National Hockey

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins hope a decisive home shutout can put a recent week-and-a-half long swoon in the past.

MONTREAL — While all eyes were on former Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty on Saturday night, it was the player Montreal traded for who led his new team to a come-from-behind victory.

TAMPA, Fla. — Ottawa coach Guy Boucher flashed a big smile while he talked about the Senators' resiliency in a comeback win against the Eastern Conference's top team.

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers are starting to gain momentum. Aleksander Barkov scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, and the Panthers beat the New York Islanders 4-2 on Saturday night.

DALLAS — Mattias Ekholm started overtime in the penalty box. He finished it off with the winning goal. Ekholm scored 2:27 into overtime, and the Nashville Predators rallied to beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 on Saturday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sam Reinhart returned after getting his lip stitched up to lead the Buffalo Sabres in a comeback victory.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have assigned forwards Jesse Puljujarvi and Kailer Yamamoto to the American Hockey League's Bakersfield Condors. The team announced the moves Saturday in a release.

PHILADELPHIA — The Flyers are riding high on confidence, and it's showing in their results.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Dallas Stars have acquired defenceman Taylor Fedun from the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres received a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2020 draft from Dallas in a deal announced Saturday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Brock Boeser will miss at least four games for the Vancouver Canucks because of a groin injury. Canucks coach Travis Green said Saturday prior to a game in Buffalo that Boeser is week to week.