National Hockey

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Ilya Samsonov made 38 saves, and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Thursday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Miles Wood scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 on Thursday night. Mikko Rantanen also scored for the Avalanche, who have won five of their last six games.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Zach Werenski's goal at 1:25 of overtime punctuated a five-point game as the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied from an early three-goal deficit and beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-6 on Thursday night.

BOSTON (AP) — Joonas Korpisalo stopped 21 shots, Elias Lindholm scored the game’s only goal, and the Boston Bruins beat the Utah Hockey Club 1-0 on Thursday night in their first game since the team fired coach Jim Montgomery and named Joe Sacco as in

OTTAWA — Bruce Cassidy earned his 400th career victory in his hometown as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Thursday night.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jesper Bratt had two goals and an assist, Jack Hughes had three assists and the New Jersey Devils downed the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Thursday night.

DETROIT (AP) — Lucas Raymond scored with 51 seconds remaining and the Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Thursday night. Jonatan Berggren also scored to help Detroit snap a three-game losing streak. Alex Lyon finished with 22 saves.

BROSSARD, Quebec (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens might be getting some reinforcements soon after Patrik Laine practiced with his teammates Wednesday for the first time since suffering a left knee sprain.

Alex Ovechkin has a broken left fibula and is expected to be out four to six weeks, an injury that pauses the Washington Capitals superstar captain’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen is expected to miss at least two months because of knee surgery.