Mike Cammalleri sparks Devils in return from daughter’s illness

After taking care of his family and seriously ill daughter for almost two weeks, New Jersey’s Mike Cammalleri was back to contributing on the ice Wednesday night.

Cammalleri had a goal and three assists in his return to the lineup, and Jacob Josefson scored in the shootout as the Devils beat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4.

The Devils overcame an early 3-0 deficit to snap a three-game losing streak.

Alex Ovechkin scored his first hat trick of the season and the 16th of his 10-year NHL career for host Washington.

Ovechkin had a goal in each period to move one hat trick ahead of Florida’s Jaromir Jagr for the most among active players.

Sidney Crosby had two goals and an assist during a five-goal second period and visiting Pittsburgh stifled division-leading New York.

Connor McDavid extended his scoring surge with a goal and two assists in the third period, and Milan Lucic had four points for visiting Edmonton.

McDavid, the NHL’s leading scorer, has four goals and four assists in the Oilers’ three-game winning streak.

Derek Forbort scored the go-ahead goal with 2:28 remaining, lifting host Los Angeles to its fourth consecutive win.

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Gustav Nyquist scored in regulation and in a shootout to help visiting Detroit snap a four-game skid.

Loui Eriksson and Horvat scored 17 seconds apart during a three-goal second period, with Alexandre Burrows also zipping in a shot to knock Arizona goalie Mike Smith out of the game 6:49 into the period.