Flyers 5 at Bruins 7
Steve Kampfer broke a tie with 1:14 left in Boston’s five-goal third period to help the Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7-5 on Thursday night.
In a game that featured five lead changes, the Bruins rallied to beat the Flyers for their third straight victory. Boston is 7-1-3 in the last 11 games.
Brad Marchand tied it 5-5 at 11:26 of the third and Kampfer gave the Bruins the lead for good when he slapped in a shot that went inside the right post past a stunned Brian Boucher. Gregory Campbell added an empty-net goal to cap the scoring.
After Mark Recchi and Michael Ryder gave Boston a 4-3 lead with goals in the first 1:48 of the third, Danny Briere and Sean O’Donnell scored in a 53-second span to give the Flyers a 5-4 lead with 12:19 left.
Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron added goals for Boston. Jeff Carter, Nikolay Zherdev and Scott Hartnell also scored for Philadelphia, which had its winning streak snapped at four games.
Canucks 0 at Rangers 1
Wojtek Wolski scored his first goal as a Ranger, Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves and New York beat Vancouver to end the Canucks’ 17-game unbeaten streak in regulation time.
The NHL-leading Canucks hadn’t lost before overtime since Dec. 5. They were 14-0-3 before meeting the Rangers for the only time this season. Wolski, acquired this week from Phoenix for defenceman Michal Rozsival, knocked in a rebound on the power play at 7:18 of the second period.
Predators 2 at Panthers 3
David Booth broke a tie with 4:12 left and Florida held on to beat Nashville, snapping the Predators’ winning streak at six games.
Rostislav Olesz had a goal and an assist for Florida, which has won two in a row following a three-game losing streak. Radek Dvorak also scored and Scott Clemmensen made 26 saves.
David Legwand had a goal and an assist for Nashville, and Colin Wilson also scored.
Hurricanes 2 at Sabres 3
Cody McCormick scored the go-ahead goal, got into a fight and drew a key penalty in Buffalo’s victory over Carolina.
Drew Stafford and Nathan Gerbe also scored to help Buffalo improve to 5-1-1 in its past seven. Thomas Vanek had two assists and Ryan Miller made 27 saves.
Tuomo Ruutu and rookie Jeff Skinner, with 32 seconds remaining, scored for Carolina, which had a three-game winning streak snapped and lost in regulation for the first time in its past nine (6-1-2).
Senators 6 at Islanders 4
Robin Lehner made 20 saves in his first NHL start to help Ottawa snap a six-game winless streak.
Daniel Alfredsson, Jesse Winchester, Milan Michalek, Chris Kelly, Nick Foligno and Zack Smith scored for Ottawa, 0-4-2 before the victory.
Trevor Gillies, Blake Comeau, P.A. Parenteau and Milan Jurcina scored for New York, 0-2-1 in its last three games.