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Frederick Gaudreau scored two goals and added an assist and Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves against their former team, lifting the visiting Minnesota Wild to a 5-3 victory over the reeling Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.

Fleury, a three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Penguins, competed presumably in his last trip to Pittsburgh, where he spent his first 13 NHL seasons. The 39-year-old veteran will retire at the end of the season.

Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov scored into an empty net and notched a pair of assists to extend his multi-point streak to a franchise-high-tying six games. Jakub Lauko and Zuccarello also scored for the Wild.

Pittsburgh’s Rickard Rakell scored two goals, Valtteri Puustinen also scored and Sidney Crosby notched three assists. Joel Blomqvist turned aside 34 shots for the Penguins, who have lost six in a row (0-5-1).

Ducks 3, Islanders 1

Lukas Dostal made 40 saves as Anaheim beat New York in Elmont, N.Y.

Frank Vatrano had a goal and an assist, and Leo Carlsson and Troy Terry scored power-play goals for the Ducks, who had lost two in a row and four of five.

Mathew Barzal scored a power-play goal and Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves for the Islanders, who have dropped three of four.

Capitals 5, Rangers 3

Alex Ovechkin scored twice as Washington beat visiting New York.

The Washington captain now has 857 career goals, 37 behind Wayne Gretzky for the all-time NHL record. Aliaksei Protas had a goal and two assists, and Connor McMichael and Nic Dowd also scored for the Capitals. Rasmus Sandin and Dylan Strome each had two assists, and Logan Thompson made 16 saves.

Will Cuylle, Chris Kreider and Filip Chytil scored and Igor Shesterkin stopped 41 shots for the Rangers.

Flyers 2, Bruins 0

Samuel Ersson made 23 saves en route to his first shutout of the season as Philadelphia won in Boston.

Tyson Foerster netted the game-winning goal in the second period, and Joel Farabee added a last-minute empty-netter. The Flyers have won two of their past three games since a six-game losing streak (0-5-1).

Joonas Korpisalo made 17 saves for the Bruins, who have won just one of their past four (0-3-1). That span includes a pair of shutout losses.

Kraken 8, Canadiens 2

Defenseman Brandon Montour notched his first NHL hat trick and Chandler Stephenson had four assists as Seattle prevailed at Montreal.

Jaden Schwartz added a goal and two assists for the Kraken, who snapped a three-game winless streak (0-2-1). Oliver Bjorkstrand and Jamie Oleksiak had a goal and an assist apiece, Jared McCann had two helpers and Ryker Evans and Eeli Tolvanen also tallied. Joey Daccord made 28 saves.

Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson scored for the Canadiens, who had a two-game winning streak end. Sam Montembeault was pulled at 1:32 of the second period after allowing five goals on 10 shots. Cayden Primeau went the rest of the way, stopping 10 of 13 shots.

Senators 8, Blues 1

Tim Stutzle scored twice and added two assists as Ottawa rolled past visiting St. Louis to snap a two-game losing streak.

Brady Tkachuk and Adam Gaudette also had two goals apiece for the Senators, and Josh Norris and Noah Gregor also scored. Drake Batherson and Claude Giroux each earned two assists, and Linus Ullmark made 26 saves.

Dylan Holloway scored for the Blues, who lost their second straight game. Joel Hofer allowed five goals on 21 shots before getting pulled in the second period. Jordan Binnington yielded three goals on 14 shots to finish up.

Sharks 4, Kings 2

Jake Walman had a goal and two assists to help San Jose top visiting Los Angeles for its second win in a row.

Walman recorded three points for the second straight game. Fabian Zetterlund, Tyler Toffoli and William Eklund also scored and Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves for the Sharks, who started 0-7-2 before winning on back-to-back nights.

Akil Thomas and Alex Laferriere scored and David Rittich made 17 saves for the Kings, who had won two in a row and four of five.

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