NHL-Highlights of Monday's NHL games

Dec 22 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's National Hockey League games:

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Panthers 4, Penguins 3 (SO)

Jimmy Hayes scored two third-period goals and center

 Aleksander Barkov got the only shootout marker as the Florida Panthers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Barkov scored in the seventh round of the shootout for the Panthers (15-9-8).

The Penguins (22-6-5) had their three-game winning streak snapped but still lead the East with 49 points.

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Predators 5, Blue Jackets 1

The Nashville Predators scored quick-strike goals in the second and third periods and let goaltenderPekka Rinne do the rest, easing to a 5-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Rinne had 30 saves while Craig Smith scored two goals for Nashville (22-8-2).

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Capitals 2, Senators 1

The Capitals used second-period goals by fourth-line right wing Jay Beagle and top-line centerNicklas Backstrom, along with 38 saves from goaltender Braden Holtby to beat the Senators.

Washington (17-10-6) is in the midst of a 7-0-2 stretch and moved past the New York Rangers and into third place in the Metropolitan Division with 40 points, six behind the second-place New York Islanders.

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Ducks 3, Sharks 2 (OT)

Ryan Kesler scored the game-winning overtime goal and goaltender Frederik Andersen made 30 saves as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the San Jose Sharks.

The Ducks (23-8-5) extended their Pacific Division lead over San Jose to eight points with the victory.

Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler knotted the game at 2-2 with his fourth goal of the season at 15:44 of the third period.

San Jose (19-11-5) saw their five-game winning streak snapped.

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Canucks 7, Coyotes 1

Alex Burrows broke out of a scoring slump by notching two goals, and center Henrik Sedin added two assists as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Arizona Coyotes.

Vancouver (20-11-2) earned its second consecutive win after snapping a five-game losing streak.

Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored on the power play for the slumping Coyotes, who are 1-5-2 in their past eight games. Arizona (11-18-4) sits second to last in the Western Conference.

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Flames 4, Kings 3 (OT)

Defenseman Mark Giordano scored with 53 seconds remaining in overtime, allowing the Calgary Flames to end an eight-game skid with a stunning victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

Johnny Gaudreau recorded a hat-trick and forced overtime, scoring twice in the final 2:12 of regulation for Calgary (18-15-3). Los Angeles fell to 17-11-7. (Editing by Jahmal Corner/John O'Brien)