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Flyers 5, Capitals 4

WASHINGTON

Vincent Lecavalier scored at 2:45 of overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers rallied from a two-goal deficit for a victory over the Washington Capitals. Trailing 4-2 entering the third period, the Flyers started their comeback when Jakub Voracek scored a power-play goal at 11:58. The Flyers were given a five-minute advantage when Dmitry Orlov was given a major penalty for boarding Brayden Schenn at 9:33. Claude Giroux sent the game to overtime when he scored his second goal of the game with 65 seconds left in the third. Adam Hall also scored for the Flyers, Kimmo Timonen had three assists and Steve Mason made 25 saves.

Orlov scored two goals and fellow defenseman Mike Green had three assists for Washington. Marcus Johansson and Jay Beagle also scored for the Capitals in a physical game. Braden Holtby had 31 saves.

Sharks 4, Devils 2

NEWARK, N.J.

Matt Nieto scored the go-ahead goal at 6:20 of the third period and Alex Stalock made 21 saves and San Jose defeated New Jersey. Logan Couture and Raffi Torres also scored and U.S. Olympian Joe Pavelski had the primary assists on the tying and winning goals as the Sharks won for the fifth time in six games. Patrick Marleau iced the game with a breakaway goal with 2:25 to play, his 25th of the season. Adam Henrique and Patrik Elias scored for the Devils, who had a two-game, post-Olympic break winning streak snapped. Cory Schneider had 18 saves for New Jersey.

Panthers 5, Islanders 3

UNIONDALE, N.Y.

Scottie Upshall scored twice in the third period as part of a four-goal Panthers surge and Florida downed New York. Upshall’s 11th of the season broke a 3-3 tie at 10:31 of the final period. The goal came on the rebound of shot by Shawn Mattias, who also scored two goals for the Panthers. Upshall tapped the loose puck past backup goaltender Anders Nilsson, who started in place of Evgeni Nabokov. Upshall scored again at 15:26 on the power play to make it 5-3 for Florida. Tim Thomas made 35 saves for the Panthers. The Islanders entered the third with a 3-1 advantage after Thomas Vanek scored twice in the first and Ryan Strome added a goal late in the second. But Florida’s Marcel Goc and Matthias scored early in the third to tie the game at 3 before Upshall’s late scores.

Bruins 6, Rangers 3

NEW YORK

Tuukka Rask made 19 saves in a one-sided first period, and defenseman Dougie Hamilton had a goal and two assists to lift the Boston Bruins over the Rangers for their first season-sweep of New York in 31 years. Rask was at his best early and finished with 39 saves. He outdueled New York netminder Henrik Lundqvist, who stopped 27 shots on his 32nd birthday but lost for the second straight day. The Bruins are 9-2-3 in their last 14 games. Gregory Campbell had two goals for Boston, while Milan Lucic, Jarome Iginla and Carl Soderberg also scored.

Avalanche 6, Lightning 3

DENVER

Nick Holden scored two goals, Ryan O’Reilly had a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning. Semyon Varlamov stopped 31 shots and Erik Johnson and Tyson Barrie also scored for the Avalanche, who have won two straight. Nate Thompson had two goals, Tom Pyatt also scored and Ben Bishop finished with 29 saves for the Lightning.Holden tied it with a power-play goal at 5:12 of the third. .

Blues 4, Coyotes 2

GLENDALE, ARIZ.

Patrik Berglund scored twice during St. Louis’ four-goal, third-period rally and the Blues beat the Phoenix Coyotes in goaltender Ryan Miller’s debut. Miller made 23 saves. Kevin Shattenkirk and Magnus Paajarvi added goals for the Blues, who had been scoreless for a franchise record 187:44 before scoring three in a nine-plus minute span. For Phoenix, Jeff Halpern scored his 150th career goal.

Ducks 5, Hurricanes 3

ANAHEIM, CALIF.

Corey Perry had two goals and an assist in the first period, Andrew Cogliano scored a short-handed goal, and Anaheim beat Carolina for its second straight victory out of the Olympic break. Frederik Andersen made 49 saves for the NHL-leading Ducks.

Associated Press