Glendale, Ariz. — Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and Jake DeBrusk scored less than three minutes into the game, and the Boston Bruins made that stand up for a 2-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night.
Karlsson scored his first career goal just 1:12 into the first period, in his fifth game since being recalled from Providence of the American Hockey League on Nov. 9, and DeBrusk scored this eighth of the season at 2:45. DeBrusk has five goals in his last six games for Boston, which its first win in three games of a four-game trip.
Brad Richardson scored his sixth goal midway through the second period for the Coyotes, who are 2-4-1 since a five-game winning streak ended.
Jaroslav Halak made 31 saves for the Bruins after giving up six goals on 25 shots in a loss at Colorado on Wednesday. He is 9-3-2 in his career against the Coyotes.
■ Patrice Bergeron did not play after being driven into the boards at Dallas on Friday. … The team learned on Saturday that captain Zdeno Chara (knee) is expected to miss four to six weeks after suffering an injury at Colorado on Wednesday. Defensemen Brandon Carlo, Charlie McAvoy, Kevan Miller and Urho Vaakanainen also are out with injuries.
Lightning 6, Flyers 5 (ot)
Philadelphia — Anthony Cirelli scored 1:47 into overtime, and Tampa Bay topped Philadelphia after blowing a big lead in the third period.
Cirelli outmuscled Wayne Simmonds and beat Calvin Pickard with a top-shelf wrist shot. It was his fourth goal of the season.
Sabres 3, Wild 2
St. Paul, Minn. — Jason Pominville scored with 1:30 remaining, helping the Sabres extend their winning streak to five games.
Rookie defenseman Rasmus Dahlin got his second career goal and had an assist for Buffalo, which rallied from a two-goal deficit to post its longest winning streak since 2012.
Jake McCabe also scored and Linus Ullmark made 37 saves.
Red Wings 3, Devils 2 (ot)
Newark, n.j. — Dylan Larkin scored 4:09 into overtime, Jonathan Bernier stopped 38 shots and Detroit won for the fifth time in its last six games.
Larkin got his eighth goal of the season when he converted a 2-on-1 break with Anthony Mantha.
Luke Glendening and Michael Rasmussen also scored for the Red Wings.
Rangers 4, Panthers 2
New York — Vladislav Namestnikov scored in the second period, Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves and the Rangers earned their fifth consecutive home win.
Chris Kreider had a goal and two assists for New York, which has won three of four overall. Brendan Smith and Filip Chytil also scored.
Blue Jackets 4, Hurricanes 1
Raleigh, n.c. — Cam Atkinson had three goals and an assist, and Columbus beat Carolina for its fifth victory in six games.
Atkinson stretched his goal-scoring streak to four games and Artemi Panarin contributed three assists as the Blue Jackets broke a six-game skid against Metropolitan Division rival Carolina.
Senators 6, Penguins 4
Ottawa — Mark Stone and Matt Duchene each scored twice, leading Ottawa to the win.
Brady Tkachuk and Cody Ceci also scored, and Craig Anderson made 31 saves. The Senators have won two straight to improve to 9-8-3.
Canadiens 3, Canucks 2
Vancouver, British Columbia — Jonathan Drouin scored a power-play goal with less than three minutes remaining to lead Montreal to the road win.
Drouin scored just seconds after Vancouver defenseman Michael Del Zotto was whistled for interference.
Tomas Tatar and Andrew Shaw also scored for the Canadiens.
Del Zotto and Elias Pettersson scored for Vancouver, which has lost its last five games.
Carey Price stopped 36 shots for Montreal, while Vancouver’s Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves.
Predators 5, Kings 3
Nashville, Tenn. — Calle Jarnkrok recorded his first career hat trick to lead Nashville over Los Angeles.
Kyle Turris and Nick Bonino also scored for Nashville, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Nashville defenseman Ryan Ellis and Roman Josi each had a pair of assists.
Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist, and Nate Thompson and Alex Iafallo also scored for the Kings, who have lost four of five.
Jarnkrok scored at even strength, on the power play and short-handed, with the short-handed goal being the eventual game-winner at 11:54 of the third period.
Skating into the Kings zone on the left side, Jarnkrok fired a wrist shot over the glove of Los Angeles goaltender Cal Petersen, prompting the sold out Bridgestone Arena crowd to shower the ice with hats.
The teams battled to a scoreless tie through the first period and combined for five goals in a span of 6:57, beginning at 3:18 of the second.
Turris scored the game’s first goal, a rare power-play effort for the Predators.
Standing at the top of the left faceoff circle, Turris received a touch pass from Ellis at the center of the blue line. Turris’ one-timer through traffic beat Petersen high to the glove side.
Petersen made 38 saves in his second career start.
Nashville entered Saturday with the league’s worst power play, clicking at just over 10 percent.
Thompson and Kopitar scored 19 seconds apart to take the lead.
Thompson’s goal, his first of the season, came just five seconds after a penalty to Nashville forward Filip Forsberg expired. At the right of Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne, he found the rebound of Tyler Toffoli’s shot from the point.
On the next shift, Dustin Brown stepped in front of Kevin Fiala to intercept a pass. He then skated toward the Nashville goal and slid a pass to a Kopitar in the slot, and he beat Rinne low to the stick side.
Rinne finished with 25 saves.
Jarnkrok snapped a wrist shot from the high slot over Petersen’s glove at 8:05, but Iafallo found a rebound of a Kopitar shot in the left circle 2:10 later and beat Rinne on the stick side.
Nashville tied it at 3 at 5:44 of the third on Jarnkrok’s second of the night, another power-play goal.
Bonino concluded the scoring with an empty-net goal with just under a minute remaining.
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