Vladimir Tarasenko scored the winning goal 3:06 into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday afternoon in Saint Paul, Minn.

Bobby Brink also scored for Minnesota, which won in overtime for the second time in its past three games. Brink also picked up an assist on the winning goal. Quinn Hughes assisted on both goals and leads all NHL defensemen with 62.

Jason Robertson scored the lone goal for Dallas, which holds a five-point lead over the Wild for second place in the Central Division. Miro Heiskanen and Matt Duchene assisted on Robertson’s tally.

Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped 28 of 29 shots to collect the victory. He made nine saves in the first period, nine saves in the second and 10 saves in the third. Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger allowed two goals on 28 shots.

Lightning 5, Oilers 2

Nikita Kucherov scored twice in a four-point performance to move to the top of the NHL’s scoring race (118 points) and lead visiting Tampa Bay to a victory over Edmonton.

Anthony Cirelli scored twice, Jake Guentzel added a goal and Brandon Hagel collected a pair of assists for the Lightning, who have won three straight to maintain a hold on the second spot in the Atlantic Division. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves.

Connor McDavid and Josh Samanski scored for the Oilers. Goalie Connor Ingram stopped 22 shots for Edmonton, which opened the scoring but was done in by a trio of second-period goals by the Lightning.

Bruins 4, Red Wings 2

Visiting Boston scored twice in a 3:20 span in the third period to turn around a one-goal deficit en route to a win over Detroit in a crucial matchup between Atlantic Division rivals.

Nikita Zadorov scored the eventual game-winner with 10:18 remaining to lift Boston, which is 3-0-2 in its last five. David Pastrnak and Elias Lindholm each registered a goal and an assist, Marat Khusnutdinov also scored, Morgan Geekie had three assists and Charlie McAvoy two. Jeremy Swayman backstopped the victory, making 41 saves.

Lucas Raymond and Alex DeBrincat lit the lamp and John Gibson made 23 saves for Detroit, which had been on a 2-0-1 run but fell into the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot, two points behind Boston.

Penguins 5, Jets 4 (SO)

After finding the net in regulation, Rickard Rakell scored the shootout clincher as Pittsburgh defeated visiting Winnipeg.

Defenseman Erik Karlsson scored twice for the second straight game while Egor Chinakhov scored and provided a helper for Pittsburgh. Parker Wotherspoon and Bryan Rust each had a pair of assists while netminder Arturs Silovs stopped 21 shots.

Brad Lambert had a goal and an assist for the Jets, while Morgan Barron, Cole Koepke and Neal Pionk also scored. Connor Hellebuyck made 26 stops.

Predators 4, Golden Knights 1

Steven Stamkos had two goals and an assist and host Nashville defeated Vegas.

Ryan O’Reilly added a goal and an assist and Tyson Jost also scored for the Predators, who won their third straight. Justus Annunen made 39 saves, 20 in the first period. Nashville has passed Los Angeles and moved into the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

Defenseman Shea Theodore got the lone goal for the Golden Knights, who have lost three in a row and have only managed Theodore’s goal in those games. Akira Schmid stopped 16 shots. Slumping Vegas holds the final playoff spot in the Pacific Division.

Sabres 4, Kings 1

Zach Benson had a goal and an assist for visiting Buffalo, which allowed just its first goal in three games in a victory over Los Angeles.

Sam Carrick and Rasmus Dahlin scored 59 seconds apart midway through the third period, Josh Norris had two assists, Tage Thompson had a goal and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 26 saves for the Sabres, who have won four in a row, seven straight on the road, and 12 of 13 since the Olympic break.

Artemi Panarin scored and Anton Forsberg made 30 saves for the Kings, who had earned points in five of the previous six games (3-1-2).

Blue Jackets 5, Kraken 2

Cole Sillinger had a goal and two assists and Zach Werenski had three helpers as Columbus defeated visiting Seattle.

Mathieu Olivier had a goal and an assist and Danton Heinen, Damon Severson and Kent Johnson also scored for Columbus, which won its fourth in a row and extended its point streak to 12 (8-0-4). Elvis Merzlikins made 15 saves.

