LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas’ Nate Schmidt has acknowledged there are times that playing hockey isn’t fun Vancouver Canucks Hoodies Womens , including losing to the Washington Capitals in the Stanley Cup finals.The defenseman erased some of that pain on Tuesday night.Schmidt scored twice in the final two minutes to lift the Golden Knights over the Capitals 5-3.It was the first time Washington skated at T-Mobile Arena since winning and hoisting Stanley Cup in June.“(Coach Gerard Gallant) really came in here in the second period, and hasn’t done it much, and challenged our group to go out and have a better third period,” Schmidt said. “And I think up and down our lineup our guys responded, and I think that’s the important part about tonight’s game.”With the game tied 3-3, Schmidt burst through the neutral zone and beat goalie Braden Holtby with a tiebreaking wrist shot with 1:24 left for his first goal of the season. The former Capitals player added an empty-netter moments later.“It was an emotional game, it was a big win and I like the way our team responded to a challenge,” Schmidt said. “That’s the reason you play hockey, is games like that. You had the lead changes, you had swings, you had them buzzing and we were going. It was just a great hockey game. Those are the types of things you want to be a part of. Over 82 games, you’ve got to find some things to get yourself up for, and that was one of them.”Ryan Reaves, Pierre Edouard-Bellemare and Cody Eakin also scored for the Golden Knights, while Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves.Jakub Vrana had two goals and Alex Ovechkin scored for Washington. Holtby also stopped 23 shots.Reaves and Washington’s oft-suspended Tom Wilson renewed their fierce rivalry Vancouver Canucks Hats Womens , with several brutal hits that ignited the crowd, including a vicious shoulder-to-shoulder connection that ended Wilson’s night in the second period. After trading shots and verbal jabs throughout the first two periods, Reaves leveled Wilson, who was helped from the ice. Reaves was ejected and given a game misconduct penalty.“That was a man’s game out there. . I thought he was just looking at his pass, and he ran into a lion in the jungle,” said Reaves, who added he didn’t believe the hit was ejection-worthy. “If he sees me, I know he’s gonna try and lay me out and I’m not gonna let that happen. I thought it was shoulder to shoulder and I didn’t think it was that late.”Said Gallant: “I think we all seen the hit and video, it’s a clean hit, there’s nothing wrong with the hit. Unfortunate a player got hurt, but it was a clean hit.”Washington coach Todd Reirden said Wilson would be re-evaluated Wednesday.“That was something that he targeted him,” Reirden said. “Reaves targeted him the entire game. You could hear it on every faceoff, you could hear the things that were being said and it’s a blindside hit where an unsuspecting player hits his head on the ice. That’s disappointing. You can put two and two together but he targeted him the entire game.”As a result of Reaves’ ejection, the Golden Knights were forced to kill a five-minute penalty that stretched from the end of the second period to the start of the third. The Golden Knights rank third in the league with a penalty kill percentage of 84.9 percent. Vegas killed all four of Washington’s power play opportunities.Reaves also notched his sixth goal of the season, one shy of his career high Custom Vancouver Canucks Jerseys , when he took a feed from Eakin 2:30 in. Vrana tied the game late in the period, and Ovechkin’s backhand gave the Capitals a 2-1 lead during the second period. Bellemare’s redirect early in the third tied the game, and 16 seconds later, Eakin scored his team-leading 11th goal. Vrana’s second goal of the game tied the game at 3-all.“I can’t lie, this is a good feeling; in front of our crowd, it was loud, it was so much fun and Nate to score the game-winner, that was awesome,” Fleury said. “A little story book, just a few months too late. But we’ll still take it.”NOTES: Two-time World Series champion Shane Victorino and wife Melissa attended the game. … Vegas’ Daniel Carr played in his 100th game. … Ovechkin is one shot shy from 5,000 for his career. … The Capitals have scored three or more goals in nine straight and 20 of 27 games this season, including 10 games with five or more goals. In games when the Capitals scored three or more goals, Washington is 14-3-3. The Capitals are 1-6-0 when scoring two or fewer goals. … Eakin’s goal was his 200th point.UP NEXTCapitals: Visits Arizona on Thursday night.Golden Knights: Hosts Chicago on Thursday night. PHILADELPHIA (AP) Justin Williams scored two goals, Cam Ward stopped 21 shots and the Carolina Hurricanes snapped a six-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.The Flyers had been the hottest team in hockey, winners of six straight overall and riding a 10-0-2 streak for their longest span without a regulation