FRIDAY’S OTHER NHL GAMES

Senators 5, Blue Jackets 4

OTTAWA, ONTARIO

Mark Stone and Bobby Ryan scored in the third period and Ottawa held off Columbus. Derick Brassard, Nick Paul and Matt Duchene also scored for the Senators, and Mike Condon made 21 saves to help Ottawa snap a four-game losing streak. Sonny Milano struck twice, and Josh Anderson also scored. Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves in a failed bid for his 200th victory. A total of six goals were scored in the second, four in a 3:09 span.

Jets 4, Islanders 2

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

Blake Wheeler and Kyle Connor (Youngstown Phantoms 2012-15) each had a goal and an assist on Winnipeg’s patchwork top line and the Jets beat the New York Islanders. Wheeler played center in place of the injured Mark Scheifele, with Connor on left wing and Patrik Laine on the right. Laine had two assists. Connor Hellebuyck made 42 saves to help Winnipeg improve to 14-3-1 at home. Anders Lee scored twice for the Islanders, and Jaroslav Halak stopped 33 shots. The Jets led 2-0 after the first period and 2-1 after the second.

Red Wings 3, Rangers 2, SO

DETROIT

Frans Nielsen scored the only goal in the shootout to lift Detroit over the New York Rangers. Nielsen beat Henrik Lundqvist through the pads for his 47th career shootout goal and 21st winner, both NHL records. Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard stopped Brady Skjei on a penalty shot in overtime and then foiled all three Rangers shooters. Howard had 37 saves. Henrik Zetterberg and Andreas Athanasiou scored for the Wings, and David Desharnais and Vinni Lettieri scored for New York.

Flyers 5, Lightning 3

TAMPA, FLA.

Claude Giroux had three assists, Sean Couturier scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Philadelphia beat Tampa Bay. Philadelphia also got goals from Wayne Simmonds, Shayne Gostisbehere, Brandon Manning and Valtteri Filppula. Brian Elliott, making his 13th consecutive start, stopped 24 shots. Steven Stamkos, Brayden Point and Tyler Johnson scored, and backup Peter Budaj made 29 saves over 50 minutes for the NHL-leading Lightning.

Wild 4, Predators 2

ST. PAUL, MINN.

Mikael Granlund had the second three-goal game of his career and Devan Dubnyk made 41 saves in his first start since Dec. 12 to help Minnesota beat Nashville. Matt Dumba had a goal and assist for Minnesota, which has won two in a row coming out of the league’s holiday break. Pekka Rinne made 34 saves, but Nashville lost for the fourth time in five games. P.K. Subban and Kyle Turris scored for the Predators.

Stars 4, Blues 2

DALLAS

Alexander Radulov had a power-play goal and an empty-netter in the final 2:21 to lift Dallas over St. Louis. Radulov took in the puck off a faceoff and sent a low shot for his fourth winner of the season, then tapped in the rebound of a shot off the post with 1:39 left. Dallas led 1-0 through two periods on a goal by Mattias Janmark, but Vladimir Tarasenko and Tage Thompson scored 1:05 apart in the third period to put St. Louis up 2-1. Jamie Benn tied it at 2 with a backhand goal at 15:10. Ben Bishop made 35 saves for the Stars. Blues starting goalie Jake Allen left with 18:39 to play after he was knocked back into the crossbar. Carter Hutton replaced him briefly, but Allen returned to finish the game and made 25 saves.

Sabres 4, Devils 3, OT

NEWARK, N.J.

Rasmus Ristolainen scored 2:37 into overtime to give Buffalo a victory over New Jersey, snapping the Devils’ winning streak at five games. Ristolainen bulled his way out of the corner in the New Jersey zone to beat Cory Schneider for his first goal of the season. Jack Eichel scored twice, former Devil Jacob Josefson added a goal, and Robin Lehner stopped 35. Miles Wood, Marcus Johansson and John Moore scored for New Jersey, and Schneider made 25 saves.

Associated Press