Highlights of Wednesday's NHL games

[December 15, 2016]  Dec 14 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of National Hockey League games on Wednesday:

Flyers 4, Avalanche 3

Roman Lyubimov and Brayden Schenn scored goals 1:46 apart early in the third period, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Wednesday for their 10th straight win.

Wayne Simmonds and Michael Del Zotto also scored, while Steve Mason had 26 saves for Philadelphia.

The winning streak is the Flyers' longest since 1985.

Matt Duchene had two goals and Rene Bourque scored for the Avalanche, who have lost six in a row at home. Calvin Pickard stopped 21 shots for Colorado.

Penguins 4, Bruins 3 (overtime)

Bryan Rust scored in overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 home win over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday for their season-high seventh win in a row.

The Penguins (20-7-3) also have won a season-best sixth straight win at home, where they are 13-2-1.

Boston (16-12-3) has lost four of its past five.

The Penguins broke a 2-2 tie midway through the third period on Conor Sheary's first power-play goal of the season.

Boston answered when David Pastrnak caught goalie Matt Murray out of the crease and scored into a gaping net to make it 3-3 and send the game into overtime.

It was Pastrnak's 19th goal, second behind the Penguins' Sidney Crosby in the NHL.

Sharks 4, Senators 3 (shootout)

Kevin Labanc was the only scorer in four rounds of a shootout as the San Jose Sharks defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-3 for their second win north of the border in 24 hours.

The Sharks also beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in a shootout Tuesday.

Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns and Chris Tierney scored for the Sharks (18-11-1) in regulation. Bobby Ryan, Kyle Turris and Dion Phaneuf replied for the Senators (16-11-3).

Lightning 6, Flames 3

Alex Killorn had two goals an assist to lead Tampa Bay over Calgary at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Brian Boyle, who had gone 13 games without scoring, also had two goals for the Lightning, who ended a three-game losing streak.

Braydon Coburn and Andrej Sustr also scored for Tampa Bay, while Victor Hedman and Valtteri Filppula chipped in with three assists each.

Troy Brouwer and TJ Brodie finished with a goal and an assist each for the Flames, whose winning streak ended at six straight games. Micheal Ferland also had a goal for Calgary.

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