Steven Stamkos had his second hat trick of the season and added two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 8-7 on Thursday.
The 20-year-old Stamkos leads the NHL with 19 goals and 35 points.
Nate Thompson scored the winner in the third period, flicking a rebound of Dana Tyell’s shot past backup goalie Brian Boucher.
It was the only goal of the final period after a breathless opening two periods.
The nine goals of the first period were the most in an NHL game since 1991-1992, while 14 over two periods was the most since 1986-1987.
The result snapped a seven-game home winning streak for Philadelphia.
Adam Hall, Ryan Malone, Brett Clark and Steve Downie also scored for Tampa Bay and Martin St Louis had five assists.
Nikolay Zherdev scored twice for Philadelphia and Andreas Nodl, Jeff Carter, Scott Hartnell, Danny Briere and Andrej Meszaros also scored.
PREDATORS 3, CANADIENS 0
In Montreal, the hosts’ winning streak was ended at four games by Nashville.
Pekka Rinne made 30 saves for his second shutout of the season and 16th of his career.
Marcel Goc scored twice for the Predators, with the other goal from Cal O’Reilly.
STARS 5, SHARKS 4, OT
In Dallas, Mike Ribiero scored the overtime winner for Dallas after capping a two-goal comeback in the final three minutes of regulation against San Jose.
James Neal scored the second of his two goals on the night with 2:35 left in regulation and Ribeiro tied it at 4-4 off a scramble in front of the net 29 seconds later. Ribeiro backhanded a rebound past Sharks goalie Antti Niemi for the winner.
Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski, Scott Nichol and Patrick Marleau scored for Sam Jose, playing its third game in four nights.
BRUINS 4, PANTHERS 0
In Boston, Milan Lucic scored Boston’s first three goals in the victory over Florida.
Lucic scored late in the first period, then added two goals in a 15-second span late in the third for his second career hat trick.
Tuukka Rask made 41 saves for his first victory of the season.
MAPLE LEAFS 3, DEVILS 1
In Toronto, Jonas Gustavsson made 29 saves to help Toronto defeat New Jersey.
Mikhail Grabovski, Phil Kessel and Kris Versteeg scored for the Maple Leafs.
Dainius Zubrus scored for struggling New Jersey.
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