Mikhail Grabovski , Tim Connolly and Clarke MacArthur also scored for the Maple Leafs (7-2-1).

Matt Cooke , Chris Kunitz and Evgeni Malkin scored for the weary Penguins (8-3-2), who were playing for the 13th time in 26 days.

Kessel and Pittsburgh’s James Neal entered the evening tied for the NHL lead in goals. Kessel edged ahead shortly after the Penguins erased their third one-goal deficit of the game and Pittsburgh goalie Jonas Gustavsson made sure it stood up by stacking his pads on a great opportunity by Neal with less than 5 minutes to play.

In Vancouver,   British Columbia, Alex Edler scored his first two goals of the season and added an assist to lead Vancouver past Washington.

Maxim Lapierre and Chris Higgins also had a pair of goals for the Canucks. Henrik Sedin scored the winner at 6:18 of the third period.

Alex Ovechkin had two goals for the Capitals, who lost their second straight after opening the season with seven consecutive wins for the first time in franchise history.

In Tampa, Florida, Dwayne Roloson made 28 saves in his 29th career shutout and Vincent Lecavalier scored a power-play goal late in the second period for the Lightning.

Tampa Bay has won 12 consecutive games against the Atlanta-Winnipeg franchise. The last victory in the series for the relocated Jets came on Oct. 3, 2009, when Atlanta beat Tampa Bay 6-3.

In New York, Milan Michalek capped Ottawa’s three-goal comeback in the third period and then netted the only goal in the shootout as the Senators stormed back to beat the Rangers and stretch their winning streak to five.

Jason Spezza started the rally from a 4-1 hole by scoring twice, and Michalek tied it with Ottawa’s third goal in a 7:52 span when he put in his seventh with 2:50 remaining.

In Buffalo, New York,  Jason Garrison’s goal snapped a third-period tie and lifted Florida over the Sabres.

Marcel Goc and Tomas Fleischmann also scored, and Jose Theodore made 24 saves for the Panthers (6-4-0), who won for the third time in their past four games.

Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville scored, and Ryan Miller finished with 33 saves for the Sabres (6-4-0).

In Philadelphia, Jaromir Jagr scored two goals and Ilya Bryzgalov rebounded strong in net from a string of bad games to lead the Flyers.

Bryzgalov needed an outing like this one to restore the confidence he said was shot after an 0-4-1 stretch with a 4.62 goals against average.

Pittsburgh’s Jussi Jokinen scored in the second period after Bryzgalov was knocked down.

In Montreal, Brian Gionta and David Desharnais scored power-play goals and Carey Price made 26 saves as the Canadiens extended their winning streak to three with a win over Boston.

Lars Eller and Tomas Plekanec also scored for Montreal. The Canadiens improved to 4-5-2 after winning only one of their first eight games.

In Uniondale, New York,  Brent Burns scored a power-play goal 1:07 into overtime to give surging San Jose a victory over the Islanders.

Burns slammed a one-timer from the top of the right circle past Rick DiPietro after a disputed delay-of-game penalty on New York defenseman Travis Hamonic .

Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture also scored for the Sharks, and Thomas Greiss made 35 saves.

In St. Paul, Minnesota, Josh Harding made 36 saves and Dany Heatley scored to lift the Wild to a 1-0 victory over the slumping Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.

Jimmy Howard made 19 saves for the Red Wings, who have lost four games in a row after a 5-0 start.

Heatley’s goal was his third of the season for the Wild, who overcame a 36-20 deficit in shots thanks to Harding’s steady play in net.

In Nashville, Tennessee,  Pekka Rinne made 20 saves for the Predators in his 100th career win.

Rinne set a franchise record with 22 shutouts, two this season.

Patric Hornqvist, Martin Erat and Shea Weber scored for Nashville in the first meeting between the two teams since the Predators beat the Ducks in the opening round of the playoffs last season.

In Dallas, Vernon Fiddler scored the go-ahead goal on a fortunate bounce with 8:26 remaining to send the Stars to a victory over New Jersey.

With the score tied 1-1, Fiddler sent a shot toward the net from the left of the goal that banked off the skate of Devils defenseman Mark Fayne and past goalie Johan Hedberg for Fiddler’s second goal of the season.

Kari Lehtonen stopped 31 shots and Loui Eriksson and Sheldon Souray also scored for the Stars, who’d won their first four at home before a 5-3 loss to Los Angeles on Thursday night.

In Chicago, Viktor Stalberg scored his first two goals of the season just 1:58 apart early in the third period to snap a tie, and the Blackhawks beat the struggling Blue Jackets.

Stalberg put Chicago ahead 3-2 at 4:26 of the third during a 4-on-4. He scored again at 6:24 to make it 4-2.

Chicago rookie Marcus Kruger scored his first NHL goal, and Dave Bolland and Michael Frolik also connected for the Blackhawks (6-2-2).

In Glendale, Arizona,  Daymond Langkow scored with 43.7 seconds left in overtime to give Phoenix a victory over Los Angeles.

Langkow’s shot from in front of the net bounced off the stick of Kings defenseman Jack Johnson and past goalie Jonathan Quick to give Phoenix its third victory in four games.