Matt Boldy scored a hat trick as the visiting Minnesota Wild rallied to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Thursday night.
Boldy received a drop pass from Ryan Hartman and slipped a wrist shot under the glove of Anthony Stolarz for a 3-2 Wild lead 3:59 into the third period. William Nylander and Oliver Ekman-Larsson both eased off their defensive coverage, allowing Boldy ample time to complete his sixth career hat trick.
Kirill Kaprizov recorded three assists and Danila Yurov had a goal and an assist as the Wild won for the fifth time in six games (5-0-1). Michael McCarron also scored for Minnesota. Jesper Wallstedt made 26 saves to earn his league-leading 13th win.
Zack MacEwen led Toronto with a goal and an assist. Auston Matthews scored his first goal of November. Stolarz stopped 21 shots as the Maple Leafs lost their fifth straight game and seventh in eight outings.
Senators 4, Avalanche 3 (OT)
Shane Pinto scored twice, including the overtime winner, to propel Ottawa to a victory over visiting Colorado.
Tim Stutzle and Drake Batherson also scored while Linus Ullmark made 26 saves for the Senators, who have won three of their past four games (3-0-1). Pinto added an assist.
Gabriel Landeskog, Artturi Lehkonen and Parker Kelly tallied for the Avalanche, who had won two straight. Scott Wedgewood turned away 22 shots. Colorado stars Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar exited early due to lower-body injuries.
Panthers 5, Red Wings 4
Anton Lundell scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:40 remaining in the third period as Florida rallied from a three-goal deficit to defeat Detroit in Sunrise, Fla.
Sam Reinhart and Gustav Forsling also scored for the Panthers, who have won two in a row. Carter Verhaeghe recorded three assists, and Akira Schmid made 24 saves. Reinhart’s goal was his 200th in a Panthers uniform, second in franchise history behind Aleksander Barkov (286).
The Red Wings, who have lost five straight, got goals from J.T. Compher, Andreas Englund, Lucas Raymond and Marco Kasper. Moritz Seider had two assists, and John Gibson stopped 24 shots.
Blackhawks 3, Sabres 2 (OT)
Ryan Donato scored at 3:12 of overtime as Chicago rallied to snap a six-game losing streak (0-5-1) with a victory over visiting Buffalo.
Frank Nazar scored twice, and Spencer Knight made 21 saves for the Blackhawks.
Owen Power and Tage Thompson scored for the Sabres, who have lost three straight (0-2-1). Alex Lyon made 22 saves in his season debut after recovering from a left shoulder injury sustained late in the preseason.
Canadiens 5, Bruins 2
Visiting Montreal jumped out to a five-goal lead inside the first two periods, and Jacob Fowler made 30 saves en route to a win over Boston.
Jake Evans (game-winner) and Josh Anderson each registered a goal and an assist to lead the Canadiens, who extended their point streak to 12 games (9-0-3) and moved atop the Atlantic Division. Kirby Dach, Cole Caufield and Phillip Danault also scored.
Casey Mittelstadt scored both goals, and Elias Lindholm had two assists for Boston, which saw its four-game overall and seven-game home win streaks snapped. Jeremy Swayman allowed four goals on 17 shots before being replaced by Michael DiPietro, who stopped 13 of the 14 shots he faced.
Hurricanes 4, Kraken 1
Finland native Sebastian Aho scored twice to lead Carolina over Seattle in Helsinki as part of the NHL Global Series.
Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist and Finnish defenseman Juuso Valimaki also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won seven of their past eight games.
Frederick Gaudreau got the goal for the Kraken, who were designated as the home team and lost their second in a row. Philipp Grubauer stopped 26 shots.
Lightning 3, Blue Jackets 1
Jake Guentzel broke a third-period tie with a goal in his 700th NHL game as Tampa Bay closed out its four-game road trip with a win over Columbus.
Brandon Hagel posted two goals and an assist while Nikita Kucherov added two helpers as the Lightning finished the trip 3-1-0 and improved to 6-1-1 in their last eight games. Guentzel added an assist to his game-winning goal. Backup goaltender Dennis Hildeby, making a rare start to complete Tampa Bay’s back-to-back set, stopped 28 of 29 shots.
Playing with assistant Don Granato behind the bench in place of Rick Bowness (illness), Columbus received its goal from Matthew Knies while Jet Greaves made 25 saves. The Blue Jackets have lost three straight.
Devils 5, Capitals 2
Evan Rodrigues had a goal and an assist, and New Jersey scored three third-period goals to beat Washington in Newark, N.J.
Lenni Hameenaho and Vladislav Kolyachonok each scored in their season debuts for the Devils, who have won six of their past seven games. Stefan Noesen added a goal and Jack Hughes scored to extend his point streak to seven. Arseny Gritsyuk had two assists and Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves.
Pierre-Luc Dubois scored in his third straight game and Ryan Leonard also scored for the Capitals, who had won two straight. Logan Thompson made 24 saves.
Jets 8, Stars 3
Mark Scheifele and Dawson Mercer each scored twice in the second period, leading visiting Winnipeg to a victory over Dallas.
Dylan Samberg also tallied in the second period for the Jets, who won their fifth consecutive game following a nine-game losing streak (0-7-2). Gabriel Vilardi and Kyle Connor each added a goal and two assists while Scheifele also had three points. Cole Koepke scored and Stuart Skinner registered 30 saves.
Roope Hintz logged a goal and an assist and Arttu Hyry and David Perron also tallied for the Stars. Thomas Harley and Nils Lundkvist each produced two assists as Dallas had its four-game point streak (3-0-1) end. Jake Oettinger stopped 21 of 27 shots.
Blues 1, Mammoth 0 (SO)
St. Louis goalie Joel Hofer stopped 29 shots in 65 minutes and then made four more saves in an eight-round shootout in a win over Utah in Salt Lake City.
In posting his second shutout of the season, Hofer outdueled Utah netminder Karel Vejmelka, who made 22 saves through regulation and overtime. Vejmelka recorded four stops in the shootout, which St. Louis won 3-2.
The Blues won their second straight game, while the Mammoth took their fourth straight defeat (0-2-2). In a defensive duel filled with drama, St. Louis appeared to score twice, including once in overtime, before finally securing the win on Connor McMichael’s successful eighth-round shootout attempt.
Islanders 5, Kings 2
Brayden Schenn had a goal and two assists to help New York snap a four-game losing streak (0-2-2) with a win at Los Angeles.
Simon Holmstrom had a goal and an assist while Matthew Schaefer, Victor Eklund and Bo Horvat also scored for the Islanders. Ryan Pulock had two assists, and Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves.
Trevor Moore and Quinton Byfield scored and Darcy Kuemper registered 16 saves for the Kings, who have lost three straight.