Dimitry Orlov and David Pastrnak each scored a goal and had two assists as the Boston Bruins used a five-goal third period to blow past the visiting Buffalo Sabres 7-1 on Thursday evening.

With their ninth consecutive win, the Bruins improved to 48-8-5 on the season and became the fastest team in NHL history to record 100 points, doing so in 61 games. Boston had previously reached the 100-point mark in 63 games in 1971-72 en route to the Stanley Cup. The 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens got there in 62 games. That team also won the Stanley Cup.

Jakub Lauko added to the Boston offense with his second and third career goals, while Pavel Zacha registered a goal and an assist. Charlie Coyle, Brandon Carlo and David Krejci each recorded two assists while Patrice Bergeron and Connor Clifton also scored goals.

The news was not all good for Boston, however, as winger Brad Marchand missed the third period due to a lower-body injury. Casey Mittelstadt scored the lone goal and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves for the Sabres, who dropped their second straight.

Senators 5, Rangers 3

Claude Giroux scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period — one of three Ottawa goals in the period — and the surging Senators beat the Rangers to spoil Patrick Kane’s New York debut.

Derick Brassard scored twice, Giroux had three points and Shane Pinto and Tim Stutzle also found the net for the Senators, who won their fourth game in a row. Cam Talbot stopped 29 shots for the win.

Kane was held without a point while playing on a line with Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck after being acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. Chris Kreider, Jacob Trouba and Vladimir Tarasenko accounted for the Rangers’ scoring, and Jaroslav Halak made 29 saves.

Kraken 5, Red Wings 4 (OT)

Oliver Bjorkstrand scored a power-play goal at 3:33 of overtime to give visiting Seattle a win over Detroit.

Bjorkstrand also scored in regulation, and the Kraken’s Jared McCann scored two first-period goals. Jaden Schwartz also scored for Seattle, while Martin Jones and Philipp Grubauer combined for 25 saves.

Ben Chiarot, Adam Erne, Jonatan Berggren and Jake Walman scored for the Red Wings, who have lost four straight. Ville Husso made 32 saves.

Penguins 5, Lightning 4 (OT)

Jason Zucker scored twice, including the game-winner 2:13 into overtime, and Pittsburgh swept the three-game season series against host Tampa Bay.

Zucker one-timed a cross-ice pass from Marcus Pettersson and beat Andrei Vasilevskiy (27 saves) inside the near post to give the Penguins their fourth straight victory. Jeff Petry scored twice and Drew O’Connor also tallied for Pittsburgh, while Tristan Jarry stopped 27 shots.

The Lightning are 2-3-3 in their past eight games and have lost three straight for the first time. Steven Stamkos and Brayden Point each had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay, while also got goals from Victor Hedman and Ross Colton.

Maple Leafs 2, Flames 1

Calle Jarnkrok scored the winning goal early in the third period and Joseph Woll made 25 saves to give visiting Toronto a victory over struggling Calgary.

Mitchell Marner also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won four of five games. Woll, making his third start of the season and the seventh of his career, was especially key with a flurry of saves just past the midway point of what was a tie game.

Blake Coleman scored for the Flames, who are winless in their last four games (0-2-2) and have only two victories in their past nine outings (2-4-3). Jacob Markstrom stopped 32 shots.

Wild 2, Canucks 1

Kirill Kaprizov scored two goals and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 21 of 22 shots as Minnesota stayed hot with a win at Vancouver. It was the seventh multigoal of the season for Kaprizov, tying his career high.

The Wild extended their season-best point streak to eight games (7-0-1) with a third straight win. Minnesota played a one-goal game for the 10th time in the past 11 games, with the only exception a 2-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Wild improved to 8-1-2 during that span.

Minnesota native Brock Boeser, rumored as a possible trade target of the Wild, scored for Vancouver, which fell to 11-17-1 at home this season. Thatcher Demko, making his second start after missing 35 games due to a groin injury, finished with 34 saves.

Kings 3, Canadiens 2

Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist as Los Angeles beat visiting Montreal to keep pace in its chase for the Pacific Division crown.

Alex Iafallo and Anze Kopitar also scored and Pheonix Copley made 19 saves for the Kings, who have won three of four to move into a tie in points with the Vegas Golden Knights atop the Pacific.

Josh Anderson and Denis Gurianov scored and Jake Allen made 30 saves for the Canadiens, who had won three of four.

