NHL Recap: Jack Quinn’s hat trick gives the Sabers their eighth straight win.

Jack Quinn had a hat trick and an assist, Jason Zucker added a goal and an assist and Ramus Dahlin had three assists as the Buffalo Sabers beat the visiting San Jose Sharks 6-3 on Tuesday for their NHL-best eighth straight win.

Alex Tuch and Beck Malenstyn also scored for Buffalo, which is 29-6-2 since Dec. 9. The Sabers are also four points behind the Tampa Bay Lightning atop the Atlantic Division.

Alexander Wennberg had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who lost for the eighth time in 11 games (3-5-3). Keifer Sherwood also scored for San Jose, while teenage sensation Macklin Celebrini finished 33rd, a team-high.

The Sabers are averaging 4.5 goals per game during their winning streak and wasted no time against San Jose.

Bruins 2, Kings 1 (Old Testament)

Charlie McAvoy led Boston to a win over Los Angeles with a backhand 39 seconds into overtime.

Mark Kastelic fired a long pass to David Pastrnak, who centered the puck on McAvoy to give Boston its 13th straight home win. Mason Lohrei also scored and Jeremy Swayman made 14 saves for the Bruins, who clinch the second and final Eastern Conference wild-card playoff spot.

For Los Angeles, Drew Doughty’s goal with 6:00 left in regulation forced overtime. Darcy Kuemper stopped 21 shots. All matches between the two teams this season ended scoreless after two periods, with Boston winning 2-1 in overtime.

Hurricanes 5, Penguins 4 (SO)

Jackson Blake scored the game-winning penalty as Carolina beat Pittsburgh after blowing a two-goal lead late in regulation in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Logan Stankoven, Mark Jankowski, Seth Jarvis and Alexander Nikishin had goals for Carolina in regulation. Frederick Anderson made 24 saves for the Metropolitan Division-leading Hurricanes, who have won eight of their last 10 games.

Bryan Rust scored twice and Anthony Mantha and Noel Acciari also scored for Pittsburgh in a matchup between the top two teams in the division. Erik Karlsson provided two assists and Stuart Skinner stopped 39 shots.

Islanders 4, Blues 3 (OT)

Mathew Barzal scored 2:11 into overtime to complete New York’s comeback from an improbable road win over St. Louis. The Islanders are 10-0-0 in games decided in overtime this season.

Down 3-0 at halftime, the Islanders scored three goals to force overtime, with Barzal assisting on two of them. Calum Ritchie had a goal and an assist for the Islanders, while Bo Horvat and Jean-Gabriel Pageau each had a goal. Ilya Sorokin stopped 20 shots.

The Blues ended their four-game winning streak despite a goal and two assists from Jimmy Snuggerud. Robert Thomas added two assists, Philipp Broberg and Dylan Holloway scored the other goals for St. Louis, and Joel Hopper made a career-high 46 saves.

Canada 3, Maple Leaf 1

Rookies Oliver Kapanen and Philip Danault scored in the first period to help host Montreal overcome struggling Toronto.

Jake Evans converted an empty net goal with 28 seconds left in the third quarter to seal the Canadiens’ third win in four meetings with the Maple Leafs this season. Jakub Dobe has 17 saves in his last 14 games to improve to 11-1-2.

William Nylander scored in the second period and Joseph Wall stopped 30 shots for the Maple Leafs, who have lost eight straight (0-6-2) since the Olympic break.

Panthers 4, Red Wings 3

Carter Verhaeghe scored the tying goal and the go-ahead goal 1:15 apart in the dying moments of regulation as Florida rallied for a home win over Detroit in Sunrise, Florida.

Trailing 3-2, Florida pulled goalie Daniil Tarasov (25 saves) for an extra skater and Verhaeghe sent a drive from the point through heavy slot traffic and past a screened Detroit goalie John Gibson (24 saves) to tie the game with 1:30 left in regulation. The Panthers then surged into Detroit territory on a Red Wings turnover and Matthew Tkachuk, who helped score the tying score for Verhaeghe, found him again for a successful wrister in the dying seconds.

The Panthers, who sit near the bottom of the Eastern Conference following back-to-back Stanley Cup winning seasons, have beaten the Red Wings twice in five days after losing four straight.

