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Lightning 2, Kings 1

LOS ANGELES

Brian Boyle scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period. Ben Bishop made an early mistake that led to Kyle Clifford’s goal for the Kings, but bounced back to make 31 saves in his second start back from a three-week absence with a lower-body injury. Tyler Johnson scored in the first period for the Lightning, who won for just the second time in seven games. Peter Budaj stopped 27 shots for the Kings.

Sharks 5, Jets 2

SAN JOSE, CALIF.

Joel Ward scored a short-handed goal and took a hard hit to assist on Timo Meier’s goal, helping San Jose to just its third win in eight games. Brent Burns and Chris Tierney also scored and Joe Thornton had an empty-netter as the Sharks bounced back nicely from a 4-0 home loss to St. Louis on Saturday. Martin Jones made 26 saves, allowing two late goals after the game had been decided. Josh Morrissey broke up the shutout with 2:36 to play and Mark Scheifele added a goal in the final minute after Jones tried to shoot the puck toward the empty net but hit Scheifele instead.

Islanders 4, Bruins 0

BOSTON

Nikolay Kulemin scored two of New York’s three second-period goals, powering the Islanders to the win. Josh Bailey and Jason Chimera also scored for the Islanders, who have lost 13 of 19 road games this season (6-9-4), but defeated the Bruins twice in TD Garden. Thomas Greiss made 32 saves. Boston goaltender Tuukka Rask was pulled after two periods. He gave up three goals on 15 shots.

Red Wings 1, Canadiens 0

DETROIT

Thomas Vanek scored in the second period and Jared Coreau earned his second shutout. Detroit won consecutive games at home for the first time since starting the season 4-0 at Joe Louis Arena as part of its 6-2 start. The 6-foot-6 Coreau, the tallest goaltender to play for the Red Wings, stopped 18 shots to improve to 5-1-1 in his first season with Detroit. Montreal star Carey Price made a spectacular save late in the first period, using his glove to deny Andreas Athanasiou on a breakaway, and finished with 19 stops.

Sabres 4, Stars 1

BUFFALO, N.Y.

Jack Eichel scored two goals, helping Buffalo to the win. Buffalo’s Tyler Ennis scored 19 seconds into the first period. Ennis returned after missing 30 games with a groin injury that required surgery. Jake McCabe also had a goal and Robin Lehner made 31 saves after missing the past three games with an illness. Radek Faksa scored for the Stars in the opener of a three-game road trip. Kari Lehtonen stopped 25 shots.

Associated Press