ANAHEIM, Calif. - Alexander Semin completed his seventh career hat trick by scoring the tying and go-ahead goals in the final minutes, and the Washington Capitals dramatically rallied to snap their three-game skid with a 7-6 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.
Semin tied it with 8:23 to play and put the Capitals ahead with 1:47 left, ending the supremely streaky scorer's 17-game goal drought. The Russian scored 18 goals with three hat tricks in the Capitals' first 25 games, but hadn't scored since Nov. 28 while missing 15 games with injuries.
• Kings 4, Blue Jackets 3, SO: In Columbus, Ohio, Jarret Stoll had the only goal in the shootout, and the Kings earned at least one point in their 10th straight game.
The Kings' 8-0-2 spree is their best run in 31 years.
• Maple Leafs 2, Sabres 1: In Buffalo, N.Y., Joey Crabb's short-handed goal midway through the third period sparked Toronto over the Sabres and snapped the Maple Leafs' seven-game losing streak at Buffalo.
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Phil Kessel also scored for Toronto.
• Blackhawks 3, Wild 1: In Chicago, Troy Brouwer's centering pass went off a Minnesota defenseman for the tiebreaking goal for the Blackhawks.
• Flyers 4, Panthers 2: In Sunrise, Fla., Mike Richards and Andreas Nodl scored 65 seconds apart in the first period and the Flyers improved the NHL's best road record to 19-6-3.
• Devils 3, Hurricanes 2: In Newark, N.J., a revived Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 20th goal of the season and sixth in seven games and the Devils crept closer into the playoff race.
New Jersey won for the 13th time in 16 games and moved within 12 points of eighth place.
• Flames 4, Stars 2: In Calgary, Alberta, Cory Sarich and Steve Staios scored just over two minutes apart in the third period to lift the surging Flames.
• Penguins 3, Avalanche 2, OT: In Denver, Tyler Kennedy scored a power-play goal 4:10 into overtime and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 shots as Pittsburgh sent Colorado to its ninth straight loss.
Kennedy knocked in a rebound after a shot from Alex Goligoski bounced to him off the pads of Peter Budaj. Kevin Porter was called for tripping just before Kennedy's 12th goal.
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• Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville was in stable condition after being admitted to a hospital with an undisclosed illness that is "not of cardiac nature," a team doctor said.
