Wednesday around the NHL

Rangers 5, Flyers 2

PHILADELPHIA

Kevin Hayes and Michael Grabner each scored two goals, Henrik Lundqvist stopped 30 shots and New York beat Philadelphia. Chris Kreider also scored to lead the Rangers to their fourth win in five games and match Columbus (27) for the most wins in the NHL. Kreider continued to shine following a stout December when he scored 11 goals and became the first Ranger to score at least 10 goals in a month in almost three years. The Rangers quickly rebounded from a 4-1 home loss to Buffalo on Tuesday that was just their third defeat in the last 10 games. Jake Voracek scored twice for the Flyers, who have lost four straight and seven of eight since a 10-game winning streak.

Jets 4, Panthers 1

SUNRISE, FLA.

Patrik Laine had a goal and an assist to lead Winnipeg to a victory over Florida. Mark Scheifele, Nikolaj Ehlers and Shawn Matthias also scored for the Jets and Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves. Bryan Little notched two assists as Winnipeg won its second straight after losing two in a row. Greg McKegg scored for the Panthers and Roberto Luongo stopped 35 shots. Jaromir Jagr recorded his 1,136th assist to pass Paul Coffey for sole possession of fifth place on the NHL’s all-time assists list. The Panthers have lost five of their last six.

Canadiens 4, Stars 3, OT

DALLAS

Max Pacioretty’s second goal of the game, on a breakaway 19 seconds into overtime, lifted Montreal over Dallas. Pacioretty took a pass from Jeff Petry and skated in on Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen for the win. Montreal was playing its fifth straight overtime game and improved to 3-0-2 in the stretch. Dallas’ Esa Lindell scored with 2:47 left in regulation time to tie the game.

Associated Press