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Washington • T.J. Oshie scored twice and set up John Carlson's go-ahead goal in the third period, and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Thursday for their 11th consecutive home victory.

Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg made it 3-all less than 1 1/2 minutes into the final period. But Oshie stole the puck deep in the offensive end, skated out front and slid the puck over to Carlson, whose slap shot sailed past goalie Petr Mrazek at the 4:15 mark.

Marcus Johansson, Brett Connolly and Nicklas Backstrom also scored for the Capitals. They have at least five goals in each of their past 10 home games. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, they are only the second NHL team to do that, joining the 1970-71 Boston Bruins, who did it in 11 straight home games.

Andreas Athanasiou had two goals in the first period for the Red Wings.

BRUINS 6, SHARKS 3

David Pastrnak scored two power-play goals, Patrice Bergeron had a goal and three assists and Boston beat San Jose in Bruce Cassidy's coaching debut.

Cassidy was named Boston's interim coach after Claude Julien was fired Tuesday. Cassidy joined the Bruins as an assistant last May after spending five seasons coaching Providence in the AHL.

David Backes added a goal and an assist, and Tim Schaller and Brad Marchand also scored to help Boston end a two-game skid. Tuukka Rask made 23 saves.

Joe Thornton, Justin Braun and Timo Meier scored for San Jose. Martin Jones allowed three first-period goals before backup Aaron Dell relieved him to start the second.

BLUES 2, MAPLE LEAFS 1, OT

Vladimir Tarasenko scored 20 seconds into overtime and St. Louis kept rolling under new coach Mike Yeo, beating Toronto.

Tarasenko snapped his 26th goal of the season past Frederik Andersen to lift St. Louis to 4-1-0 since Yeo replaced Ken Hitchcock as coach last week. Patrik Berglund also scored, and Jake Allen stopped 31 shots. Morgan Rielly scored for Toronto, and Andersen made 38 saves.

RANGERS 4, PREDATORS 3

J.T. Miller scored two goals and New York rallied to beat Nashville for its fourth consecutive victory.

Henrik Lundqvist stopped 34 shots in the win. Coming off a 43-save performance Tuesday against Anaheim, the star goaltender is 7-1 in his past eight appearances and needs one win for 400 in his career.

Michael Grabner and Chris Kreider also scored for the Rangers, and Kevin Hayes added three assists.

Cody McLeod opened the scoring, and Calle Jarnkrok and Roman Josi each had a power-play goal for the Predators.

ISLANDERS 3, FLYERS 1

Jason Chimera scored the go-ahead goal early in the second period and Thomas Greiss made 33 saves to lead New York past Philadelphia.

John Tavares and Casey Cizikas also scored for the Islanders. They have won nine of 13 to move closer to a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Wayne Simmonds scored for Philadelphia. The Flyers have lost three straight.

DUCKS 5, SABRES 2

Corey Perry scored twice and added an assist, and Anaheim beat Buffalo to snap a three-game skid.

Rickard Rakell scored to break a 1-1 tie 55 seconds into the third period, Antoine Vermette and Andrew Cogliano, with an empty-netter, also scored for the Ducks.

Jack Eichel and Rasmus Ristolainen scored for Buffalo.

KINGS 6, PANTHERS 3

Jeff Carter had two goals and two assists, and Los Angeles beat Florida.

Dwight King, Tanner Pearson, Tyler Toffoli and Dustin Brown also scored for the Kings, and Peter Budaj made 36 saves. Carter's four points were a season high. Jussi Jokinen, Jonathan Marchessault and Aleksander Barkov scored for Florida.

CANUCKS 3, BLUE JACKETS 0

Daniel Sedin had a goal and an assist and Ryan Miller stopped 33 shots in Vancouver's victory over Columbus.

Loui Eriksson and Jayson Megna also scored.

Sergei Bobrovsky had 21 saves for the Blue Jackets.

SENATORS 3, STARS 2

Mark Stone scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, leading Ottawa past Dallas.

Dion Phaneuf and Chris Kelly also scored for the Senators. Antoine Roussel and Jamie Benn scored for the Stars. —

NHL standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 55 30 17 8 68 158 138

Ottawa 52 28 18 6 62 140 143

Toronto 53 25 17 11 61 164 158

Boston 56 27 23 6 60 149 152

Florida 53 23 20 10 56 127 149

Tampa Bay 54 24 24 6 54 149 157

Detroit 54 22 22 10 54 137 161

Buffalo 54 22 22 10 54 133 154

Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 55 38 11 6 82 186 117

Columbus 53 34 14 5 73 173 132

Pittsburgh 52 33 13 6 72 186 150

N.Y. Rangers 54 35 18 1 71 185 143

Philadelphia 55 26 22 7 59 145 167

N.Y. Islanders 52 24 18 10 58 156 154

New Jersey 54 23 21 10 56 127 153

Carolina 52 24 21 7 55 138 151

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Minnesota 53 35 12 6 76 179 125

Chicago 55 33 17 5 71 156 144

St. Louis 55 28 22 5 61 157 163

Nashville 54 26 20 8 60 149 141

Winnipeg 56 25 27 4 54 163 176

Dallas 55 21 24 10 52 150 175

Colorado 50 15 33 2 32 103 168

Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 55 33 18 4 70 151 132

Anaheim 56 29 17 10 68 147 141

Edmonton 55 29 18 8 66 156 141

Los Angeles 55 28 23 4 60 138 136

Calgary 56 28 25 3 59 149 159

Vancouver 54 24 24 6 54 128 154

Arizona 51 17 28 6 40 116 161

Thursday's games

N.Y. Islanders 3, Philadelphia 1

Vancouver 3, Columbus 0

Washington 6, Detroit 3

N.Y. Rangers 4, Nashville 3

Anaheim 5, Buffalo 2

Boston 6, San Jose 3

St. Louis 2, Toronto 1, OT

Ottawa 3, Dallas 2

Los Angeles 6, Florida 3

Montreal at Arizona, late

Pittsburgh at Colorado, late

Friday's games

Chicago at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

ECHL schedule

Thursday's games

South Carolina 5, Reading 4

Utah at Alaska, late

Friday's games

Orlando at Greenville, 5 p.m.

Toledo at Brampton, 5:15 p.m.

South Carolina at Norfolk, 5:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Elmira at Cincinnati, 5:35 p.m.

Indy at Fort Wayne, 6 p.m.

Missouri at Tulsa, 6:05 p.m.

Colorado at Wichita, 6:05 p.m.

Kalamazoo at Quad City, 6:05 p.m.

Allen at Rapid City, 7:05 p.m.

Wheeling at Idaho, 7:10 p.m.

Utah at Alaska, 9:15 p.m.