Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 2
Patric Hornqvist scored two goals Thursday to help the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins down the Buffalo Sabres 4-2.
Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 0
Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy posted his third shutout of the season, Victor Hedman tallied twice and the Lightning earned a season-series sweep of the visiting Montreal Canadiens in a 4-0 win on Thursday night.
Boston 2, Florida 1
Torey Krug scored with 51.7 seconds left in overtime, leading the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla.
NY Rangers 6, Washington 5
Mika Zibanejad scored his fifth goal of the game 33 seconds into overtime as the New York Rangers survived blowing four one-goal leads and recorded a wild 6-5 victory over the visiting Washington Capitals on Thursday night.
Philadelphia 4, Carolina 1
Ivan Provorov, Michael Raffl, Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Sean Couturier each scored a goal to lift the host Philadelphia Flyers past the Carolina Hurricanes, 4-1, on Thursday.
Ottawa 4, NY Islanders 3
Anthony Duclair scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period Thursday night for the host Ottawa Senators, who dealt another blow to the playoff hopes of the struggling Islanders by beating New York 4-3.
Nashville 2, Dallas 0
Filip Forsberg and Matt Duchene ended lengthy goal droughts by scoring on the power play, and Juuse Saros made 33 saves for his third shutout of the season as the Nashville Predators snapped their three-game slide with a 2-0 win over the visiting Dallas Stars on Thursday night.
Chicago 4, Edmonton 3
Alex DeBrincat scored twice, and Corey Crawford stopped 21 shots to boost the host Chicago Blackhawks past the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory.
Los Angeles 1, Toronto 0
Jonathan Quick made 36 saves in his first shutout of the season, and the Los Angeles Kings extended their winning streak to a season-best four games with a 1-0 shootout victory against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.
Minnesota 3, San Jose 2
Alex Stalock made a season-high 40 saves and Zach Parise and Ryan Suter each had a goal and an assist as the visiting Minnesota Wild moved into the top wild-card spot in the Western Conference with a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.