 1

Ilya Mikheyev scored two more goals, Arvid Soderblom made 27 saves andChicago beat Seattle for their third straight win.

Teuvo Teravainen had two assists as Chicago closed out a perfect threegame homestand. Nolan Allan added his first career goal in the third period.

It’s the first three-game win streak for the Blackhawks since they won five in a row in February 2023.

PENGUINS 5, PREDATORS 4

Bryan Rust scored his second goal of the game 1:07 into overtime and Sidney Crosby had a seasonhigh four points as Pittsburgh beat Nashville.

Rust also had two assists and Crosby finished with a goal and three assists. Rickard Rakell and Erik Karlsson each had a goal and an assist for the Penguins, who have won three of four. Tristan Jarry made 22 saves.

Crosby, the Pitsburgh captain, snapped a 10-game goal drought.