AROUND THE NHL| Saturday’s NHL games

Senators 3, Blue Jackets 2

OTTAWA, ONTARIO

Zack Smith scored a short-handed goal in the third period and Ottawa beat Columbus. Viktor Stalberg got his first goal since joining the Senators ahead of Wednesday’s trade deadline. Erik Karlsson scored his 11th of the season and Craig Anderson made 25 saves. Stalberg was traded to Ottawa by the Carolina Hurricanes for a 2017 third-round draft pick on Tuesday. Brandon Saad and Sam Gagner scored for the Blue Jackets. Joonas Korpisalo made 24 saves.

Jets 6, Avalanche 1

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

Blake Wheeler and Nikolaj Ehlers each had a goal and two assists, leading Winnipeg to a victory over Colorado. Making his 10th straight start in goal, Connor Hellebuyck almost had his second straight shutout for the Jets until Gabriel Landeskog scored with 15.4 seconds left in the game. He made 22 saves a day after he had a 29-save shutout against the St. Louis Blues.

Bruins 3, Devils 2

BOSTON

Ryan Spooner scored midway through the third period to lift Boston over New Jersey for their eighth victory in 10 games under interim coach Bruce Cassidy. Brandon Carlo and Torey Krug also scored for the Bruins, and backup goalie Anton Khudobin stopped 15 shots. Cassidy took over for fired coach Claude Julien on Feb. 7. Kyle Palmieri and Devante Smith-Pelly had goals for the Devils.

Canadiens 4, Rangers 1

NEW YORK

Carey Price made 26 saves and Montreal extended their winning streak to five games with a victory over New York. Shea Weber, Artturi Lehkonen, Andrew Shaw and Jordie Benn scored for the Canadiens, who are in first place in the Atlantic Division. Max Pacioretty and Alex Galchenyuk each had two assists for Montreal, which has won six of seven. That streak started with a shootout win over the Rangers on Feb. 21 at Madison Square Garden.

Lightning 2, Sabres 1, SO

BUFFALO, N.Y.

Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov scored in a shootout and Tampa Bay defeated Buffalo. Tyler Johnson scored in regulation for the Lightning and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 31 saves as Tampa Bay bounced back on the second night of a back-to-back after losing 5-2 in Pittsburgh on Friday. The Lightning have won three of four and seven of nine on the road. Ryan O’Reilly had a goal and Robin Lehner made 31 saves for Buffalo.

Stars 2, Panthers 1

SUNRISE, FLA.

John Klingberg scored the winning goal with 1:07 left and Dallas beat Florida. Klingberg shot from the right circle and the puck went high into the net over the shoulder of James Reimer. The Stars won for the fourth time in six games. Jamie Benn also scored a goal and had an assist for Dallas. Kari Lehtonen made 41 saves. Tyler Seguin had two assists. Jonathan Huberdeau scored the Panthers’ goal.

Capitals 2, Flyers 1, OT

WASHINGTON

Nicklas Backstrom scored a power-play goal in overtime to lift Washington over Philadelphia and extend their franchise-record home winning streak to 15. Backstrom ended the Capitals’ power-play frustrations by beating Steve Mason 3:25 into overtime for his 20th goal of the season. It came with Flyers defenseman Michael Del Zotto in the penalty box for holding, the 12th minor penalty of the game.

Blackhawks 5, Predators 3

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Brian Campbell scored with 1:05 remaining to lead Chicago over Nashville for their seventh straight win. Patrick Kane scored twice, including an empty-netter after Campbell’s goal, and Jordin Tootoo and Jonathan Toews also scored for Chicago. Corey Crawford made 32 saves. Viktor Arvidsson scored twice and Calle Jarnkrok also had a goal for Nashville, which has lost two straight.

Associated Press