Flames 6, Lightning 3

Rasmus Andersson had a goal and two assists to lead the Calgary Flames to a 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.

Nazem Kadri, Tyler Toffoli, Dillon Dube, Jonathan Huberdeau and Blake Coleman also scored for Calgary (22-16-9).

“We were ready to play,” said Andersson, who scored his seventh of the season. “I think our first period, we were really good and even when they got up 2-1, we bounced back pretty quick.”

Steven Stamkos, Vladislav Namestnikov and Anthony Cirelli scored for Tampa Bay (29-15-1), which dropped both games in Alberta to finish 3-2-0 on longest trip of the season.

“It’s just frustrating. You go on a five-game trip out West, bunch of different times zone, and you start out 3-0 and to drop these games,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “Especially when we had a tie game going into the third against Edmonton, we had a 2-1 lead in this one even though we probably didn’t deserve it, and to drop them both without getting any points, that’s probably not our style.”

Dan Vladar got the start for Calgary and finished with 21 saves to improve to 8-0-3 in his last 11 appearances. His last regulation loss was Nov. 26, and he is 9-4-4 this season.

Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 shots and slipped to 20-12-1 on the season.

“I thought we battled. Too many penalties, including myself taking a bad one,” Cirelli said. “Too many turnovers fueling their rush, which ultimately led to the loss.”

Down 2-1 in the second period, Tampa Bay got goals 48 seconds apart from Stamkos and Namestnikov to take a short-lived lead.

About a minute later, Calgary tied it when Toffoli’s wraparound went in off Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman’s skate.

Five minutes later Calgary, went ahead 3-2 when Andersson’s slap shot from the point deflected off Hedman in front and past Vasilevskiy.

“We responded really well after their second goal,” Andersson said. “I’m proud of the guys. We bounced back quick and then once we got the lead, we played really well.”

Calgary moved out to a 4-2 lead 7:40 into the third when Dube burst down the left wing and scored.

“It was a battle out there right from the puck drop and they don’t quit,” Dube said. “They try and push you out of the rink and play hard. It was a fun game, these feel like playoff games.”

The Lightning cut the deficit to 4-3 on Cirelli’s goal with the goalie pulled at 15:58. The Flames cemented the victory scoring twice into an empty net.

The Flames led 1-0 after 20 minutes when Kadri scored his team-leading 18th on a power play.

Less than a minute later, the Flames went back on the power play, a full two-minute, two-man advantage after Zach Bogosian took a roughing penalty in a post-whistle scrum after Nikita Kucherov had already been called for tripping.

Calgary had plenty of chances for a two-goal lead but the Flames failed to convert. The Lightning tied it at 10:20 of the second.

Noah Hanifin’s turnover went to Stamkos at the faceoff circle and he scored on a slap shot under the crossbar. That extended Stamkos’ point streak to eight games (six goals, six assists).

The Lightning surged ahead when Vladar tried to poke the puck away in front. Instead, it hit Namestnikov’ s skate and went into the net. It stood up after being reviewed.

The Lightning lost Pat Maroon to an injury in the third. He was involved in a collision in front of the Flames net and went off appearing to be favor his arm.

After sitting for six games as a healthy scratch since being called up two weeks ago from the AHL, Flames 2019 first-round pick Jakob Pelletier made his NHL debut, playing left wing on a line with Trevor Lewis at center and rookie Walker Duehr on right wing. He finished with one shot in his 6:35 of ice time.

Sabres 6, Ducks 3

Victor Olofsson and Peyton Krebs each scored two goals to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 6-3 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday.

Olofsson gave the Sabres a 4-3 lead at 2:12 of the third period when he finished off a 2-on-1 break with defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin. His career-best 21st goal of the season made it 5-3 at 8:07.

Dylan Cozens and Jeff Skinner also scored and Lyubushkin had three assists. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 34 saves for Buffalo.

Trevor Zegras had two goals and Simon Benoit also scored for Anaheim. John Gibson made 33 saves for Anaheim, which is 1-5-1 in its past seven games.

Flyers 2, Red Wings 1

Scott Laughton and Noah Cates scored in the third period and Philadelphia beat Detroit.

Carter Hart stopped 30 shots to help the Flyers improve to 9-3-0 in their last 12 games.

Lucas Raymond scored for Detroit in the final minute to spoil Hart's shutout bid. Ville Husso finished with 23 saves.

Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 2

Rem Pitlick whipped a wrist shot past goalie Ilya Samsonov 2:14 into overtime to lift Montreal.

Josh Anderson and Rafael Harvey-Pinard also scored as Montreal overcame a two-goal deficit. Samuel Montembeault made 36 saves.

Mark Giordano and Calle Jarnkrok scored for Toronto. Samsonov stopped 28 shots.

Blue Jackets 5, Sharks 3

Gustav Nyquist scored in the third period, and Columbus rallied from two goals down to beat San Jose and snap a two-game losing streak.

Nyquist joined Johnny Gaudreau and Patrik Laine with a goal and an assist, Boone Jenner and Sean Kuraly also scored, and Kent Johnson and Nick Blankenburg each had two assists for Columbus. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 22 shots.

