Adrian Kempe notched his fifth NHL hat trick to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 7-2 win over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Wednesday.
Kempe also had an assist for the Kings, who are 5-3-0 since starting the season 0-4-2.
Quinton Byfield scored two of Los Angeles’ three power-play goals, Artemi Panarin had four assists, Erik Haula had a goal and an assist, Joel Armia also tallied, and Darcy Kuemper made 30 saves.
Macklin Celebrini and Ivar Stenberg scored power-play goals, Dmitry Orlov and Michael Misa each had two assists, and Yaroslav Askarov made 20 saves for the Sharks, who are 1-5-0 in their past six games.
Panthers 5, Blackhawks 3
Sandis Vilmanis scored two goals and added two assists for his first career multi-point game as Florida defeated Chicago in Sunrise, Fla.
Sam Reinhart notched a goal and two assists while Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist for the Panthers, who have won four of their past five games. Seth Jones also scored, and Jacob Markstrom made 17 saves.
Frank Nazar scored twice for the Blackhawks, who have lost four straight (0-3-1). Roman Kantserov also tallied, Connor Bedard recorded two assists, and goalie Spencer Knight made 25 saves while falling to 0-4-0 against his former team.
Kraken 2, Flames 1 (OT)
Matty Beniers scored on a breakaway 55 seconds into overtime as Seattle defeated visiting Calgary.
Berkly Catton also tallied for the Kraken, who were playing for the first time since a 6-2 loss in Calgary on Friday. Seattle goaltender Joey Daccord made 25 saves.
Yegor Sharangovich scored for the Flames, who are 7-3-1 since an 0-5-0 start. Dustin Wolf stopped 27 of 29 shots in Calgary’s first overtime game of the season.
Senators 2, Sabres 1
Michael Amadio scored to break a late third-period deadlock, and visiting Ottawa claimed a comeback victory over Buffalo.
Shane Pinto also tallied for the Senators, who ended a 2-2-1 road trip on a high note thanks to a pair of unanswered goals in the third. Sam Ersson made 23 saves.
Peyton Krebs scored for the Sabres, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Colten Ellis stopped 28 shots.
