The Ottawa Senators’ hot form continued as they inflicted successive defeats on the NHL-leading Washington Capitals with a 6-5 win on Thursday.
Chris Phillips and Alex Kovalev scored in the third period and Jason Spezza had a goal and two assists in the first as Ottawa won for the 13th time in 14 games.
Chris Neil, Milan Michalek and Daniel Alfredsson also scored for the Senators, up 3-1 after the first.
Alexander Semin scored a hat trick for the Capitals, who also got goals from Tomas Fleischmann and Jeff Schultz.
SHARKS 3, RED WINGS 2, SO
In Detroit, Patrick Marleau scored the lone goal in a shootout to lift San Jose over Detroit.
Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov made a career-high 50 saves for the Western Conference leaders.
STARS 3, FLAMES 1
In Calgary, rookie Jamie Benn scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period as Dallas downed Calgary.
Marty Turco made 33 saves, and Mike Ribeiro scored twice for Dallas, tying the game with a power-play goal late in the second and securing the victory with an empty-netter directly off a faceoff.
Jarome Iginla scored his 25th goal of the season for the Flames.
CANUCKS 3, PANTHERS 0
In Sunrise, Florida, Roberto Luongo made 31 saves for his fourth shutout of the season as Vancouver beat Florida.
Alex Burrows and Jannik Hansen scored second-period goals for Vancouver, before Ryan Kesler added a power-play goal in the third for the Canucks, who are 3-3 on their 14-game road trip caused by Vancouver hosting the Olympics.
BRUINS 5, LIGHTNING 4
In Tampa, Florida, Boston brought up its first three-game winning streak in more than six weeks by overcoming Tampa Bay.
Michael Ryder and Milan Lucic scored two goals apiece and Miroslav Satan also netted for the Bruins.
Martin St. Louis and Steve Downie each scored two goals for the Lightning.
Also on Thursday, it was:
• Hurricanes 4, Sabres 3, OT
• Oilers 3, Kings 2, SO
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