Predators 2, Panthers 1

Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves and defenseman Roman Josi had two assists as Nashville won in Sunrise, Fla., spoiling the opening game of the Panthers’ season-high, seven-game homestand.

Matt Duchene and John Leonard scored for the Predators. It was Duchene’s 19th goal, tying him with Filip Forsberg for the team lead. Leonard, making his season debut as well as his Predators debut, scored his fifth career goal in his 59th game.

Brandon Montour scored and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 shots for the Panthers, who have alternated wins and losses over their past 10 games.

Stars 5, Blackhawks 2

Roope Hintz notched a hat trick and Jamie Benn netted the game-winner early in the third period as Dallas scored three times in the final frame to win in Chicago.

Dallas won for the second time in as many nights and the third time in four games (3-0-1). Esa Lindell scored and Miro Heiskanen, Joe Pavelski and Jason Robertson each had two assists for the Stars.

The Stars gave goalie Matt Murray his NHL debut, and he finished with 19 saves for the win. Cole Guttman and Seth Jones scored for the Blackhawks, and Petr Mrazek made 31 saves.

Blues 6, Sharks 3

Jordan Kyrou, Colton Parayko and Brayden Schenn each had a goal and an assist to rally St. Louis past host San Jose. Logan Brown, Tyler Pitlick and Kasperi Kapanen also scored for the Blues, who erased a 2-0, first-period deficit to snap a six-game losing streak (0-4-2).

Pavel Buchnevich had four assists, Nikita Alexandrov had two assists and Thomas Greiss made 22 saves for St. Louis.

Alexander Barabanov had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who lost for the seventh time in eight games (1-6-1). Logan Couture and Steven Lorentz also scored and James Reimer made 17 saves for San Jose, which is an NHL-worst 6-17-8 at home this season.

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Jordan Kyrou, Colton Parayko and Brayden Schenn had a goal and assist each to rally the visiting St. Louis Blues past the San Jose Sharks 6-3 on Thursday.

Logan Brown, Tyler Pitlick and Kasperi Kapanen also scored for the Blues, who erased a 2-0, first-period deficit to snap a six-game losing streak (0-4-2).

Pavel Buchnevich had four assists, Nikita Alexandrov had two assists and Thomas Greiss made 22 saves for St. Louis.

Alexander Barabanov had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who lost for the seventh time in eight games (1-6-1).

Logan Couture and Steven Lorentz also scored and James Reimer made 17 saves for San Jose, which is an NHL-worst 6-17-8 at home this season.

The Sharks outshot the Blues 10-4 in the first period while moving ahead 2-0. Barabanov took a pass from Andreas Johnsson, cut left and beat Greiss from the slot 3:50 into the game.

Couture made it 2-0 less than three minutes later. Erik Karlsson rushed up the left wing and passed back to Couture, who scored from the left circle.

Parayko cut the San Jose lead to 2-1 at 2:35 of the second period. Alexandrov circled behind the net and passed across to Parayko at the right post.

St. Louis snapped a 0-for-23 power-play slump while tying the game 2-2 less than three minutes later. Kyrou broke a five-game pointless stretch by scoring from the slot off Buchnevich’s pass from behind the net.

Brown put the Blues up 3-2 with his first goal of the season. He scored from the lower right circle off a cross-ice pass from Buchnevich.

Another power-play goal pushed the Blues’ lead to 4-2 with 1:00 left in the second period. Kyrou slid a cross-crease pass to Schenn at the right post.

The Sharks cut their deficit to 4-3 with a short-handed goal at 6:36 of the third period. Lorentz broke up the left wing and scored from the slot.

Pitlick restored the two-goal Blues advantage with his goal from the top of the left circle at 14:52. Kapanen made it 6-3 with an empty-net goal at 17:03.

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Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist for the Los Angeles Kings in a 3-2 win against the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.

Alex Iafallo and Anze Kopitar also scored and Pheonix Copley made 19 saves for the Kings, who have won three of four to move into a tie in points with the Vegas Golden Knights atop the Pacific Division standings.

Josh Anderson and Denis Gurianov scored and Jake Allen made 30 saves for Montreal, which had won three of four.

Vilardi gave Los Angeles a 2-1 lead at 7:27 of the third period when a centering pass caromed to him at the side of the crease and he stuffed the puck in the net.

