Brandon Saad scored one goal and set up another as the visiting St. Louis Blues defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Thursday.

Jakub Vrana, Logan Brown, Alexey Toropchenko and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues (35-34-6, 76 points), who are 6-1-1 in their last eight games.

Justin Faulk earned two assists for St. Louis and Jordan Binnington made 30 saves.

Tyler Johnson had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks (24-45-6, 54 points), who lost their seventh straight game.

Andreas Athanasiou and Boris Katchouk also scored for Chicago. Taylor Raddysh had two assists and Petr Mrazek made 24 saves.

Vrana put the Blues up 1-0 with a backhand conversion on Saad’s wraparound pass. That was Vrana’s ninth goal in 13 games with the Blues and his 200th career NHL point.

Chicago tied the game 1-1 on a power play. Johnson’s cross-crease pass set up Athanasiou’s one-time shot into the open right side of the net.

That was Athanasiou’s fourth goal in four games against the Blues this season.

But the Blues scored twice in a span of 38 seconds to move ahead 3-1. Faulk fired a snap shot from the slot that deflected in off Brown’s skate.

Then Toropchenko scored as the trailer on a 3-on-1 rush by burying a drop pass from Tyler Pitlick.

The Blackhawks cut their deficit to 3-2 on a power play 31 seconds into the third period. From the left circle, Raddysh passed toward the right post to set up Johnson’s redirection.

Kyrou jumped off the bench to restore the Blues’ two-goal lead. He broke down the middle of the ice and scored off Sammy Blais’ pass.

But 36 seconds later, Katchouk cut the Chicago deficit to 4-3 with a zig-zag move attacking the net.

The Blues sustained late pressure, but Saad finally iced the game with an empty-net goal with 1:13 left to play.

–Field Level Media

Washington forward T.J. Oshie sustained an upper-body injury and was ruled out for the remainder of the Thursday night road game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Capitals announced.

It was not clear when or how Oshie was injured. He skated seven shifts, totaling 6:07 of ice time, in the first period and did not return from the locker room to start the second.

Losing Oshie for any length of time would hurt the Capitals’ faint chances of securing a playoff berth in the Eastern Conference. Entering Thursday’s action, they were five points out of the second wild-card spot held by the Pittsburgh Penguins, with three other teams tied or in front of them.

Oshie, 36, has tallied 35 points (19 goals, 16 assists) in 58 games this season. That includes 18 points (nine goals, nine assists) in 23 games since the All-Star break.

–Field Level Media

Jake Walman scored with 3.2 seconds remaining to give the host Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night.

Walman’s ninth goal of the season was set up by Andrew Copp and Adam Erne. He blasted a shot from the point to provide a stunning finish.

Dominik Kubalik and Dylan Larkin had the other goals for Detroit (33-32-9, 75 points), which exceeded last season’s win total with the victory. Alex Nedeljkovic made 31 saves as the Red Wings recorded their second win in three nights.

Brent Burns and Jaccob Slavin scored for the Hurricanes (47-18-9, 103 points), who lost for the third straight time. It was a damaging defeat for Carolina, which is trying to hold onto the Metropolitan Division lead.

Frederik Andersen made 19 saves for the Hurricanes, who came up empty on three power-play opportunities.

Detroit won the physical battle despite having faint playoff hopes. The Red Wings out-hit the Hurricanes 23-7 and also blocked 26 shots, compared to six by Carolina.

The Wings scored in the opening minute. Kubalik skated in from center ice, got behind the defense and beat Andersen on the short side for his 20th goal. David Perron, who had a hat trick against Pittsburgh on Tuesday, and Moritz Seider supplied the assists.

Burns tied it in the opening minute of the second period. His slapshot from the point snuck between Nedeljkovic’s pads for his 14th goal. Slavin and Jesper Fast had the assists.

Slavin scored on a shot from the point at 4:18 of the period to temporarily give his team the lead. Sebastian Aho and Jordan Staal had the assists.

Larkin’s power-play goal just over three minutes later tied it at 2-2. He was set up by Alex Chiasson’s pass from behind the net. Perron collected the second assist. Larkin, who finished the game with six shots on goal, leads the Wings with 28 goals.

Detroit now moves on to face Winnipeg on the road on Friday. Carolina plays at Montreal on Saturday.

–Field Level Media

Pat Maroon scored twice, Steven Stamkos and Alex Killorn each had a goal and an assist and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the visiting Washington Capitals 5-1 on Thursday night.

The victory allowed the Lightning (44-26-6, 94 points) to clinch the season series by winning two of the three matchups, including a 6-3 decision in Tampa on Nov. 13.

Maroon netted two in the third period on rebounds while Stamkos recorded his second consecutive multipoint game and third in the past four outings. Erik Cernak scored and Anthony Cirelli posted two assists.

After Tuesday’s shutout of the Carolina Hurricanes, goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (33-20-4) again manned the crease and stopped 30 shots.

The loss was a damaging blow to the playoff hopes of Washington (34-33-9, 77 points), which hasn’t missed the postseason since the 2013-14 campaign.

Craig Smith tallied and goalie Darcy Kuemper (21-24-6) stopped 29 shots as the Capitals slipped to 1-4-2 in their past seven and 5-6-3 in March.

