Sabres forward Evander Kane to miss remainder of season with injury

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Evander Kane

Buffalo Sabres forward Evander Kane will miss the remainder of the 2015-16 NHL season due to an upper-body injury.

Sabres head coach Dan Bylsma said on Thursday that Kane may need three or four weeks to heal the injury.

Losing a good player like Kane at this time for the Sabres really won't hurt them all that much. Buffalo is out of playoff contention and only has five games left in the season.

Kane was injured in the Sabres' game against the Detroit Red Wings on Monday while battling for the puck. 

Eric Staal returns to Carolina, writes for Player's Tribune

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Eric Staal has done plenty for the state of North Carolina.

He won the team a Stanley Cup in 2006, but now, he's no longer part of that great city.

The day before the 2016 trade deadline, Staal was traded to the New York Rangers, leaving behind the memories he had in Carolina.

Staal recently wrote for the Player's Tribune about returning to Carolina on Thursday to play his former team.

Here is a snippet from the article.

"I’ve been around the organization long enough to know that it’s in good hands. It’s led by smart people and has a lot of young talent that I think will bring a new wave of success.

As we go our separate ways, I want to express nothing but gratitude to the Carolina Hurricanes for everything they’ve done for me. From the fans to the players to people working in the meal room, thank you so much.

I may play for New York now, but Carolina is always going to feel like home."

NHL Capsules (March 31, 2016)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Nick Cousins and Sam Gagner scored in a shootout after Brayden Schenn tied the game in regulation late in the third period to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.

The win propelled the Flyers out of a tie with idle Detroit for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Alex Ovechkin scored in regulation for Washington (54-16-6), which was seeking a franchise record for victories after already clinching home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs with the league's best regular-season record.

Steve Mason made 29 saves in regulation and overtime for the Flyers and stopped T.J. Oshie and Evgeny Kuznetsov in the tiebreaker.

DUCKS 8, FLAMES 3

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Jakob Silfverberg scored twice, Ryan Kesler had a goal and three assists, and the Anaheim Ducks tied an NHL record for consecutive regular-season home wins over one team with a thumping of the Calgary Flames.

Corey Perry, Brandon Pirri, Jamie McGinn, Nate Thompson and rookie Shea Theodore also scored, helping the Ducks take over first place in the Pacific Division with their 23rd in a row over the Flames at Honda Center.

The Philadelphia Flyers won 23 straight over the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Spectrum from 1980-87. The Flames haven't won in Anaheim since Jan. 19, 2004, when Roman Turek made 36 saves in a 5-1 victory and the head coaches were Darryl Sutter and Mike Babcock.

The Ducks, vying for their fourth straight division title, are a point ahead of the Los Angeles Kings with six games left on the schedule.

SENATORS 2, JETS 1

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - Alex Chiasson and Zack Smith scored and the Ottawa Senators snapped a four-game road losing streak with a victory over the Winnipeg Jets.

Andrew Hammond stopped 20 shots for his sixth win of the season as Ottawa improved to 6-0-1 in its last seven against the Jets.

Mark Scheifele scored the tying goal for Winnipeg at 6:55 of the third period, but Chiasson put Ottawa back in front less than two minutes later. A deflected pass went off Scheifele's skate, leaving a loose puck in front of the Jets' net. Chiasson quickly jumped on it and slapped it in for his eighth of the season.

Michael Hutchinson finished with 18 saves for Winnipeg.

Canadiens sign G Lindgren to two-year deal

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The Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday signed goaltender Charlie Lindgren to a two-year deal.

To make room flr Lindgren in the roster, the team will place goaltender Ben Scrivens on waivers.

NHL Capsules (March 30, 2016)

DALLAS (AP) Radek Faksa and Jason Spezza scored 46 seconds apart in the second period, and the Dallas Stars beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Tuesday night.

Dallas won for the fifth time in six games to keep pace with St. Louis for the Western Conference lead. Each team has 101 points with five games to play.

