Drake Batherson netted the shootout winner to give the host Ottawa Senators a 4-3 comeback victory over the struggling Calgary Flames on Thursday.
Lars Eller collected one goal and one assist while Artem Zub and Jake Sanderson also scored for Ottawa, which has won four of five games. The Senators erased three one-goal deficits, finally forcing overtime on Sanderson’s tally with 2:49 to go in regulation.
Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark made 27 saves through regulation and overtime. He stopped one shootout attempt, and Calgary’s other attempt hit the post.
Yegor Sharangovich, Matt Coronato and Nazem Kadri scored for the Flames, who have only won twice in 12 games (2-8-2). Devin Cooley stopped 35 shots, including seven in overtime, before the shootout.
Flyers 4, Predators 1
Trevor Zegras notched two goals and an assist, tying his career high in points and propelling Philadelphia to a victory over visiting Nashville.
Matvei Michkov collected two assists for the Flyers, who improved to 5-1-0 in their past six games. Philadelphia’s Jamie Drysdale and Travis Konecny also scored, and Dan Vladar finished with 32 saves.
Matthew Wood’s first NHL goal was the only tally for the Predators. Juuse Saros made 14 saves for Nashville, which lost its third straight game and has won just two of its last nine.
Lightning 2, Stars 1
Anthony Cirelli scored on a breakaway after a steal 2:36 into overtime as Tampa Bay returned home for a victory over Dallas.
Cirelli took off on the game-winning dash after Brandon Hagel stripped Mikko Rantanen in three-on-three play, lifting the Lightning to their season-high fourth straight win. Hagel also scored for Tampa Bay, which improved to 2-2 in overtime.
Adam Erne scored for Dallas, which had its three-game winning streak snapped but extended its point streak to five games (3-0-2). Jake Oettinger made 30 saves, and six-time All-Star Tyler Seguin played in his 1,000th NHL game.
Bruins 4, Sabres 3 (OT)
Marat Khusnutdinov’s first goal of the season at 2:07 of overtime lifted Boston over visiting Buffalo.
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist, Morgan Geekie and Mark Kastelic also scored and Joonas Korpisalo made 37 saves in his second straight start for the Bruins, who have won three of their last four games.
Alex Tuch and Rasmus Dahlin each notched a goal and an assist while Josh Doan also found the net for the Sabres. Buffalo goalie Alex Lyon made 18 stops.
Rangers 4, Oilers 3 (OT)
J.T. Miller scored at 2:49 of overtime, lifting visiting New York to a win against Edmonton.
Miller brought the puck through all three zones before scoring from in close to complete the Rangers’ comeback after they trailed 3-1 at the start of the third period. Braden Schneider had a goal and an assist, Jonny Brodzinski and Taylor Raddysh also scored and Igor Shesterkin made 33 saves for the Rangers, who have won two in a row.
Darnell Nurse scored two goals, Matt Savoie netted his first NHL goal in his 17th game, and Stuart Skinner stopped 30 shots for the Oilers, who have lost three of four (1-1-2).
Hurricanes 6, Islanders 2
Bradly Nadeau scored his first NHL goal to begin a three-goal first-period flurry for Carolina, which rolled to a win over New York in Raleigh, N.C., snapping a two-game losing streak.
Mike Reilly and Jordan Martinook scored later in the first while Jackson Blake, Andrei Svechnikov and Logan Stankoven had a goal apiece in the third for the Hurricanes.
Matthew Schaefer and Simon Holmstrom scored and David Rittich recorded 27 saves for the Islanders, who lost their third straight (0-2-1). New York played without first-line center Mathew Barzal, who was scratched for being late to practice Thursday morning.
Jets 6, Blackhawks 3
Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Gabriel Vilardi all recorded three points, and Jonathan Toews notched an assist in his first matchup with his former team as Winnipeg beat visiting Chicago for its eighth win in 11 games.
Toews, the Blackhawks legend who captained the franchise to three Stanley Cups in 15 seasons, assisted on Josh Morrissey’s third-period goal for his sixth point of 2025-26. Back after missing two seasons due to health reasons, Toews last suited up for the Blackhawks in April 2023.
Teuvo Teravainen, Alex Vlasic and a late through-the-legs backhander from Andre Burakovsky accounted for the scoring by Chicago, which entered the game on a 5-1-1 run.
Penguins 4, Wild 1
Ryan Shea and Bryan Rust each registered a goal and an assist and Pittsburgh pulled away for a win over Minnesota in St. Paul, Minn.
Ben Kindel and Anthony Mantha also scored for Pittsburgh, which earned at least one point for the eighth game in a row. The Penguins improved to 6-0-2 during that span. Pittsburgh goaltender Tristan Jarry stopped 26 of 27 shots to earn the victory.
Kirill Kaprizov scored Minnesota’s lone goal. The Wild remained winless for the fifth game in a row, and they dropped to 1-5-3 in their past nine contests. Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson allowed three goals on 33 shots.
Canucks 4, Blues 3 (SO)
Kiefer Sherwood scored a hat trick and Jake Debrusk scored the lone shootout goal to give visiting Vancouver a victory over St. Louis.
Drew O’Connor earned two assists while Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen thwarted the Blues by making 36 saves through regulation and overtime, then stopping another two shots in the shootout.
The Blues outshot Vancouver 39-18, but its winless streak was extended to six games (0-4-2). Pius Suter scored a goal and earned an assist, and Cam Fowler and Oskar Sundqvist had two assists apiece while Jordan Binnington made 15 saves.
