The Florida Panthers scored five straight goals but still needed Sam Bennett’s tally with 15:58 remaining to put away the Vancouver Canucks in an 8-5 slugfest Monday in Sunrise, Fla.

Seth Jones scored twice for Florida, and A.J. Greer, Luke Kunin, Evan Rodrigues, Anton Lundell and Brad Marchand each added a goal. Sam Reinhart logged three assists, Carter Vergaeghe added two, and Marchand and Bennett each had one.

In all, 16 Panthers, including goalie Sergei Bobrovsky recorded at least a point, setting a team record. Bobrovsky made 10 saves.

Elias Pettersson scored twice for Vancouver, with Drew O’Connor, Jake DeBrusk and Filip Hronek also contributing goals. Quinn Hughes continued his torrid stretch with another three-assist game, while Kiefer Sherwood and Evander Kane each notched a pair. Jiri Patera stopped 33 shots.

Hurricanes 3, Bruins 1

A two-goal second period was the difference as Carolina rode strong goaltending to end Boston’s six-game home winning streak.

Jordan Staal and Mark Jankowski each scored a goal in the middle frame before Taylor Hall scored with 2:33 left in regulation to punctuate a two-point night. Pyotr Kochetkov made 29 saves for Carolina, which is 6-1-1 in its last eight games.

Kochetkov is now 4-0-0 in five games this season. Riley Tufte’s power-play goal with 9.6 seconds left kept Kochetkov from his second shutout of the season. Jeremy Swayman made 29 saves for the Bruins, who lost for just the second time in 10 games.

Capitals 2, Kings 1

Alex Ovechkin scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in the second period as Washington edged visiting Los Angeles.

Washington improved to 5-0-1 when Ovechkin scores this season and picked up just its second win in six outings overall (2-3-1). Matt Roy also scored for the Capitals, and Charlie Lindgren made 30 saves for his second win in six starts this season (2-3-1).

Anze Kopitar tallied for the Kings, who had a four-game winning streak snapped. Los Angeles also had its 10-game road point streak (8-0-2) halted. Los Angeles goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped 23 shots.

Blue Jackets 4, Canadiens 3 (SO)

Kirill Marchenko scored the deciding tally of a shootout to give Columbus a win over visiting Montreal.

Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov each had a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets, and Marchenko logged two assists. Adam Fantilli scored the Jackets’ other goal. Jet Greaves stopped 29 of 32 shots through regulation and OT to improve to 6-4-2 on the season.

Lane Hutson had a goal and an assist for Montreal. Joel Anderson and Oliver Kapanen scored the Habs’ other goals. Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes stopped 20 of 23 shots.

Ducks 3, Mammoth 2 (OT)

Olen Zellweger scored his first career overtime goal to give host Anaheim a comeback victory over Utah.

Jackson LaCombe and Troy Terry also scored for the Ducks, who snapped a three-game skid. Anaheim’s Alex Killorn logged two assists, and goaltender Lukas Dostal made 16 saves.

Dylan Guenther and Logan Cooley scored for the Mammoth, who have just one victory in their past six outings (1-3-2). Goalie Karel Vejmelka stopped 23 shots.

Sabres 5, Oilers 1

Noah Ostlund scored two goals and Buffalo defeated visiting Edmonton.

Bowen Byram, Beck Malenstyn and Tage Thompson scored for the Sabres, who earned their second consecutive win. Defenseman Rasmus Dahlin added two assists, and Colten Ellis made 32 saves. Buffalo held the duo of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl to just one assist by Draisaitl. The Sabres have won five of their last six home games against the Oilers.

Jack Roslovic scored for Edmonton, which had won three of its last four. Stuart Skinner stopped 23 shots.