Jamie Benn scored two goals for Dallas, and Kari Lehtonen made 27 saves. Patrick Sharp and Benn scored into an empty net during the final two minutes.

Nashville lost for the second straight night, hurting its chances of catching Chicago for third in the loaded Central Division.

Ryan Ellis and Viktor Arvidsson scored for the Predators, and Pekka Rinne had 20 saves.

BLUES 3, AVALANCHE 1

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Brian Elliott made 20 saves and Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 36th goal to power St. Louis to its fifth straight victory.

David Backes and Troy Brouwer also scored for the Blues, who are tied with Dallas atop the Central Division.

Colorado has lost three of four and trails Minnesota by five points in the battle for the last wild card in the Western Conference. Both teams have five games left.

Elliott and Jake Allen had combined for four consecutive shutouts for St. Louis coming into the night.

Colorado center Mikhail Grigorenko ended the run by scoring late in the first period, snapping the franchise-record scoreless string at over 258 minutes.

Colorado goalie Semyon Varlamov made 24 saves.

WILD 4, BLACKHAWKS 1

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Jared Spurgeon, Erik Haula and Nino Niederreiter scored in the third period, and Minnesota stretched its season-long winning streak to six straight games.

Marian Hossa had the goal for Chicago, the 499th of his career. The Blackhawks played without their two top defensemen, because of an illness for Brent Seabrook and then an ugly first-period match penalty on Duncan Keith for swinging his stick at Charlie Coyle, a potentially costly mistake that could draw a multigame suspension from the NHL.

Jarret Stoll scored with the first on-target shot of the night for the Wild, who swept the five-game season series from the Blackhawks.

CANADIENS 4, RED WINGS 3

MONTREAL (AP) - Max Pacioretty's second goal of the night lifted the Canadiens to the victory.

Paul Byron and Sven Andrighetto also scored for Montreal, which blew a two-goal lead and trailed 3-2 heading into the final period. Mike Condon had 39 saves.

The Canadiens (35-36-6) played the spoiler, with the Red Wings (38-28-11) remaining just out of the second Eastern Conference wild card and one point back of Boston for third in the Atlantic Division.

Gustav Nyquist, Anthony Mantha and Mike Green scored in the second for Detroit, which outshot Montreal 42-27.

The Red Wings and idle Flyers each have 87 points, but Detroit has five games left and Philadelphia has seven remaining.

DEVILS 2, BRUINS 1

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Reid Boucher scored a tiebreaking power-play goal early in the third period, Keith Kinkaid made 39 saves andNew Jersey kept its faint playoff hopes alive.

Boucher also set up a power-play goal by Travis Zajac, helping the Devils stop a two-game losing streak and hand the Bruins their sixth loss in seven games.

Brad Marchand scored for the first time in nine games for the Bruins, who outshot New Jersey 40-15 but made the mistake of giving the Devils five power plays, two of which they converted.

Tuukka Rask made 13 stops for Boston, which is in danger of blowing a playoff spot with five games left in the regular season.

PENGUINS 5, SABRES 4, SO

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sidney Crosby and Phil Kessel beat Chad Johnson in a shootout, and Pittsburgh inched closer to a 10th straight playoff berth.

Ben Lovejoy, Conor Sheary, Tom Kuhnhackl and Nick Bonino scored during a furious second-period as the Penguins climbed out of an early three-goal deficit. Rookie Matt Murray overcame a shaky start to finish with 26 saves, including a breakaway stop onSabres rookie Jake Eichel in overtime.

Crosby assisted on Sheary's goal to give him an NHL-best 20 points this month. The Penguins remained three points clear of theIslanders for third in the crowded Metropolitan Division.

Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist for the Sabres. Zach Bogosian, Matt Moulson, Zach Bogosian and Jake McCabe also scored for Buffalo, and Johnson made 42 saves.

