AJ Greer scored his first goal for Florida early in the third period, Aleksander Barkov and Niko Mikkola each had assists in their homeland and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 4-2 on Saturday to finish a two-game sweep in Tampere, Finland.

Sam Reinhart, Evan Rodrigues and Matthew Tkachuk also had goals for Florida, which won its fifth straight. Reinhart also had an assist for the Panthers, making him the second player in the NHL to reach 20 points on the season, and capped it with an empty-netter.

Matt Duchene and Evgenii Dadonov had goals 34 seconds apart in the second period for Dallas, which dropped two straight for the first time this season.

Spencer Knight stopped 23 shots for Florida. Casey DeSmith made 20 saves for Dallas.

CAPITALS 7, BLUE JACKETS 2: Connor McMichael struck twice, Alex Ovechkin scored his 859th career goal and two assists and the Capitals continued their dominant start to the season with a rout in Washington. McMichael and Ovechkin both have goals in three straight games for Washington, which advances to 8-2 on the season. Ovechkin is 36 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record. He’s currently on pace to finish with 49 goals, which would set him up to hit 895 later this season. Both Ovechkin and McMichael helped ignite Washington’s offense as the team managed a five-goal first period, when all four lines got on the scoresheet. Damon Severson and Kevin Labanc scored for the Blue Jackets, who dropped both games of their back-to-back.

BRUINS 3, FLYERS 0: Joonas Korpisalo made 20 saves for his first shutout of the season and fifth of his career to lead Boston in Philadelphia. Matthew Poitras, Justin Brazeau and Brad Marchand scored for Boston, which won for just the second time in its last six games.

RED WINGS 2, SABRES 1: Dylan Larkin scored two power-play goals in the second period and the host Red Wings snapped a three-game losing streak. Cam Talbot made 31 saves for the Red Wings, who lost 5-3 at Buffalo a week earlier.

PENGUINS 3, CANADIENS 1: Sidney Crosby scored two goals and the Penguins won in Pittsburgh. Blake Lizotte scored an empty-net goal in the final minute for Pittsburgh. Kris Letang, playing in his 1,100th regular-season game, finished with an assist against his hometown team. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 25 shots for the Penguins.Christian Dvorak scored for Montreal and Sam Montembeault made 21 saves.

BLUES 4, MAPLE LEAFS 2: Colton Parayko scored twice and Jordan Kyrou had a goal for the host Blues, who snapped a three-game skid. Pavel Buchnevich added an empty-net goal with 39 seconds remaining, and Jordan Binnington made 36 saves.

SENATORS 3, KRAKEN 0: Anton Forsberg stopped 22 shots and recorded a shutout against Seattle for the second year in a row, lifting host Ottawa. Brady Tkachuk scored in the second period, his team-leading seventh of the season. Adam Gaudette opening the scoring in the first period with a backhanded chip-in after a coach’s challenge overturned an initial no-goal ruling. Gaudette has scored six goals in his last five games. Tim Stutzle added an empty netter.

PREDATORS 5, AVALANCHE 2: Roman Josi and Steven Stamkos and Gustav Nyquist each had a goal and added an assist for the host Predators. Colton Sissons and Filip Forsberg also a scored, and Juuse Saros made 28 saves for Nashville.