Nick Suzuki’s tiebreaker with 4:37 remaining in regulation highlighted a five-goal third period for the Montreal Canadiens, who cooled off the visiting Ottawa Senators with a 6-3 victory on Tuesday night.

Lane Hutson and Josh Anderson scored tying goals in the third, before Suzuki was in the right spot amid a net-front scrum to break a 3-3 tie with his 18th point in 11 games.

Brendan Gallagher, who had two assists, and Anderson added empty-net goals for the Canadiens (33-27-7, 73 points), who are in the mix for a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference while amid an 8-1-2 stretch and winners of five straight at home.

Christian Dvorak had a goal with three assists for Montreal, which has won the first three meetings this season against the Senators (36-26-5, 77 points).

Veteran defenseman Travis Hamonic had a goal with an assist for Ottawa, which had won six in a row.

Capitals 4, Red Wings 1

Washington scored three times in the third period to break a tie and defeat visiting for the Capitals’ seventh win in their last eight games.

Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist and Pierre-Luc Dubois, Tom Wilson and Connor McMichael also scored for the Capitals, who lead the Eastern Conference with 98 points. Logan Thompson made 23 saves.

Dylan Larkin supplied the goal for the Red Wings, who have lost eight of their last 10 and suffered a huge blow to their playoff chances. Petr Mrazek stopped 22 shots.

Stars 4, Ducks 3 (OT)

Mikael Granlund scored his second goal of the game at 2:32 of overtime as Dallas edged visiting Anaheim.

Thomas Harley had a goal and two assists, Wyatt Johnston also scored and Jake Oettinger made 22 saves for the Stars (43-21-3, 89 points), who improved to 2-2-1 since the March 7 trade deadline.

Leo Carlsson scored two goals, including a penalty shot in the second period, and Lukas Dostal made 27 saves for the Ducks (29-31-8, 66 points), who have lost four of five (1-3-1).

Flames 2, Rangers 1

Matt Coronato scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 1:57 remaining in the first period as Calgary dominated play throughout to beat host New York.

A New York native, Coronato scored nearly eight minutes after Nazem Kadri scored the tying goal as the Flames bounced back nicely after arriving at 2 a.m. from their 6-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs the night before.

MacKenzie Weegar collected two assists and Kadri added an assist for Calgary, which snapped a three-game losing streak and won for the third time in its past 10 games (3-4-3). Artemi Panarin reached 30 goals for the fifth time in his career early in the first period, but the Rangers tallied only 13 shots on goal.

Islanders 4, Penguins 2

Pierre Engvall scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:52 left for New York, which mounted a multi-goal third-period comeback for the second straight game and boosted its wild-card hopes with a win over host Pittsburgh.

With the Islanders down 2-0 after two periods, Kyle Palmieri scored 17 seconds into the third. Noah Dobson tied the game at 5:34 for the Islanders, who sit three points behind the Montreal Canadiens in the race for the second Eastern Conference wild-card spot. Goalie Ilya Sorokin made 20 saves.

Joona Koppanen scored his first career goal early in the opening period and Sidney Crosby doubled the lead late in the first for the Penguins, whose four-game winning streak was snapped. Tristan Jarry recorded 34 saves for the Penguins, who are seven points back of the final wild-card slot.

Blues 4, Predators 1

Jordan Kyrou scored twice to lead St. Louis past host Nashville for the Blues’ third straight victory.

Justin Faulk and Jake Neighbours each had a goal and an assist for St. Louis, which is 10-2-2 in its last 14 games. Dylan Holloway had three assists and Joel Hofer made 22 saves.

Brady Skjei scored and Juuse Saros made 18 saves for the Predators, who are 0-2-1 in their last three games.

Oilers 7, Utah Hockey Club 1

Four players recorded three points as Edmonton routed visiting Utah.

The Oilers are on a three-game winning streak and sit two points behind the Vegas Golden Knights for first place in the Pacific Division. Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist while Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Mattias Ekholm each had a goal and two assists.

Sean Durzi had the only goal for the Utah Hockey Club, who suffered the largest margin of defeat of their inaugural season.

Kraken 6, Blackhawks 2

Shane Wright scored twice and Adam Larsson had a goal and two assists to boost visiting Seattle ultimately to a rout of Chicago.

Matty Beniers added a goal and assist as Seattle secured the season series from Chicago, 2-1-0, behind a barrage of six unanswered goals after conceding the first two. The Kraken won for the third time in four games (3-0-1).

Chicago has lost five in a row (0-4-1), its fourth skid this season of that many games. The Blackhawks have yet to drop six straight.

Canucks 6, Jets 2

Brock Boeser produced two goals and an assist, Pius Suter also scored twice and Vancouver defeated visiting Winnipeg.

Vancouver won for the third time in four games to hang onto the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Nils Hoglander had a goal and an assist for the Canucks. Drew O’Connor added a goal, Quinn Hughes had a pair of assists and Kevin Lankinen made 19 saves.

Nikolaj Ehlers and Alex Iafallo provided the goals for the Western Conference-leading Jets, who had won five of their previous six games. Connor Hellebuyck saved 16 shots.

–Field Level Media