Timo Meier, Nick Bonino and Nico Strum scored for San Jose, which has lost four of its last five. Kaapo Kahkonen had 24 saves.

Panthers 5, Wild 3

Alex Lyon made 28 saves for his second consecutive victory and Florida beat Minnesota.

Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen, Carter Verhaeghe, Gustav Forsling and Sam Reinhart scored for the Panthers, who are 4-0-1 in their last five games.

Matt Boldy, Joel Eriksson Ek and Jared Spurgeon scored for the Wild, and Filip Gustavsson made 22 saves. Minnesota has lost two in a row.

The Panthers lost defenseman Aaron Ekblad in the first period to an upper-body injury, and center Sam Bennett left, also with an upper-body concern, in the second.

Jets 5, Senators 1

Mark Scheifele scored twice and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 25 shots to lead Winnipeg.

Nikolaj Ehlers, Blake Wheeler and Cole Perfetti also scored for the Jets. Ehlers, who missed 36 games with an abdominal injury, has four goals and eight assists in nine games since returning to the lineup.

Josh Norris scored for Ottawa and Anton Forsberg made 25 saves.

Blackhawks 5, Blues 3

Rookie Jaxson Stauber recorded 28 saves in his NHL debut and Jason Dickinson had a goal and two assists to lead Chicago.

Sam Lafferty, Reese Johnson, Andreas Athanasiou and Max Domi also scored for the Blackhawks, who have won six of their last seven games.

Jordan Kyrou, Ivan Barbashev and Nick Leddy scored for St. Louis, which had won four straight against Chicago. Jordan Binnington started and gave up four goals on seven shots before he was pulled early in the second period. Thomas Greiss stopped 10 of the 11 shots he faced.

Predators 5, Kings 3

Matt Duchene broke a tie with 6:26 left with his second goal of the game and Nashville beat Los Angeles.

Mikael Granlund and Ryan Johansen each had a goal and an assist, Cole Smith had his first NHL goal and Juuse Saros made 31 saves for the Predators, winners of three of four. Roman Josi had three assists and Cody Glass and Alexandre each had two assists.

Sean Durzi scored a goal and assisted on another, and Adrian Kempe and Quinton Byfield also scored for Los Angeles. Anze Kopitar had two assists and Pheonix Copley and Jonathan Quick combined for 23 saves.

Stars 4, Coyotes 0

Radek Faksa had his first two-goal game in more than three years, captain Jamie Benn added a power-play goal and Western Conference-leading Dallas beat hapless Arizona.

Faksa scored both of his goals on rebounds in the first period, when the Stars went ahead 3-0, and rookie Wyatt Johnson scored his 12th goal in the second period. It was first multipoint game this season for Faksa, who had last scored two goals on Nov. 15, 2019.

Jake Oettinger had 33 saves in his fourth shutout this season.

Connor Ingram had 35 saves for the Coyotes, who lost for the 10th time in 11 games.

Knights 6, Capitals 2

Paul Cotter scored twice and Vegas finally off to a good start, easily beating the Washington to end a three-game losing streak.

Washington captain Alex Ovechkin didn't play because of a lower-body injury and is listed by the Capitals as day to day. He leads the team with 30 goals and 52 points.

Even if Ovechkin had been on the ice, the Capitals might have had trouble against the Knights, who had looked anything but sharp in losing four of their previous five games. They went 3-4 on a homestand and don't return to T-Mobile Arena until Super Bowl Sunday.

Nicolas Roy had a goal and two assists for the Knights, Alec Martinez a goal and an assist and Alex Pietrangelo and Chandler Stephenson two assists apiece. Goalie Logan Thompson saved 20 shots to run his career record against Washington to 3-0.

Avalanche 2, Kraken 1

Nathan MacKinnon scored the only goal of the shootout and Colorado beat Seattle for its season-high fifth straight win.

Alex Newhook scored in regulation for the Avalanche, and Pavel Francouz stopped 26 shots.

Ryan Donato scored for the Kraken, and Philipp Grubauer also had 26 saves.

Donato, Jordan Eberle and Daniel Sprong all failed to score in the tiebreaker for Seattle, which fell to 0-2 in shootouts. Evan Rodrigues missed with Colorado’s first chance, but MacKinnon put his shot past Grubauer on the Avalanche's second attempt.

Colorado now has a league-best nine wins in games that go beyond regulation this season, including four shootout victories.

Oilers 4, Canucks 2

Zach Hyman had a goal and three assists to set a career high in points and surging Edmonton beat reeling Vancouver for its sixth straight victory.

Hyman has 56 points with 24 goals and 32 assists. He had 54 points last season.

The Canucks lost their third game in four nights and are 1-9-0 in their last 10. Chants of “Bruce, there it is!” to the tune of Tag Team’s “Whoomp! (There it is)” echoed around Rogers Arena in recognition of Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau, who is expected to be fired in the coming days.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored and had two assists for Edmonton, Connor McDavid had his 40th goal and an assist and Leon Draisaitl scored his 28th goal. Stuart Skinner made 27 saves to help the Oilers improve to 27-18-3.

Andrei Kuzmenko and J.T. Miller scored for Vancouver. Quinn Hughes had two assists and Spencer Martin made 25 saves.