NHL: Ducks top Jets on Chris Kreider's OT goal

Chris Kreider scored with 13 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 5-4 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Friday.

Pavel Mintyukov had a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who are on a four-game winning streak. Jacob Trouba, Leo Carlsson and Ryan Poehling collected Anaheim's other goals. Lukas Dostal stopped 29 shots, though the Jets had five shots hit the post either directly or on a deflection.

Alex Iafallo and Kyle Connor each had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg, which is 2-1-2 its past five games. Logan Stanley and Cole Perfetti had two assists apiece. Gabriel Vilardi and Elias Salomonsson also scored for Winnipeg.

Connor Hellebuyck playing well in a losing effort, stopping 35 of 40 shots.

Sabres 3, Panthers 2

Beck Malenstyn scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period as Buffalo prevailed in Sunrise, Fla.

Alex Tuch scored a goal and added an assist, Peyton Krebs added an empty-net tally and Alex Lyon stopped 28 shots for the Sabres, who have won two straight games since the Olympic break and are 8-2-1 in their past 11 games.

Sam Bennett logged a goal and an assist and Matthew Tkachuk scored for the Panthers, who have lost six of the past eight. Daniil Tarasov made 36 saves.

Mammoth 5, Wild 2

Lawson Crouse scored twice, leading Utah to a victory over visiting Minnesota.

Clayton Keller added a goal and two assists for Utah, which improved to 12-4-1 in its past 17 games and is 18-9-2 on home ice this season. Logan Cooley and Barrett Hayton also tallied, and Jack McBain, Nick Schmaltz and Mikhail Sergachev added two assists each.

Matt Boldy scored and added an assist and Kirill Kaprizov also found the back of the net for the Wild, which saw its six-game winning streak end. Minnesota lost for just the second time in regulation over its past 12 (9-2-1).

Capitals 3, Golden Knights 2

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored two goals and had an assist and Logan Thompson made 24 saves, leading Washington to a victory over visiting Vegas.

Aliaksei Protas and Rasmus Sandin each had two assists and Jakob Chychrun also scored for the Capitals, who extended their home winning streak to five games and logged their sixth win in seven games overall.

Braeden Bowman and Tomas Hertl scored goals and Akira Schmid finished with 27 saves for the Golden Knights, who had a three-game winning streak snapped.

-Field Level Media/Reuters