Kopitar scored with a wrist shot at 8:30 to stretch the lead to 3-1, but the Canadiens quickly cut the deficit back to a goal.

Gurianov scored with a slap shot from just above the left circle at 9:39, his first goal with Montreal since he was traded from the Dallas Stars on Sunday.

The Kings had to kill a penalty 25 seconds into the game when Blake Lizotte was whistled for high-sticking Jesse Ylonen.

The Canadiens went back on the power play after Vladislav Gavrikov was called for interference at 8:19, and Anderson scored on the man-advantage 55 seconds later for a 1-0 lead.

Montreal tried to center a pass that went off the stick of Kings forward Adrian Kempe and headed toward the crease. Los Angeles defenseman Mikey Anderson tried to sweep it aside, but it went off Josh Anderson and into the net for his 18th goal of the season, one shy of his total last season.

The Kings tied it at 7:42 of the second.

Los Angeles lost a faceoff in the Montreal zone, but the Kings quickly got the puck back and Vilardi passed to Iafallo, who scored his ninth goal of the season with a wrist shot from the slot.

Allen was coming off a 38-save effort in a 3-1 road win against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.

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Kirill Kaprizov scored two goals and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 21 of 22 shots as the visiting Minnesota Wild defeated the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Thursday night.

It was the seventh multigoal of the season for Kaprizov, tying his career high. Minnesota extended its season-best point streak to eight games (7-0-1) with its third straight win.

Minnesota played a one-goal game for the 10th time in the past 11 games, with the only exception a 2-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Wild improved to 8-1-2 during that span.

Minnesota native Brock Boeser, rumored as a possible trade target of the Wild, scored for Vancouver, which fell to 11-17-1 at home this season. Thatcher Demko, making his second start after missing 35 games due to a groin injury, finished with 34 saves.

The Wild needed just 44 seconds to take a 1-0 lead. Kaprizov, left alone by the left post, redirected Mats Zuccarello’s pass from above the right circle into an open net.

Vancouver tied it 1-1 at 14:03 of the first period on a power-play goal by Boeser, who one-timed a Vitali Kravtsov pass under the crossbar from the left circle for his 12th of the season.

The goal snapped Minnesota’s string of 27 consecutive penalty kills, the longest in the NHL this season. The Wild had also gone 12 consecutive games without allowing a power-play goal, tying a franchise record.

Minnesota regained the lead early in the second period when Ryan Hartman sprung Kaprizov on a breakaway. Demko stopped the initial wrist shot from the edge of the left circle but left the rebound to the right of the crease, where Kaprizov skated by and tapped it in for his 39th of the season at 3:40.

Kaprizov had a chance for the hat trick after Vancouver pulled Demko for an extra attacker, but he fired wide of the empty net.

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The Dallas Stars acquired center Max Domi from the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday in exchange for a second-round draft pick and goaltender Anton Khudobin.

The Stars also got minor league goaltender Dylan Wells from the Blackhawks in the deal.

News of the trade broke hours before the Stars were scheduled to play the Blackhawks in Chicago on Thursday night, a game Dallas won 5-2.

Domi, who turned 28 on Thursday, is Chicago’s leading scorer this season with 18 goals and 31 assists over 60 games.

It was his first season with the Blackhawks after bouncing around the Arizona Coyotes (2015-18), Montreal Canadiens (2018-20), Columbus Blue Jackets (2020-22) and Carolina Hurricanes (2022) over the first seven seasons of his NHL career. In 561 career games, Domi has recorded 363 points (119 goals, 244 assists).

Before dealing for Domi, the Stars came up short in their pursuit of Blackhawks star forward Patrick Kane, who was traded to the New York Rangers earlier this week.

Khudobin, 36, was 3-4-1 in nine games (seven starts) this season, his fourth with the Stars. He has a career-low .879 save percentage and a career-high 3.63 goals-against average.

In a 13-year NHL career that has seen him play for the Minnesota Wild (2009-11), Boston Bruins (2011-13, 2016-18), Hurricanes (2013-15), Anaheim Ducks (2015-16) and Stars, Khudobin has a 237-114-91 record, a .916 save percentage and 2.50 GAA.

Wells, 25, has appeared in one NHL game, allowing one goal and making 12 saves in a relief appearance for the Blackhawks at Winnipeg on Nov. 5.

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