Highlights of Tuesday's NHL games

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Panthers 5, Capitals 2

Florida winger Jonathan Huberdeau scored twice and back up goaltender Al Montoya registered 36 saves as the Panthers opened up the second half of the season with an impressive 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals.

Huberdeau's second goal of the night, a ringing shot off the near post, was his 10th of the season and it sent some in the Verizon Center crowd heading for the exits with the Capitals down 4-0. The 22-year-old, who added a first-period assist, has 16 points in his past 15 games.

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Flyers 4, Canadiens 2

Wayne Simmonds scored a pair of goals and the Philadelphia Flyers got back to winning ways on home ice with a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens at Wells Fargo Center.

Simmonds netted his second goal with 8:04 remaining in regulation to break a 2-2 tie and help the Flyers (22-18-8) snap a three-game home losing skid. Philadelphia are 10-1-1 when Simmonds scores.

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Devils 3, Rangers 2

Defenseman David Schlemko scored a power-play goal with 8:46 remaining in the third period to give the New Jersey Devils a come-from-behind 3-2 victory against the New York Rangers at Prudential Center.

Schlemko's goal came less than two minutes after a turnover that led to a shorthanded breakaway for Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh, who missed the net on the golden opportunity.

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Islanders 5, Wild 3

Brock Nelson scored the tie-breaking goal in the final minute of the second period and Frans Nielsen and John Tavares scored a little more than two minutes apart early in the third as the New York Islanders beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3.

Mikhail Grabovski and Anders Lee also scored for the Islanders (26-16-6), who won for the fourth time in six games.

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Penguins 6, Senators 5

Sidney Crosby scored three consecutive goals to extend his recent scoring surge and rally the Pittsburgh Penguins to their fourth consecutive victory, 6-5 over the slumping Senators.

Crosby's natural hat-trick was the ninth three-goal game of his career, gave him at least one goal in eight consecutive games at Consol Energy Center and assured him of his ninth 20-goal season in his 11 NHL seasons.

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Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 3 (overtime)

The Toronto Maple Leafs, down by two goals in the third period, forced overtime and got a power play goal from Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau to shock the Boston Bruins 4-3.

Boston center David Krejci, who set up one goal and scored another 26 seconds apart early in the third period, was off for holding when Parenteau beat Tuukka Rask with a rebound backhander to end Toronto's four-game losing streak.