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DETROIT (AP) — Nikolaj Ehlers and Kyle Connor scored in the first period and Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves, leading the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes and ran for another — shrugging off aggravating an injury to his throwing shoulder — and the Buffalo Bills hung on to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24-18 on Thursday night.

DALLAS (AP) — Morgan Rielly opened the scoring and had the assist on the first power-play goal scored against Dallas this season as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Stars 4-1 Thursday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Bo Horvat and Noah Dobson each had a goal and an assist, and the New York Islanders held on Thursday night for a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators, who lost defenseman Erik Brannstrom to an injury that sent him to a hospital.

MONTREAL — Cole Caufield scored the overtime winner and captain Nick Suzuki broke out with three points in Montreal's 4-3 victory over Columbus on Thursday night. But it was head coach Martin St.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Reilly Smith scored twice, Tristan Jarry stopped 30 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended Colorado’s NHL-record road winning streak with a decisive 4-0 victory on Thursday.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Tuomas Uronen scored a goal and an assist as the Ottawa 67's defeated the Windsor Spitfires 6-4. Kaleb Lawrence, Luca Pinelli, Chris Barlas, Cooper Foster and Brad Gardiner also scored for Ottawa.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Ross Campbell scored the shootout winner to give the Charlottetown Islanders a 6-5 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs on Thursday night.

VANCOUVER — After six games the Vancouver Canucks are in a much happier place this NHL season than they were at the same time last year.