Kaapo Kakko had a goal and an assist and Vince Dunn also tallied for Seattle , which lost its third straight. Joey Daccord stopped 23 of 27 shots.

Senators 5, Maple Leafs 2

Ottawa did itself a world of good in the playoff picture, withstanding a late push to top visiting Toronto.

Tim Stutzle, Claude Giroux, Warren Foegele, Michael Amadio and Ridley Greig all scored a goal, while defensemen Tyler Kleven and Jordan Spence had two assists apiece for the Senators (36-24-9, 81 points). Linus Ullmark turned away 12 of 14 shots for Ottawa, which has won four of its last five.

Rookie Easton Cowan tallied a goal and an assist and John Tavares scored a goal for the floundering Leafs. Joseph Woll finished with 38 saves after Anthony Stolarz was hit in the throat by a puck during warmups. Stolarz was hospitalized for precautionary imaging, the team announced. Toronto coach Craig Berube said after the game that Stolarz was out of the hospital and would be on the team’s flight back to Toronto.

Flyers 4, Sharks 1

Christian Dvorak scored a power-play goal early in the third period, helping Philadelphia extend its season-high road winning streak to seven games with a victory over San Jose.

Owen Tippett scored in the second period and defenseman Travis Sanheim and Noah Cates each found the empty net 36 seconds apart in the third. Dan Vladar made 24 saves for the Flyers, who completed a sweep of their three-game California road trip and improved to 5-0-1 in their last six games overall.

The Sharks’ Macklin Celebrini notched an assist on defenseman Dmitry Orlov’s power-play goal, boosting the former’s career total to 99. Celebrini (19 years, 281 days) is one assist shy of becoming the second-youngest player in NHL history to reach that milestone behind only Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby (19 years, 134 days on Dec. 19, 2006). Alex Nedeljkovic turned aside 24 shots for San Jose, which has lost four in a row and seven of its last nine (2-5-2).

Canadiens 7, Islanders 3

Cole Caufield had a hat trick and finished with a career-high five points to lead Montreal’s third-period surge past visiting New York.

Juraj Slafkovsky had two goals and two assists for his first career four-point game, and Kaiden Guhle had a goal and two assists for the Canadiens, who outscored the Islanders 4-1 in the third period. Nick Suzuki had four assists and Jacob Fowler made 19 saves.

Emil Heineman, Simon Holmstrom and Matthew Schaefer scored for the Islanders. Ilya Sorokin allowed six goals on 32 shots before being lifted in the third period.

Blues 3, Canucks 1

Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist for St. Louis in a win over host Vancouver.

Pius Suter and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues, who snapped a two-game skid and pulled within six points of the second and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Jordan Binnington made 14 saves.

Filip Hronek scored and Kevin Lankinen made 18 saves for the Canucks, who are 13 points behind the rest of the league.

–Field Level Media

World No. 2 Jannik Sinner continued his pursuit of the “Sunshine Double” by winning his opening match over Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday at the Miami Open in Miami Gardens, Fla.

The Italian, coming off a victory at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., needed only 71 minutes to dispatch Dzumhur, ranked No. 76, from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sinner, a 25-time winner on the ATP Tour, can be the first player to win the consecutive California and Florida tournaments — the “Sunshine Double” — since Roger Federer in 2017.

A winner of 12 straight matches at ATP Masters 1000 events, Sinner also has tied Novak Djokovic’s record with 24 consecutive sets won at that level.

“I feel like the scoreboard matters at times,” Sinner said of the latter streak. “For me, I try to improve as a player and put myself in the position to play as many matches as possible. I always treat every opponent in the same way, trying to come on court and do my best with a great attitude and trying to go for it.”

Sinner, who won the Miami Open in 2024, had a distinct edge in aces (9-1) and winners (21-8), though each had 18 unforced errors. The Italian won 90% of his first serves (26 of 29), to 62% (23 of 37) for Dzumhur, who saved six of nine break points — to 1-for-1 for Sinner.

Third-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany handled American wild card Martin Damm 6-2, 6-4 in just under 70 minutes.

