NHL roundup: Trocheck stretchered off in Panthers' loss

Trocheck, who suffered an apparent knee injury, was taken off the ice by
stretcher with 1:47 left in the second period. He was hurt when he was
crunched into the boards by Ottawa's Ryan Dzingel. "It doesn't look good to
me," Florida coach Bobby Boughner said postgame, according to NHL.com. "It
looks long term, and there's no way to sugarcoat it."

Florida got goals from Troy Brouwer, Aleksander Barkov, Jared McCann, Evgenii
Dadonov, Micheal Haley, Frank Vatrano and Mike Hoffman. Hoffman extended his
Panthers franchise-record points streak to 16 games, which is the longest
active run in the NHL.

Matt Duchene led Ottawa with two goals and one assist. Drake Batherson, Zack
Smith and Brady Tkachuk had Ottawa's other goals.

Kings 2, Blues 0

Cal Petersen made 29 saves for his first career shutout in his third NHL
start, all in the past four days, to lead visiting Los Angeles to a win at St.
Louis.

The Blues were shut out for the second straight game and lost for the fourth
time in five games, and afterward they fired coach Mike Yeo. Assistant coach
Craig Berube will fill Yeo's role on an interim basis.

Matt Luff scored his first NHL goal in the second period and Anze Kopitar
scored into an empty-net with 29.5 seconds left to secure the win. Jake Allen
made 25 saves for St. Louis.

Capitals 5, Canadiens 4 (OT)

Lars Eller scored with 1:26 left in overtime to give Washington a
come-from-behind victory at Montreal.

Montreal had won two in a row and held a 4-2 lead just 1:35 into the second
period before Washington pulled rookie goalie Pheonix Copley in favor of
Braden Holtby. The 29-year-old veteran shut out the Canadiens the rest of the
way, stopping all 22 shots he faced.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice for Washington, which also got goals from Brett
Connolly and Nicklas Backstrom. Mike Reilly, Brendan Gallagher, Jeff Petry and
Kenny Agostino scored for Montreal, which led 4-2 in the second period.

Jets 6, Canucks 3

Patrik Laine scored three goals as Winnipeg won at Vancouver.

Laine gave the Jets an insurmountable 4-1 lead midway through the second
period with his first goal of the night. The flashy Finn added two
third-period goals, the final one an empty-netter, as the Jets posted their
fourth win in five games. The injury-riddled Canucks lost their sixth
consecutive game.

Winnipeg goaltender Connor Hellebuyck produced 22 saves on 25 shots, while
Vancouver counterpart Jacob Markstrom stopped 43 of 48.

Sabres 5, Penguins 4 (OT)

Jack Eichel scored 45 seconds into overtime as Buffalo erased a three-goal
deficit to win its sixth consecutive game, beating host Pittsburgh. Eichel,
who also had an assist, launched a shot from the right dot that caromed in off
the arm of Pittsburgh goaltender Casey DeSmith.

Zach Bogosian also had a goal and an assist, and Tage Thompson, Casey Nelson
and Casey Mittelstadt scored for the Sabres, who picked up their fifth win
when trailing after two periods.

Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist, and Derick Brassard, Phil Kessel, and
Jake Guentzel scored for the Penguins, who blew a 4-1 second-period lead and
fell to 1-7-2 in their past 10 games.

Rangers 2, Stars 1

Rookie Filip Chytil scored for the fourth consecutive game, netting the
tiebreaking goal early in the third period as New York ran its home winning
streak to six games with a victory over Dallas.

Chytil gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead with 15:28 remaining. The 19-year-old
became the first teenager to score in four straight games in team history
while helping New York improve to 8-1-1 in its last 10 games.

Jimmy Vesey scored the tying goal for the Rangers, who own the NHL's longest
home winning streak this season. Tyler Seguin tallied for the Stars, who
dropped to 1-3-0 in their past four road games and mustered a season-low 17
shots.

Predators 3, Lightning 2

Ryan Johansen scored what proved to be the game-winning goal and also had an
assist, and Pekka Rinne made 29 saves to lead host Nashville past Tampa Bay.

Kyle Turris and Filip Forsberg also scored goals for Western
Conference-leading Nashville. Mattias Ekholm added two assists. Rinne improved
to 9-0-1 in his career against the Lightning.

Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov scored goals and Brayden Point added a pair
of assists for the Lightning, who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Louis
Domingue stopped 31 shots.

Flames 7, Golden Knights 2

Matthew Tkachuk collected two goals and two assists, and Johnny Gaudreau had a
career-high-tying four-point game as host Calgary rode a five-goal first
period to a thrashing of Vegas.

Flames goalie David Rittich made 20 saves to collect his seventh victory in
eight decisions. This win may have been the easiest for Rittich, as his team
potted five goals in a first period for the first time since March 11, 1993,
versus the Detroit Red Wings.

Sean Monahan scored twice for Calgary, which also got goals from Gaudreau, TJ
Brodie and Sam Bennett. Nick Holden and Max Pacioretty got on the board for
the Golden Knights after they fell behind 7-0.

Maple Leafs 4, Blue Jackets 2

Zach Hyman scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period and added another
into an empty net as Toronto came back to defeat visiting Columbus.

It was the fourth win in a row for the Maple Leafs, who fell behind 2-0 in the
first period. The Blue Jackets had won their three previous games.

Tyler Ennis and Tavares also scored for Toronto. Mitch Marner and Ron Hainsey
each added two assists. Cam Atkinson and Pierre-Luc Dubois each scored a goal
and added an assist for Columbus.

--Field Level Media