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Brady Tkachuk scored his 200th career goal and collected two of his three assists in a four-goal first period for the Ottawa Senators, who netted the first six goals of an 8-4 victory over the host New York Rangers on Wednesday night.

Tkachuk joined Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza and Alexei Yashin as the fourth player to score 200 goals for Ottawa when he finished off a 2-on-1 to give the Senators a 3-0 lead. Dylan Cozens added a goal and two assists in Ottawa's dominant period.

Jake Sanderson and Thomas Chabot scored in the second to chase New York goalie Jonathan Quick. David Perron scored in the third and Tim Stutzle added an empty-netter as the Senators posted their second-highest goal total in any game against the Rangers.

Rookie Gabe Perreault tallied twice and Alexis Lafreniere had a goal and an assist for New York. Noah Laba also scored, and J.T. Miller and Mika Zibanejad each notched two assists. The Rangers dropped their fifth straight game (0-4-1) and have been outscored 30-12 since beating the Florida Panthers in the Winter Classic.

Golden Knights 3, Kings 2 (OT)

Mark Stone scored 25 seconds into overtime to lift visiting Vegas to its season-high fifth straight win as it defeated Los Angeles.

Stone had a goal and an assist, Braeden Bowman and Mitch Marner also scored, Eichel had three assists and Akira Schmid made 22 saves for the Golden Knights, whose winning streak comes on the heels of a five-game skid (0-3-2).

Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist, Brandt Clarke also scored and Kuemper made 24 saves for the Kings, losers of four of five (1-2-2).

Devils 3, Kraken 2 (OT)

Nico Hischier scored twice, the latter at 3:42 of overtime, as New Jersey defeated Seattle in Newark, N.J.

Cody Glass also scored and Jack Hughes and Luke Hughes assisted on both Hischier goals for the Devils, who won their second straight following a four-game skid. Goaltender Jacob Markstrom made 15 saves.

Jared McCann had a goal and an assist, Adam Larsson scored and Vince Dunn had two helpers for the Kraken, who are 1-1-1 on their five-game trip that continues Thursday in Boston. Goalie Philipp Grubauer stopped 23 of 26 shots.

Sabres 5, Flyers 2

Captain Rasmus Dahlin scored twice on the power play to record the fifth multi-goal performance of his career, fueling host Buffalo past Philadelphia.

Ryan McLeod collected a goal and an assist and Mattias Samuelsson and Jack Quinn each scored a goal to help the Sabres secure their 14th win in the last 16 games. Buffalo won two of the three games against Philadelphia this season, with both victories being recorded at home.

Owen Tippett collected a goal and an assist and Trevor Zegras added his team-leading 18th goal for the Flyers, who saw their losing streak extend to a season-high four games (0-3-1).

--Field Level Media