loss since 2003.They were even 4-0-1 against the Hurricanes in their last five against them at home.Carolina made quick work in ending the good times in Philly.Williams knocked in a loose puck 4:40 into the game and the former Flyer stuck it to his former team one more time.BRUINS 8 www.jetsshoppro.com , PENGUINS 4BOSTON (AP) – David Krejci had his fourth career hat trick, David Pastrnak had two goals and an assist, and the Bruins had their highest-scoring game since 2012, beating the Penguins.One night after the Boston Celtics posted a season-high 134 points in the same building, the Bruins had their biggest offensive output of the year.Pittsburgh’s Ollie Matta scored just 35 into the game, but from there on it was mostly Bruins. Boston led 2-1 before the three-minute mark, 3-1 after six minutes and 5-2 with just under four minutes to play in the first before Riley Sheahan scored with 4 seconds to play in the period.The Bruins added three in the second – two on the power play from Krejci, giving him a hat trick with 25:27 still to play – and one from Pastrnak. It was Krejci’s first three-goal game since 2014; he also has had two in the playoffs.The Bruins have won back-to-back games since the trade deadline, when they acquired Rick Nash and Tommy Wingels and signed Team USA Olympic captain Brian Gionta. Nash had a goal and an assist, and Gionta had two assists.PANTHERS 3, DEVILS 2SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – Aleksander Barkov scored two goals to lift the Panthers to a win over the Devils.Maxim Mamin scored his second NHL goal and Robert Luongo made 29 saves as the Panthers recorded their fourth straight win.Jesper Bratt and Taylor Hall scored for the Devils. Cory Schneider stopped 26 shots in his first start since missing 16 games with a lower-body injury.Barkov’s second goal stretched the Panthers lead to 3-1 with 3:34 left in the third. Barkov lifted the puck over Schneider and into the net.Bratt’s goal closed the score to 3-2 with 2:07 left in the third.LIGHTNING 5, STARS 4, OTDALLAS (AP) – Cory Conacher scored with 41 seconds left in overtime, and the Lightning beat the Stars.Conacher broke away from Dallas’ Jamie Benn and took a low shot that bounced off goalie Ben Bishop and went in.It was the Lightning’s fourth game in six nights that went past 60 minutes.Tampa Bay’s Anthony Cirelli had a goal and an assist in the three-goal second period of his NHL debut. The Lightning recalled the 20-year-old Cirelli from Syracuse of the AHL earlier Thursday as an emergency replacement for NHL scoring leader Nikita Kucherov.Tyler Seguin had two goals and an assist for Dallas Winnipeg Jets T-Shirts Womens , which rallied with two third-period goals.COYOTES 5, WILD 3GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Richard Panik broke a tie midway through the third period and the Coyotes rallied for another victory over the Wild.Christian Dvorak, Jakob Chychrun, Kevin Connauton and Jordan Martinook also scored, Max Domi had three assists, and Antti Raanta made 31 saves to help the NHL-worst Coyotes end Minnesota’s winning streak at five games.Arizona also rallied to beat Minnesota the last time they played, scoring the final four goals in a 4-3 overtime victory in St. Paul on Feb. 8. That victory started a 7-2-1 run for the Coyotes.Zach Parise, Mikko Koivu and Matt Cullen scored for the Wild, and Alex Stalock stopped 21 shots.PREDATORS 4, OILERS 2EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Viktor Arvidsson scored a pair of goals as the Predators rallied for a victory over the Oilers.Scott Hartnell and Austin Watson also scored for the Predators, who have won six straight.Nashville’s David Polie earned his 1,320th career win as a general manager, the most in NHL history.Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl replied for the Oilers Winnipeg Jets Hoodies Womens , who have lost two straight.SHARKS 7, BLACKHAWKS 2SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Joe Pavelski scored twice and the Sharks reached a season high in goals in a victory over the Blackhawks.Logan Couture, Timo Meier, Kevin LaBanc, Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Barclay Goodrow also scored for the Sharks, who won their second straight at home after dropping three in a row on the road.Artem Anisimov and Nick Schmaltz scored for the Blackhawks, who lost their seventh straight road game while allowing their most goals this season, matching the seven New Jersey scored on Nov. 12.Martin Jones stopped 32 shots for San Jose.KINGS 5, BLUE JACKETS 2LOS ANGELES (AP) – Alex Iafallo scored two goals to lead the Kings back from an early two-goal deficit and beat the Blue Jackets.Nate Thompson, Tanner Pearson and Jeff Carter also scored for the Kings, who won their third straight game. Jonathan Quick stopped 30 shots.Cam Atkinson and Seth Jones scored the early goals for the Blue Jackets. Joonas Korpisalo saved 29 shots on goal for Columbus.The Kings have won six of their last eight.