Rangers 4, Flames 0

Alexis Lafreniere had a hat trick and goalie Jonathan Quick recorded his 65th career shutout as host New York defeated Calgary.

Connor Sherry also scored and Mika Zibanejad collected two assists to give him five points (two goals, three assists) in two outings. Gabe Perreault also had a pair of assists. Quick recorded his second shutout of the season with 21 saves.

The Rangers sit last in the Eastern Conference but have posted a record of 4-1-2 in their last seven away games. Dustin Wolf stopped 25 shots for the Flames, who have the league’s worst road record and are ahead of the Vancouver Canucks in the overall standings.

Stars 2, Golden Knights 1

Jake Oettinger made 26 saves as Dallas extended its point streak to 13 games with a win over visiting Vegas.

Jamie Benn scored what turned out to be the game-winner on a second period power play. Oscar Baek also counted for Dallas, extending his winning streak against the Golden Knights to four games from last season.

Jack Eichel scored for Vegas, which suffered its third straight loss and sixth loss in its last seven games. Adin Hill stopped 14 shots as the Golden Knights lost to the Stars for the fourth time in a row.

Predators 4, Kraken 2

Ryan Ufko scored his first career NHL goal and Juuse Saros made a season-high 43 saves as Nashville rallied for a win in Seattle.

Tyson Jost, Reid Schaefer and Steven Stamkos also scored and Jonathan Marchessault had two assists for the Predators. The Predators evened their five-game road record to 1-1-0 and pulled within a point of Seattle for the Western Conference’s second and final wild card spot.

Kaapo Kakko and Matty Beniers scored for the Kraken, who have lost their third straight game. Joey Daccord stopped 23 of 26 shots.

Blue Jackets 5, Lightning 2

Connor Garland had his second straight two-goal game as visiting Columbus swept its three-game series of the season at Tampa Bay.

Garland, acquired from the Vancouver Canucks in a trade last week, broke a 24-game scoreless drought with two markers Monday. He has now scored four goals through two games for his new team. The Blue Jackets also got tallies from Ivan Provorov, Dante Fabbro and Kirill Marchenko. Zach Werenski and Sean Monahan each had two assists for Columbus, who moved to 15-2-3 in his last 20 contests to begin a three-game road trip.

The Lightning, who fell to 1-6-0 in their last seven games and playing their third game in four days, got goals from Gage Goncalves and JJ Moser. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 26 saves.

Oilers 4, Avalanche 3

Connor McDavid tied the score midway through the third quarter and added an assist, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice and Edmonton beat Colorado in Denver.

Jack Roslovic scored, Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl each had two assists and Tristan Jarry made 11 saves in relief of Edmonton’s Connor Ingram. Ingram was injured in a collision with Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon. MacKinnon received a five-minute major and a game misconduct after skating with Ingram, who suffered a cut to his forehead. McDavid scored the game-winner at 9:03 of the third.

Ross Colton, Valeri Nichushkin and Martin Necas scored and Mackenzie Blackwood gave up 20 shots for the Avalanche, who had their five-game winning streak snapped.

Wild 5, Mammoth 0

Bobby Brink scored his first goal for Minnesota to help his new team win against Utah in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist, and Matt Boldy, Danila Yurov and Ryan Hartman each had a goal as Minnesota earned its third win in its last four games. Vladimir Tarasenko had two assists. Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped all 25 shots he saw for his fourth shutout of the season and 15th of his career.

Logan Cooley led Utah with four shots. The Mammoths have scored in four straight games (3-0-1) and are winless for the sixth time this season. Mammoth goalie Karel Beymelka allowed five goals on 30 shots.

Ducks 4, Jets 1

Alex Killorn, Ryan Poehling and Jackson LaCombe each had a goal and an assist in the visit to Anaheim, scoring three goals in a 1:44 span of the second period against Winnipeg.

Tim Wase also scored and Lukas Dostal made just 12 saves for the Ducks in the opener of a four-game road trip. Anaheim improves to 6-2-0 since the Olympic break and 15-4-0 in its last 19 games.

Morgan Barron scored and Connor Hellebuyck gave up 31 shots for the Jets, who have won their third straight game.

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