Hockey

WINNIPEG — Mark Scheifele enjoys playing with Kyle Connor and it showed Sunday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres solved several of their season-long inconsistencies when Casey Mittelstadt scored in the fourth shootout round of a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night.

CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Kane raised his stick and skated to the middle of the ice three times, and the crowd got louder with every lap. It just kept cheering as play resumed, and then picked up again when Kane was shown on the overhead videoboard.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jack Roslovic scored a tiebreaking goal in the second period to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-2 victory over New York on Sunday night, snapping the Rangers' franchise record-tying 10-game win streak.

CHICAGO (AP) — Watching his No. 7 rise into the rafters at the United Center, well, that traveled far beyond Chris Chelios' wildest imagination. “I’m not going to say it’s a dream come true because it was never a dream,” Chelios said.

WINNIPEG — Kyle Connor scored 33 seconds into overtime to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 victory on Sunday that extended the Arizona Coyotes’ losing streak to 12 games.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby can't explain what it is about the Philadelphia Flyers that seems to bring out a little something extra in him. Maybe it's familiarity. Maybe it's just the natural emotions that come from playing a rival.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov has been leading Tampa Bay all season, so it's no surprise the NHL's top scorer stepped it up this weekend with the Lightning in the midst of a playoff chase.

New York Rangers (39-16-3, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (18-28-10, eighth in the Metropolitan Division) Columbus, Ohio; Sunday, 6 p.m.

Ottawa Senators (25-27-3, seventh in the Atlantic Division) vs. Washington Capitals (26-21-9, fifth in the Metropolitan Division) Washington; Monday, 7 p.m.