TAMPA, Fla. — Cory Conacher had two goals and an assist to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning past the Winnipeg Jets 8-3 on Friday night.
Tampa Bay also got goals from Steven Stamkos, Vincent Lecavalier, Nate Thompson, Teddy Purcell, Ryan Malone and Benoit Pouliot. Stamkos and Lecavalier both added two assists.
The Lightning, 6-1-0 this season, have scored five or more goals in four consecutive games.
Tobias Enstrom, Paul Postma and Andrew Ladd scored third-period goals for Winnipeg, which has lost three in a row.
Also on Friday:
Red Wings 5
Blues 3
DETROIT — Henrik Zetterberg scored three goals and his second assist of the game set up Pavel Datsyuk’s tiebreaking goal at 9:38 of third period, lifting Detroit over St. Louis.
Hurricanes 1
Senators 0
RALEIGH, N.C. — Dan Ellis made 33 saves for his first shutout in more than two years and Eric Staal scored as Carolina improved to 9-0-1 in its past 10 home games against Ottawa.
Capitals 3
Flyers 2
WASHINGTON — Troy Brouwer and Wojtek Wolksi scored third-period goals, and Braden Holtby made 29 saves in Washington’s victory over Philadelphia.
Stars 4
Coyotes 3
DALLAS — Jaromir Jagr and Jamie Benn scored in a shootout to lift Dallas to a victory over Phoenix.
Ducks 3
Wild 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Kyle Palmieri scored two goals on his 22nd birthday, breaking a tie early in the third period of Anaheim’s victory over Minnesota.
Canucks 2
Blackhawks 1
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Jordan Schroeder scored in a shootout to lift Vancouver over Chicago. Alex Edler scored in regulation for the Canucks.
