Buffalo 4, Nashville 3
Rookie Victor Olofsson scored the go-ahead goal midway into the third period as the host Buffalo Sabres skated to a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday.
Tampa Bay 3, Boston 2
Steven Stamkos scored twice, including one of Tampa Bay's two power-play goals, to propel the Lightning to a 3-2 win over the visiting Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
NY Islanders 3, Florida 1
Thomas Greiss stopped 32 shots as the New York Islanders defeated the host Florida Panthers 3-1 on Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla.
Pittsburgh 1, Columbus 0
Bryan Rust scored at 3:02 of overtime and goaltender Tristan Jarry stopped all 17 shots he faced Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins edged the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 1-0.
Detroit 5, Winnipeg 2
Robby Fabbri produced two goals and an assist and the Detroit Red Wings snapped a 12-game losing streak by defeating the visiting Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Thursday.
St. Louis 4, Vegas 2
Oskar Sundqvist came off the injured list to score one goal and set up another as the St. Louis Blues beat the visiting Las Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 Thursday night.
Minnesota 6, Edmonton 5
Eric Staal, Jordan Greenway, Jason Zucker and Luke Kunin each had a goal and an assist as the Minnesota Wild extended their home point streak to 11 games with a wild 6-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Calgary 4, Toronto 2
The Calgary Flames got two goals from Johnny Gaudreau and one from Michael Frolik in the first three minutes of the third period to defeat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Thursday night.
Arizona 5, Chicago 2
Clayton Keller scored two goals, including one of three first-period tallies that powered the Arizona Coyotes to a 5-2 win over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night in Glendale, Ariz.
Vancouver 1, Carolina 0
Elias Pettersson scored 40 seconds into overtime as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 1-0 on Thursday night.
Los Angeles 2, Anaheim 1
Matt Luff and Jeff Carter scored goals and Tyler Toffoli had two assists as the visiting Los Angeles Kings used the Freeway Faceoff rivalry to end an 11-game road losing streak with a 2-1 victory Thursday over the Anaheim Ducks.
NY Rangers 6, San Jose 3
in their first game after firing coach Pete DeBoer and replacing him with Bob Boughner -- on Thursday.