NHL roundup: Capitals top Sabres, regain division lead

Carlson assisted on Ovechkin's goal that gave Washington a 1-0 lead, and then
the defenseman scored his 11th goal this season as the Capitals rebounded from
a 7-1 loss in Chicago on Saturday.

Ovechkin now has 35 goals and is tops in the NHL in that category, two goals
ahead of Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin. Washington backup goalie Philipp Grubauer
got the start and was solid throughout, making 32 saves.

The Capitals moved back into first place in the Metropolitan Division with the
victory with 75 points, one ahead of Pittsburgh, which had taken the top spot
with its victory on Sunday.

Predators 5, Senators 2

Viktor Arvidsson scored two goals as Nashville moved into a tie for first in
the Central Division with a win over visiting Ottawa.

Roman Josi and Ryan Ellis added power-play markers for Nashville, which tied
the Winnipeg Jets with 79 points but has a game in hand. Craig Smith also
scored for the Predators, and Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne made 36 saves to
earn his 30th win of the season.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Max McCormick scored goals for Ottawa, which lost its
fourth straight road game. Senators goalie Craig Anderson saved 36 shots.

Wild 5, Islanders 3

Jason Zucker scored twice as visiting Minnesota tallied three times in the
second period and beat New York.

Zucker produced his 10th career game with at least two goals, his third this
season. Tyler Ennis capped the three-goal second period after being scratched
on Saturday. Matt Cullen and Zucker also scored in the second.

Cullen, Ennis, Ryan Suter and Matt Dumba also recorded multi-point games for
Minnesota. Joel Eriksson Ek scored the other goal while Wild goalie Devan
Dubnyk made 32 saves. Ross Johnston, Anders Lee and Tanner Fritz scored for
the Islanders, and Lee added an assist.

Bruins 2, Flames 1 (OT)

Brad Marchand scored the game-winning goal 3:36 into overtime, and Tuukka Rask
finished with 28 saves to lead visiting Boston past Calgary.

Marchand's winner, his 22nd goal of the season, came on a breakaway set up by
Riley Nash, as Marchand went five-hole against Flames goaltender David
Rittich. David Pastrnak also scored his 22nd goal of season, helping Rask
improve to 24-10-4 on the campaign. The Bruins bounced back from a
season-worst 6-1 loss at Vancouver on Saturday and improved to 7-2-0 in
February.

Matthew Tkachuk (22nd goal) had the lone score and Rittich (6-3-3) recorded 30
saves for Calgary, which dropped its second in a row and fell to 5-5-0 this
month.

Kings 3, Blackhawks 1

Torrey Mitchell, Andy Andreoff and Dion Phaneuf each scored, and visiting Los
Angeles posted a win over Chicago.

Patrick Sharp scored the lone goal for the Blackhawks, who have scored two
goals or fewer in six of their past seven games. Chicago fell to 1-8-1 in its
past 10 contests and is in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time
in a decade.

Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick made 27 saves to improve to 23-21-2 on the
season. Blackhawks goaltender Anton Forsberg turned aside 29 shots.

--Field Level Media