PHILADELPHIA (AP) Trevor Daley, Carl Hagelin and Chris Kunitz scored, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Saturday.
The Penguins have won five straight and six of seven - all against Metropolitan Division opponents. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia play twice more in the final week of the season.
Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves in his 31st victory of the season, but was hardly challenged by the Flyers.
After falling behind on a goal by Radko Gudas early in the second period, the Penguins answered quickly. Nick Bonino won a board battle with Flyers rookie defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere and fed Daley in left circle for the tying goal.
Flyers goalie Steve Mason wasn't supposed to start but got the call after Michal Neuvirth appeared injured during warmups. The Flyers said during the game Neuvirth ''didn't feel well.'' Mason finished with 31 stops.
SHARKS 4, RANGERS 1
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Joel Ward scored twice, Joe Thornton broke a tie early in the third period and the Sharks overwhelmed Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers.
Lundqvist stopped 42 of the first 43 shots he faced before allowing three to Thornton, Ward and Joe Pavelski on four shots in a span of 3:20 that sent the Sharks to their third straight home win. Tomas Hertl had three assists and Martin Jones made 25 saves to help San Jose move within a point of second-place Anaheim in the Pacific Division.
Former Shark Dan Boyle scored the lone goal for the Rangers, who stayed in the game for two periods because of Lundqvist's brilliance before falling apart in the third. Lundqvist made 43 saves before being pulled after the fourth goal.
San Jose outshot New York 52-26 for the game.
WILD 3, HURRICANES 2, SO
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Charlie Coyle and Zach Parise scored in the shootout, and Minnesota got a big win in the race for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
David Jones and Jason Zucker scored in regulation, and Devan Dubnyk made 31 saves for the Wild, who are one point behind idle Colorado for eighth in the West. Carolina earned a point to keep its slim playoff hopes alive, losing in overtime for the third time in four games.
Cam Ward made 30 saves for the Hurricanes. Chris Terry and Jordan Staal scored for Carolina, which entered play six points behind eighth-place Detroit in the East.
BLUE JACKETS 6, DEVILS 3
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Rookie Oliver Bjorkstrand got his first two NHL goals in the third period and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New Jersey Devils.
Columbus also got a goal and an assist from Boone Jenner and two assists each for Alexander Wennberg and Matt Calvert. Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves.
Kyle Palmieri had two goals and an assist for the Devils, who have lost two straight.
The Blue Jackets are 4-0-0 against New Jersey this season and are 5-0-1 in the past six against them. The teams play again Sunday at the Prudential Center.
SENATORS 5, CANADIENS 0
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Andrew Hammond stopped all 30 shots for his first shutout of the season and the Ottawa Senators scored three short-handed goals in a victory over the Montreal Canadiens.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Curtis Lazar, and Alex Chiasson all scored with the Senators down a man. It was the fourth time in franchise history that the Senators had three short-handed goals in one game, and the first since an 8-2 win at Toronto on April 3, 2008.
Marc Methot and Mika Zibanejad also had goals for Ottawa, which was coming off a 3-1 loss to Buffalo on Friday.
MAPLE LEAFS 4, SABRES 1
TORONTO (AP) - Connor Carrick scored his second goal in a week after ending a long drought and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Buffalo Sabres to win their fourth in six games and avoid elimination from the playoffs.
Before scoring in Toronto's 4-1 win over Tampa Bay on Tuesday night, Carrick hadn't scored since Oct. 13, 2013. William Nylander, Martin Marincin and Milan Michalek also scored for the Leafs.
Brian Gionta had the Sabres' only goal.
RED WINGS 5, PANTHERS 3
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Luke Glendening scored the go-ahead goal, Pavel Datsyuk had two goals and the Detroit Red Wings rebounded from a two-goal deficit and topped the Florida Panthers.
Dylan Larkin had a goal and an assist, Tomas Tatar also scored and Niklas Kronwall recorded two assists for the Red Wings, who got 23 saves from Jimmy Howard.
Teddy Purcell, Vincent Trocheck and Nick Bjugstad scored, and Roberto Luongo made 25 saves for the Panthers, who lost for the first time in three games.
STARS 3, ISLANDERS 0
DALLAS (AP) - Kari Lehtonen made 27 saves in Dallas' first shutout since December, and the Stars beat the New York Islanders to maintain their hold on sole possession of first place in the Western Conference.
Lehtonen earned his second shutout of the season and the 34th of his career. Cody Eakin, Patrick Eaves and Ales Hemsky scored for a depleted Dallas offense.
Tyler Seguin, the Stars' 33-goal scorer, is expected to miss the rest of the regular season after having surgery on Friday to repair a partially torn right Achilles tendon. Eakin stepped up with his 15th goal in the second period and Eaves with his eighth on a third-period breakaway. Hemsky scored his 12th into an empty net with 2:54 remaining.
KINGS 2, BRUINS 1
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tanner Pearson and Alec Martinez scored and Jonathan Quick made 27 saves, leading the Los Angeles Kings over the Boston Bruins.
Los Angeles' 11th victory in 14 games, coupled with the Arizona Coyotes' 2-0 loss to Tampa Bay, clinched a playoff berth for the Kings - who last season became the eighth team in NHL history to miss the postseason a year after winning the Stanley Cup.
Tyler Randell scored for Boston and Tuukka Rask stopped 18 shots. The Bruins remained three points behind Florida in the Atlantic Division race with nine games remaining - including a showdown with the Panthers next Thursday in Boston.
BLUES 3, CANUCKS 0
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Brian Elliott made 19 saves in his return from injury and the St. Louis Blues handed the Vancouver Canucks their second straight shutout loss.
Troy Brouwer, Vladimir Tarasenko and Jaden Schwartz scored for the Blues, who are two points behind Dallas for the Central Division and Western Conference lead.
This was Elliott's first game since Feb. 22, when he went down with a lower-body injury. Saturday was his second shutout this season and 32nd of his career.
Vancouver slumped to its fourth straight loss to equal a season high. The struggling Canucks lost 2-0 in Edmonton on Friday.
LIGHTNING 2, COYOTES 0
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Ben Bishop stopped 31 shots for his fifth shutout of the season, Ondrej Palat scored in the first period and the Tampa Bay Lightning used a superior penalty kill to hold off the Arizona Coyotes.
Nikita Kucherov scored his team-best 27th goal into an empty net with 49.6 seconds left as the Lightning snapped a two-game skid.
Bishop's 17th career shutout allowed Tampa Bay to win for the second time in seven games following a nine-game winning streak.
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