Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the only goal in the shootout to lead the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night.

Martin Fehervary scored for the Capitals while Darcy Kuemper made 28 saves and stopped all three attempts in the shootout.

Washington improved to 5-0 on the season in the second game of back-to-back sets. The Capitals have earned at least a point in five of their past six games.

Sebastian Aho scored for the Hurricanes, who lost their second straight game. Pyotr Kochetkov made 20 saves.

DUCKS 5, DEVILS 1

Adam Henrique scored three goals for his first career hat trick and Anaheim snapped a five-game losing streak.

Alex Killorn had a goal and two assists, Troy Terry had a goal and an assist, and defensemen Pavel Mintyukov and Cam Fowler each had two assists for the Ducks, who were 1-13-0 since their last regulation win on Nov. 14.

John Gibson had 18 saves through two periods and Lukas Dostal stopped all 10 shots he faced in the third. The Ducks announced Gibson was pulled because he was feeling “under the weather.”

Michael McLeod scored for New Jersey, and Akira Schmid finished with 22 saves. The Devils had won two straight and five of six.

CANUCKS 4, BLACKHAWKS 3

Brock Boeser, Ilya Mikheyev and Dakota Joshua scored in the middle period, and Vancouver beat depleted Chicago.

Elias Pettersson also scored as the Canucks shook off a slow start. J.T. Miller and Tyler Myers each had two assists, and Thatcher Demko made 25 saves. Vancouver improved to 6-1-1 in the last eight games.

Nick Foligno had two goals for Chicago, and Connor Bedard had two assists against his hometown team. Cole Guttman scored in the third period, and Petr Mrazek made 22 saves. The last-place Blackhawks lost their fourth straight game and dropped to 4-13-1 in their last 18.

Golden Knights 6, Senators 3

Logan Thompson came off the bench to make 20 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Ottawa Senators.

Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev each had a goal and an assist, while Jonathan Marchessault, Nicolas Roy, Chandler Stephenson and William Karlsson also scored for the Golden Knights.

Adin Hill, who allowed one goal, made just two saves in his return to the net for the first time since Nov. 30. He left only 6:25 into the game.

Thompson showed signs of a lower-body injury suffered in the third period, as he hunched over between shots, and was slow to get up each time he went down to block a shot.

Vegas, which improved to 10-1-0 all-time against the Senators, extended its win streak against Ottawa to nine games. The Golden Knights have outscored the Senators 47-29 and have scored three or more goals in 10 of the 11 meetings.

Josh Norris, Ridly Greig and Brady Tkachuk each scored for the Senators and Joonas Korpisalo made 25 saves.