Highlights of Wednesday's NHL games

Oilers 4, Panthers 3

Kris Russell scored the go-ahead goal as the Edmonton Oilers ended the Florida Panthers' five-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory on Wednesday night at the BB&T Center.

Russell's goal, his first of the season, came with 12:02 left in the third period. Oscar Klefbom, Eric Gryba and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for the Oilers.

Aleksander Barkov, Colton Sceviour and Jonathan Marchessault scored for the Panthers.

Capitals 4, Flyers 1

Evgeny Kuznetsov netted his second two-goal game of the season and Braden Holtby turned aside 33 of 34 shots to earn his 30th win, leading Washington over Philadelphia.

Nicklas Backstrom added a goal and an assist and T.J. Oshie netted his 24th goal of the season as the Capitals halted a two-game losing streak following their bye week.

Brayden Schenn scored the only goal for the Flyers, who have lost six of their last eight games.

Ducks 5, Bruins 3

Rickard Rakell's second goal of the game with 2:34 to play broke a tie and led Anaheim past Boston.

Ondrej Kase, Josh Manson and Andrew Cogliano also scored for the Ducks. Nick Ritchie and Corey Perry each added two assists, while Jonathan Bernier stopped 26 shots.

Brandon Carlo, Zdeno Chara and Frank Vatrano scored for the Bruins, who saw their longest winning streak of the season end at four games. Boston also got two assists from David Backes and 20 saves from Tuukka Rask.