Highlights of Thursday's NHL games

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Lightning 5, Red Wings 1

The Tampa Bay Lightning got an unlikely hat-trick from rookie center Cedric Paquette, sending a strong statement to another Eastern Conference power and jumping into first place with a victory over the Detroit Red Wings.

The Lightning (31-15-4) set a franchise record with their ninth straight home win, getting a big night from Paquette, who came into the night with only six goals all season.

Tampa Bay moved above the Red Wings (28-12-9) and Islanders with a conference-leading 66 points while Detroit had their six-game win streak snapped.

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Bruins 5, Islanders 2

The Boston Bruins scored a pair of goals in less than two minutes spanning the second and third periods as they opened the post-All-Star portion of the schedule by beating the New York Islanders.

Kevan Miller snapped a 2-2 tie by scoring with 3.4 seconds left in the second and defenseman Torey Krug scored 1:45 into the third for the Bruins (26-16-7), who also got 43 saves from Tuukka Rask.

Center John Tavares and right winger Michael Grabner scored for the Islanders (32-15-1).

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Canadiens 1, Rangers 0

Max Pacioretty scored with 4:17 remaining in the third period as the Montreal Canadiens emerged with a victory against the New York Rangers.

Carey Price made 24 saves for his third shutout of the season for Montreal (31-13-3).

Rangers (27-15-4) goaltender Henrik Lundqvist was flawless for nearly 46 minutes and finished with 25 saves.

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Flyers 5, Jets 2

Behind goals from Chris VandeVelde, Wayne Simmonds, Nick Schultz and Brayden Schenn, the Flyers won their third straight overall to sweep the two-game season series with the Jets

Philadelphia (21-22-7) has won six of its last eight home games and Winnipeg (26-16-8), which entered with the most road points in the NHL (33), has lost two straight overall after reeling off five straight wins.

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Panthers 3, Blue Jackets 2

Sean Bergenheim scored the game-winning goal on a deflection with 6:52 left in the third period as the Florida Panthers defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The play was reviewed for a possible high stick but was ruled a good goal, helping the Panthers (21-15-10) snap a five-game overall losing streak and a six-game home skid, one short of the franchise record.

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Stars 6, Senators 3

Jamie Benn scored two goals to help make a winner out of Jason Spezza in his return to Canadian Tire Centre.

Spezza, the former Senators captain who was traded to the Stars (22-19-7) in the off-season, was held pointless in his first game back in Ottawa.

Robin Lehner made 37 saves for Ottawa (19-19-9).

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Coyotes 3, Maple Leafs 1

Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson and center Martin Hanzal scored early in the third period and the Arizona Coyotes went on to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Sam Gagner added a power-play goal late in the third period for the Coyotes (17-25-6), who snapped a seven-game losing streak. The Maple Leafs (22-24-4) have lost eight games in a row. (Compiled by Jahmal Corner; Editing by John O'Brien)