Aleksander Barkov had two goals and Jaromir Jagr scored the 733rd of his career to lead the Florida Panthers past the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Tuesday night for their seventh straight victory.
Roberto Luongo stopped 27 shots and the Panthers leapfrogged Montreal for first place in the Atlantic Division. The winning streak is their longest since March 2008 and it matches the franchise record.
Max Pacioretty scored for Montreal, but the slumping Canadiens have lost seven of their past eight games and 11 of 13.
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Ben Scrivens made 27 saves in his first NHL action since April 11 last season. Montreal acquired him from Edmonton on Monday.
Jagr gave the Panthers a 2-1 lead 1 minute, 16 seconds into the second period. Barkov had an assist.
Barkov has 10 points in his past seven games and two goals in back-to-back games.
BLACKHAWKS 7, COYOTES 5
In Glendale, Arizona, Patrick Kane scored a goal, assisted on two others and raised his NHL-leading point total to 53 in helping Chicago beat Arizona.
Andrew Desjardins scored twice for the Blackhawks, who overcame Shane Doan’s hat-trick and set a season high for goals in a game.
Artem Anisimov scored his 13th of the season, while Brent Seabrook had two assists and Duncan Keith added a goal and an assist for Chicago.
Doan scored three times for the Coyotes, tying Dale Hawerchuk for the franchise record with 379 career goals. Doan’s third of the night came on a power play with 27.1 seconds left.
Corey Crawford stopped 32 shots for Chicago.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Tobias Rieder had three assists apiece for the Coyotes.
BLUE JACKETS 6, STARS 3
In Columbus, Ohio, Nick Foligno and Brandon Dubinsky each had three assists as last-place Columbus beat the NHL-best Dallas Stars.
Boone Jenner, Kevin Connauton, Matt Calvert, Brandon Saad, Scott Hartnell and Rene Bourque scored for Columbus, which had lost three straight and eight of 10 — prompting coach John Tortorella to call out his team over the past several days.
Curtis McElhinney made 39 saves, and 11 players had at least one point for the Blue Jackets.
Colton Sceviour, Tyler Seguin and Patrick Sharp scored for Dallas. The Stars had their five-game point streak broken.
Kari Lehtonen allowed three goals on 14 shots in the first period and was replaced by Antti Niemi to start the second.
BRUINS 7, SENATORS 3
In Boston, Jimmy Hayes scored three goals, and Patrice Bergeron and Matt Beleskey had two apiece as Boston beat Ottawa to end a three-game losing streak.
Torey Krug and Loui Eriksson each had two assists for the Bruins.
Tuukka Rask made 29 saves, including 12 in the third period as the Bruins held off the Senators. Boston scored three power-play goals and split the home-and-home series with the Senators, who beat the Bruins 3-1 on Sunday in Ottawa.
Ottawa trimmed Boston’s lead to one early in the third period, but the Bruins closed it out with three goals in the final 4:11. There were several late fights, including multiple scrums during a stoppage with 27 seconds remaining that featured all five skaters paired off with an opponent.
Chris Neil had a goal and an assist for Ottawa. Mika Zibanejad and Mike Hoffman also scored.
In other NHL action, it was:
‧ Islanders 6, Maple Leafs 3
‧ Devils 3, Hurricanes 2
‧ Blues 4, Predators 3, OT
‧ Jets 4, Red Wings 1
‧ Kings 5, Oilers 2
‧ Ducks 1, Flames 0
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