nhl roundup | Thursday’s games

Rangers 2, Sabres 1, OT

BUFFALO, N.Y.

Chris Kreider scored 3:56 into overtime and the New York Rangers beat the Buffalo to snap a two-game losing streak. Mats Zuccarello scored in regulation and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 36 shot, including two in the extra period, for the Rangers. J.T. Miller had assists on both goals to help New York get its league-leading 18th road win, including 11th in the last 13. On the winning goal, Kreider took a pass from Miller and buried a wrist shot from the right circle for his 20th of the season. Cody Franson scored and Robin Lehner stopped 42 shots for Buffalo, which has lost three straight.

Senators 5, Lightning 2

TAMPA, FLA.

Mark Stone had two goals and an assist and Mike Condon made 19 saves. The Senators, second in the Atlantic Division, also got goals from Kyle Turris, Mike Hoffman and Chris Kelly. Ottawa coach Guy Boucher was behind the bench in Tampa for the first time since being fired by the Lightning midway through the 2012-13 season. He led Tampa Bay to the Eastern Conference finals in 2011. Tyler Johnson and Brayden Point scored for the Lightning, who have lost 11 of 14 (3-9-2). Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 shots.

Flyers 3, Canadiens 1

PHILADELPHIA

Matt Read scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period to end his long drought. Claude Giroux also scored and Sean Couturier had an empty-netter in the final seconds for the Flyers, who opened a five-game homestand — their longest of the season — by winning their fourth in the last five. Nikita Nesterov scored for the Atlantic Division-leading Canadiens. Montreal’s 16 shots were a season low and also marked the fewest Philadelphia has allowed in a game this season.

Predators 2, Oilers 0

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Pekka Rinne stopped 31 shots for his 42nd career shutout. Viktor Arvidsson and Ryan Johansen each had a goal and an assist to help Nashville win for the second time in three games. Cam Talbot made 25 saves for Edmonton, which has lost two straight. Rinne, who had his second shutout of the season, beat the Oilers for the eighth straight time — including three shutouts.

Jets 4, Stars 3

DALLAS

Dallas led 2-1 until Scheifele tied the game with 53 seconds left in the first period. He gave the Jets a 3-2 lead during a 5-on-3 power play 5:56 into the second. Bryan Little gave Winnipeg a 1-0 lead 6:50 into the game. Dallas’ John Klingberg and Jamie Benn scored barely two minutes apart midway through the first period. Nikolaj Ehlers also scored in the second for the Jets. Patrick Eaves scored at 17:58 to pull the Stars to 4-3. Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec made 39 saves as the Stars put a season-high 42 shots on goal. Dallas’ Kari Lehtonen had 25 saves.

Blackhawks 4, Coyotes 3

GLENDALE, ARIZ.

Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist, Duncan Keith added two assists and the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Arizona Coyotes to stop a three-game slide. Chicago led twice by three goals but gave up three in the second period and had to hold on. Ryan Hartman, Marian Hossa and Artemi Panarin also scored for the Blackhawks. Christian Dvorak and Brendan Perlini each had a goal and an assist for the Coyotes. Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored for Arizona The Blackhawks scored twice in 72 seconds during the first period, their first goal coming 15 seconds into a power play. Kane’s left-handed shot pinged off the crossbar and down into the cage at 8:44 of the period. Hartman made it 2-0 at the 9:56 mark, his long shot zipping through several players in front of the net and past Arizona goalie Mike Smith. Stastny, Allen lead Blues to 5-1 win over Maple Leafs

Blues 5, Maple Leafs 1

ST. LOUIS

Paul Stastny scored twice abd Jake Allen stopped 26 shots for his first victory in more than a month. Vladimir Tarasenko, Alexander Steen and Colton Parayko also scored for St. Louis, which had lost five of its previous six. Mike Yeo won in his first game as Blues coach, a day after he replaced the fired Ken Hitchcock. Mitchell Marner scored for Toronto, which fell to 1-3 on its season-high six-game road trip.

Associated Press