National Hockey

RALEIGH, N.C. — After Carolina twice gave up one-goal leads in a brawl-filled game against Florida, the Hurricanes' last goal gave the Panthers no chance to respond.

WASHINGTON — Facing one of the NHL's supreme goaltenders in Sergei Bobrovsky, the Washington Capitals were glad to have another in Braden Holtby.

TAMPA, Fla. — Tyler Johnson broke out a scoring slump just in time to help the struggling Tampa Bay Lightning. Johnson scored twice in the third period to snap a 15-game drought and the Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 Saturday night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — In overtime, defenceman Matt Dumba takes the ice to give the Minnesota Wild an offensive boost. That's exactly what he did on Saturday. Dumba scored 39 seconds into overtime to give the Wild a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues.

PHILADELPHIA — It was more of the same for Boston and Philadelphia. The Bruins are rolling while the Flyers are searching for answers.

DENVER — Brian Boyle takes his role on the power play seriously, so he was happy to contribute and give New Jersey another close victory.

WINNIPEG — Captain Blake Wheeler predicted the best is yet to come for the Winnipeg Jets, but he wasn't sizing up championship rings.

ST. LOUIS — As much as Tyler Toffoli downplayed his recent performance, he's more than happy to be contributing to the streaking Los Angeles Kings. Toffoli scored twice, backup goaltender Darcy Kuemper made 39 saves and the Kings beat the St.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Josh Anderson scored late in the third period to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets over the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Friday night. Anderson got his team-high 10th goal with just under five minutes left to make it 3-2.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Video replay finally worked in favour of the San Jose Sharks. Chris Tierney scored in the third period to lift the Sharks over the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Friday night, with San Jose benefiting from two goal reviews.