Washington right winger T.J. Oshie skated only seven shifts totaling 6:07 and was ruled out late in the match with an upper-body injury.

In the final meeting between the teams, the Lightning’s stout power-play unit clicked on its second opportunity when Killorn redirected a shot for his 24th goal at 9:20.

It marked just the second time this season that Killorn had hit the back of the net on a power play.

With time winding down in the frame, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare won a faceoff that soon ended up on Stamkos’ stick.

The captain then fired in his 32nd with just three seconds remaining in the period.

During the second period after a sluggish first 20 minutes, Washington’s offense pepped up and finally cashed in on an odd play with 3:50 to play.

A long shot by Anthony Mantha that hit the end boards was collected behind Vasilevskiy’s net by Smith, who attempted to pass the puck into the slot. But it hit the netminder’s skate and went in for Smith’s seventh goal.

At 4:30 into the third, Maroon pushed the lead to 3-1 when he established inside position on Washington’s Dylan Strome and cleaned up a shot in close for his fourth marker and second in the past five games.

Maroon added another and Cernak ended the scoring with an empty-netter for his second goal with less than two minutes left.

–Field Level Media

Alex DeBrincat scored 1:36 into overtime to lift the host Ottawa Senators to a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.

Philadelphia goaltender Felix Sandstrom attempted to backhand the puck along from behind the net, however he apparently was unaware of DeBrincat. He quickly skated out front and scored into the open net for his 25th goal of the season.

Tim Stutzle collected a goal and an assist and Austin Watson, Shane Pinto and former Flyers captain Claude Giroux also tallied. Cam Talbot turned aside seven shots in his first game since March 4 following a mid-body injury to send the Senators (37-33-5, 79 points) to their fourth win in six outings.

Ottawa defenseman Tyler Kleven notched an assist in his NHL debut. The North Dakota product saw additional ice time after Travis Hamonic exited midway into the first period with a lower-body injury for Ottawa, which already was without fellow blue-liners Jakob Chychrun (hamstring) and Thomas Chabot (upper body).

Philadelphia defensemen Cam York and Tony DeAngelo each recorded a goal and an assist and Noah Cates and Owen Tippett also scored. Sandstrom made 41 saves for the Flyers (29-32-13, 71 points), who extended their point streak to seven games (5-0-2).

Stutzle picked up his 100th career assist after Giroux converted his stretch pass to give Ottawa a 4-1 lead at 2:28 of the third period.

York’s wrist shot from the right circle at 5:22 and Cates’ deflection of a point shot at 9:54 trimmed the Senators’ lead to 4-3. Tippett converted a centering feed on the doorstep to forge a tie with 2:39 remaining in the third period.

Captain Brady Tkachuk’s deflection caromed off the crossbar before Stutzle converted the tap-in past Sandstrom to give Ottawa a 2-1 lead at 7:43 of the second period. Stutzle’s goal was his team-leading 37th of the season.

Pinto battled the puck home out of the air to double the Senators’ advantage with 3:10 remaining in the second period. The celebration was quickly muted, however, Ottawa forward Derick Brassard sustained a lower-body injury and was carried off the ice.

The injury bug also reared its head on the Senators’ first goal after Watson’s wrist shot beat Sandstrom at 10:58 of the first period. Hamonic, however, remained on the ice and exited the game following a hit from Philadelphia’s Nick Seeler.

–Field Level Media

Goaltender Tristan Jarry, playing in his 200th career game, stopped all 28 shots he faced Thursday to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins past the visiting Nashville Predators 2-0.

It was the 13th career shutout for Jarry, his first against Nashville and his second of the season. He had not started the previous three games because of an injury and a coach’s decision.

The win allowed the Penguins (37-28-10, 84 points) to maintain their hold on the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, one point ahead of Florida, which beat Montreal.

The loss kept the Predators (37-29-8, 82 points) from leapfrogging Calgary in the Western Conference wild-card chase. They remain three points out of a playoff spot.

Jason Zucker and Jake Guentzel scored for the Penguins, who were 2-6-0 in their previous eight.

The Predators have lost three of their past four games.

Nashville goaltender Juuse Saros also was stellar, making 43 saves.

The Penguins were playing without three defensemen — still light compared to the Nashville injury ward.

The Predators are fielding a young lineup because of the absence of a group of veterans: forwards Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen, Matt Duchene and Juuso Parssinen, and defensemen Roman Josi and Alexandre Carrier.

It was a goaltending duel until 14:15 of the second, when Zucker gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.

From the right point, Evgeni Malkin faked a shot and passed to Brian Dumoulin at the top of the slot. Dumoulin moved down the slot and around defenseman Kevin Gravel, who had slid to his stomach. Dumoulin tapped a pass to his left to Zucker, who steered the puck inside the left post.

Among Jarry’s critical saves was a left pad stop on Philip Tomasino point blank about nine minutes into the third.

On a power play, the Penguins made it 2-0 at 13:03 of the third. Guentzel, at the right post, tapped in a feed from Rickard Rakell, who was in the left circle and threaded the puck through the crease.

–Field Level Media