WASHINGTON: Braden Holtby made 38 saves, Jay Beagle and Nicklas Backstrom scored second-period goals, and the Washington Capitals extended their point streak to nine games with a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Monday night.

Washington has won three in a row and is 7-0-2 in its past nine games. Holtby has been in net for all of them.

Backstrom broke a 1-1 tie with 35 seconds left in the second period during a power play. He has 11 goals this season, including six in his last five games. Beagle made it 1-0 at 13:59.

Mike Green assisted on both Capitals goals.

Erik Condra scored his third goal of the season to tie it 1-1 in the second period, and Craig Anderson stopped 21 shots for Ottawa. The Senators are 3-3-1 since Dave Cameron replaced Paul MacLean as head coach.

Panthers 4, Penguins 3 (SO): Jimmy Hayes scored two third-period goals and center Aleksander Barkov got the only shootout marker as the Florida Panthers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Barkov scored in the seventh round of the shootout for the Panthers (15-9-8).

The Penguins (22-6-5) had their three-game winning streak snapped but still lead the East with 49 points.

Predators 5, Blue Jackets 1: The Nashville Predators scored quick-strike goals in the second and third periods and let goaltender Pekka Rinne do the rest, easing to a 5-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Rinne had 30 saves while Craig Smith scored two goals for Nashville (22-8-2).

Ducks 3, Sharks 2 (OT): Ryan Kesler scored the game-winning overtime goal and goaltender Frederik Andersen made 30 saves as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the San Jose Sharks.

The Ducks (23-8-5) extended their Pacific Division lead over San Jose to eight points with the victory.

Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler knotted the game at 2-2 with his fourth goal of the season at 15:44 of the third period.

San Jose (19-11-5) saw their five-game winning streak snapped.

Canucks 7, Coyotes 1: Alex Burrows broke out of a scoring slump by notching two goals, and center Henrik Sedin added two assists as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Arizona Coyotes.

Vancouver (20-11-2) earned its second consecutive win after snapping a five-game losing streak.

Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored on the power play for the slumping Coyotes, who are 1-5-2 in their past eight games. Arizona (11-18-4) sits second to last in the Western Conference.

Flames 4, Kings 3 (OT): Defenseman Mark Giordano scored with 53 seconds remaining in overtime, allowing the Calgary Flames to end an eight-game skid with a stunning victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

Johnny Gaudreau recorded a hat-trick and forced overtime, scoring twice in the final 2:12 of regulation for Calgary (18-15-3). Los Angeles fell to 17-11-7.