Zverev did not face a break point and converted three of eight opportunities. Damm was undermined by more double faults (6-0) and unforced errors (22-8) and fewer winners (16-12).

Kazakhstan’s Alexander Shevchenko knocked off eighth-seeded Ben Shelton 6-7 (3) 7-6 (3), 6-3 in a battle lasting two hours, 22 minutes.

The power-serving Shelton had 17 aces but also 44 unforced errors. Shevchenko had fewer aces (11) and winners (46-33) but also fewer unforced errors (24) as he saved all five break points on his serve.

Seventh-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada moved on following a tight 7-6 (3), 7-5 win over Marton Fucsovics of Hungary. Ninth-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia dropped the opening set before ousting Japanese wild card Rei Sakamoto 6-7 (10), 6-3, 6-1.

Also victorious on Saturday were 12th-seeded Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic, 18th-seeded Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina, 19th-seeded Frances Tiafoe of the United States, 29th-seeded Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina, 30th-seeded Corentin Moutet of France and 31st-seeded Ugo Humbert of France as well as Spanish qualifier Rafael Jodar.

A host of seeded players lost, with Russia’s Andrey Rublev (15th) falling to Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo, Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (16th) eliminated by France’s Quentin Halys, American Learner Tien (20th) downed by Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak, Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie (23st) ousted by American Alex Michelsen, Arthur Rinderknach (26th) losing to fellow Frenchman Terence Atmane and American Brandon Nakashima (27th) beaten by Croatia’s Marin Cilic.

–Field Level Media

Coco Gauff rallied from dropping the first set to beat fellow American Alycia Parks 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 to advance into the Round of 16 in the Miami Open on Saturday in Miami Gardens, Fla.

It was the second straight day that the fourth-seeded Gauff dropped the first set but came back to win the match. She saved 14 of 16 break-point chances she faced, including all 10 over the adverse final two sets, which were a tougher battle than the scoreline indicates.

Parks won 49% of her service points and 40% of her return points, with both competitors finishing with eight double faults.

“It was really difficult,” Gauff said after her win. “She was playing really well and she’s one of those people who’s hit or miss sometimes. So, you’re stuck in the fine line of being aggressive but also maybe just making her play. … The second and third (sets), I just tried to be aggressive when I could. I made some adjustments on the return and I think that made a difference.”

It was largely a day without upsets in Miami, with only a pair of seeded competitors falling to unseeded foes.

Australia’s Talia Gibson knocked off 16th-seeded Naomi Osaka of Japan 7-5, 6-4 in second-round competition. Osaka had 13 aces to one double fault but was unable to break Gibson, failing in all four opportunities she had. Gibson managed a break in each set, at 5-5 in Set 1 and in the opening game of Set 2, winning 69% of her service points and just 33% of her return points to build off reaching the Indian Wells quarterfinals earlier this month.

“I was able to draw on some experiences from Indian Wells to stay calm,” Gibson said. “It’s been really cool to see what I am capable of, and it’s really exciting for me.”

In Round of 32 action, Romania’s Sorana Cirstea eliminated No. 21 Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-2, setting herself up as Gauff’s next opponent with a quarterfinal spot up for grabs.

In other third-round action, No. 6 Amanda Anisimova, No. 8 Mirra Andreeva of Russia, No. 10 Victoria Mboko of Canada, No. 12 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, No. 13 Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic and No. 31 Alexandra Eala of the Philippines all advanced to the Round of 16 with straight-set victories.

In Round of 64 action on Saturday, a trio of seeded Americans in No. 5 Jessica Pegula (the runner-up last year in Miami), No. 15 Madison Keys and No. 18 Iva Jovic advanced with minimal resistance. Pegula won via second-set retirement but was up 6-1, 3-0 and appeared poised to close out the match in the near future.

An unseeded American, Sloane Stephens, had less success in the Round of 64, falling to No. 23 Qinwen Zheng 6-3, 6-2.

In one of only two three-set matches of the day, Canadian 26th seed Leylah Fernandez outlasted Russia’s Oksana Selekhmeteva 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-1 in a two-hour, 25-minute battle. Fernandez next faces Pegula for a spot in the fourth round.

–Field Level Media