Patrick Kane scored during Detroit’s fast start, and the Red Wings beat the visiting Seattle Kraken 6-2 on Sunday for their seventh straight win.

Marco Kasper, J.T. Compher, Alex DeBrincat and Kane scored as Detroit opened a 4-0 lead 7:53 into the first period.

It’s the longest win streak for Detroit in nearly 13 years. The Red Wings had a pair of seven-game winning streaks during the 2011-12 season, mostly recently Jan. 12-23, 2012.

Oliver Bjorkstrand and Matty Beniers scored for Seattle.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, WILD 1: Pavel Dorofeyev had two power-play goals and added an assist and host Vegas broke open a tie game with three third-period goals to beat Minnesota.

The Golden Knights joined Washington and Winnipeg atop the NHL with 61 points, avoiding their first three-game losing streak of the season.

Ryan Hartman scored for the Wild. Filip Gustavsson stopped 32 shots.

SENATORS 3, STARS 2: Leevi Merilainen made 24 saves in his Ottawa home debut and the Senators ended Dallas’ seven-game winning streak.

Merilainen was coming off his first NHL shutout Saturday in a 5-0 victory in Pittsburgh. The 22-year-old Finn’s five previous starts this season were on the road.

Josh Norris, Tim Stutzle and Matthew Highmore scored for the Senators.

Evgenii Dadonov and Jason Robertson scored for the Stars.

LIGHTNING 5, PENGUINS 2: Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist and visiting Tampa Bay beat Pittsburgh.

Brandon Hagel also scored for the Lightning, and Anthony Cirelli and Nick Paul had empty-net goals.

Rickard Rakell scored his 22nd goal of the season for the Penguins, and Kevin Hayes added his third goal in five games. Sidney Crosby recorded his 1,040th career assist to tie Marcel Dionne for 11th on the NHL’s career list.