BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Michael Kesselring had a goal and an assist to help Utah beat the sliding Buffalo Sabers 5-2.

Nick Schmaltz, Jack McBain and Kevin Stenlund also scored goals for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 23 saves.

Kesselring and Mikhail Sergachev scored 24 seconds apart in the second period to give Utah a 2-1 lead. It was the fourth of the season for Kesselring and the seventh of the year for Sergachev.

Rookie Tyson Kozak scored his first NHL goal and Jiri Kulich also scored for the Sabres, who are winless in six straight games (0-4-2). Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 23 saves.

Buffalo’s six-game winning streak is its longest since losing eight straight games in November 2022.

BOSTON – Pavel Zacha scored 2:49 into overtime and the Boston Bruins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Saturday to secure their fourth straight National Hockey League victory.

Boston’s Brad Marchand equalized with 5:22 minutes left in regulation time. Trent Frederic scored the other two goals for Boston, making it 7-2 since interim coach Joe Sacco replaced fired coach Jim Montgomery.

Zacha scored the winning goal after Boston goaltender Jeremy Swayman stopped Joel Farabee’s breakaway seconds earlier.

Rookie Matvei Michkov scored two first-period goals in Philadelphia’s second straight loss. Cam York also scored a goal and Travis Sanheim had two assists.

After a frustrating loss to Florida in which the Flyers conceded seven goals and tied their highest goal of the season, the Flyers blew a lead in the third period for the second consecutive game.

CHICAGO – Mark Scheifele scored in the third period to tie the game and Kyle Connor had two assists, helping Winnipeg beat Chicago 4-2 in the first game for Blackhawks interim coach Anders Sorensen.

Mason Appleton scored a goal and an assist as the Jets picked up their second straight win after a four-game losing streak. Nino Niederreiter and Gabriel Vilardi also scored, and Connor Hellebuyck made twelve saves.

Sorensen was promoted from the team’s top minor league affiliate when Luke Richardson was released Thursday.

Alex Vlasic scored for the second straight game for Chicago, which has lost five straight. Alec Martinez scored his first goal of the season.

The Blackhawks had a 2-1 lead before Niederreiter converted a backhander 13-10 into the second period to beat Arvid Soderblom. For Niederreiter it was the 10th goal of the season.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jean Gabriel-Pageau scored a goal and two assists, Bo Horvat overcame a 13-game losing streak and the New York Islanders defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday.

Maxim Tsyplakov had a goal and an assist, and Oliver Wahlstrom also scored, helping the Islanders overcome a two-game deficit and win for the second time in seven games (2-3-2). Ilya Sorokin finished with 28 saves.

Andrei Svechnikov scored two goals, Jesperi Kotkaniemi also scored and Shayne Gostisbehere had two assists as the Hurricanes lost for the fourth time in five games. Pyotr Kochetkov made 21 saves.

Svechnikov scored his second power play goal of the game at 9:23 to give the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead.

Less than a minute later, Wahlstrom made it 2-2. Tsyplakov gave the Islanders the lead for good with 3:44 left in the quarter, and Horvat extended the lead with two goals 2:39 later.

Kotkaniemi pulled the Hurricanes to within one point in the final minute of the third period.

MONTREAL – Tom Wilson scored twice in the third period and Washington rallied to beat Montreal.

Pierre-Luc Dubois and Dylan Strome also scored to help the Capitals overcome a 2-0 deficit. Aliaksei Protas had two assists and Logan Thompson finished with 22 saves, helping Metropolitan Division leader Washington to its ninth straight road win and extending its point streak to 6-0-1.

Alex Newhook and Cole Caufield scored a five-minute difference in the first period for Montreal, which had won two straight. Sam Montembault finished the game with 31 saves.

Dubois got Washington on the scoreboard just 30 seconds into the second period. Wilson scored the tying goal at 7:10 of the third period and then gave the Capitals the lead with 8:12 left. Strome’s power play goal 1:59 later sealed the win.

OTTAWA, Ontario – Claude Giroux, Jacob Bernard-Docker and Nick Cousins ​​scored and Ottawa beat Nashville 3-1.

Tim Stutzle had two assists for Ottawa in its second straight win. Linus Ullmark made 37 saves.

Nashville fell to 0-4-3 during a seven-game losing streak.

The Senators took the lead with two goals in the second period.

Bernard-Docker received a pass from Stutzle and fired a shot from the faceoff circle that beat Juuse Saros for the first time this season. Giroux made it 2-0 when his shot deflected off the skate of Nashville’s Steven Stamkos at 16:52.

DETROIT – Valeri Nichushkin scored his third goal in two games, Alexandar Georgiev made 28 saves and Colorado beat struggling Detroit.

Cale Makar scored a power play goal for Colorado. Makar leads all NHL defensemen with 35 points (nine goals, 26 assists) in 28 games.

Lucas Raymond scored his eighth goal in the last nine games for Detroit, which has lost five straight – all by a single goal. Ville Husso made 23 saves.

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PITTSBURGH – Michael Bunting scored a power-play goal in the third period that gave Pittsburgh the lead for good in a win over Toronto.

Rickard Rakell also scored a power play goal, while Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh. Blake Lizotte and Kris Letang kept a shorthanded scoreless goal in the final minute.

Letang is now tied for 23rd among defensemen in NHL history, while Lizotte tied a career-high with a four-game points streak.

Sidney Crosby finished the game with one assist, tying Gordie Howe for the fifth-most assists by a franchise in league history. Rust surpassed Mark Recchi to finish 16th on the team’s career points list.

Tristan Jarry stopped 25 shots for his fourth straight win.

William Nylander scored a power play goal, while Mitch Marner scored his 10th goal of the season and added an assist for Toronto. Marner, who has points in eight straight road games, has nine goals and 31 points in his last 20 games.

EDMONTON, Alta. – Connor McDavid scored a goal and an assist and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-2 for their second straight win.

Corey Perry, Zach Hyman and Troy Stecher also scored and Leon Draisaitl had two assists for the Oilers, who have won five of their last six. Stuart Skinner stopped 29 shots.

Dylan Holloway and Jake Neighbors scored goals for the Blues, who snapped a two-game winning streak. St. Louis also lost for the first time in six regular season games under coach Jim Montgomery (4-1-1). Jordan Binnington had 17 saves.