ISLANDERS 2, HURRICANES 1, SO

NEW YORK (AP) - Kyle Okposo scored the only goal of the shootout and the Islanders rallied for the win.

Derek Ryan put the Hurricanes ahead late in the second period, but hit the post on his shootout attempt in Carolina's NHL-high 16th overtime loss. The Hurricanes have points in four straight games (2-0-2).

Thomas Greiss made 26 saves and Anders Lee scored his 13th goal of the season forNew York, which won for the third time in four games.

Cam Ward had 30 saves for Carolina.

MAPLE LEAFS 5, PANTHERS 2

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Nazem Kadri scored two of his three goals during second-period power plays, leading the Maple Leafs to the road victory.

Michael Grabner and Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau also scored for Toronto, and Connor Brown had three assists.

Jonathan Huberdeau and Greg McKegg scored for the Panthers.

Toronto's Jonathan Bernier made 32 saves. Roberto Luongo had 24 for Florida.

Rangers Agree to Terms With Forward Steven Fogarty

Statement from the Rangers website.

New York Rangers General Manager Jeff Gorton announced today that the team has agreed to terms with forward Steven Fogarty on an entry-level contract.

Fogarty, 22, skated in 37 games with the University of Notre Dame this season, registering 10 goals and 13 assists for 23 points, along with a plus-seven rating and 26 penalty minutes. Fogarty, who was serving as Notre Dame’s captain for the second consecutive season in 2015-16, established career-highs in goals, assists, and points this season. He tied for fifth on the team in goals and ranked sixth on the team in assists this season. Fogarty tallied a hat trick and recorded four points in Notre Dame’s regular season opener on Oct. 16 at Penn State.

The 6-3, 215-pounder skated in 150 career collegiate games over four seasons with the University of Notre Dame, registering 27 goals and 38 assists for 65 points, along with a plus-17 rating and 46 penalty minutes. Fogarty averaged 0.58 points per game over his final two seasons of collegiate hockey, registering 44 points (19 goals, 25 assists) and posting a plus-15 rating in 76 games. Fogarty’s assists and points totals increased in each season from his freshman year through his senior year. He posted a plus/minus rating of plus-one or better in each of his four seasons with Notre Dame.

The Chambersburg, Pennsylvania native was selected by the Rangers in the third round, 72nd overall, of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

NHL Capsules (March 29, 2016)

WASHINGTON (AP) Fourth-liner Tom Wilson atoned for two penalties by scoring the winning goal early in the third period as the Washington Capitals clinched the Presidents' Trophy by beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 Monday night.

The Capitals needed only a point to clinch the NHL's best record this season and wrapped up home-ice advantage throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs with seven games left. Justin Williams and T.J. Oshie also scored and Nicklas Backstrom added an empty-netter for Washington, which has an NHL-leading 113 points.

Goaltender Braden Holtby made 21 saves to earn his 46th win, two shy of Martin Brodeur's single-season record.

Cam Atkinson scored for the Blue Jackets, who lost for the ninth time in their past 13 games. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 35 of the 38 shots he faced.

LIGHTNING 3, MAPLE LEAFS 0

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Victor Hedman had a goal and an assist, Ben Bishop made 34 saves and Tampa Bay beat Toronto to move into a tie for first place in the Atlantic Division.

The Lightning's other goals came from Mike Blunden and Ondrej Palat. Steven Stamkos and Erik Condra each had two assists.

Bishop got his first career shutout against the Leafs. It was his sixth shutout of the season and 18th of his career.

The Lightning and Florida Panthers are tied with 93 points. Florida faces Toronto on Tuesday night.

Leafs goalie Garret Sparks made 15 saves.

FLYERS 3, JETS 2, OT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Claude Giroux scored at 4:46 of overtime, and Philadelphia beat Winnipeg for a crucial win for playoff positioning.

Giroux also had an assist and Wayne Simmonds and Mark Streit scored in regulation for the Flyers, who began play tied with Detroit for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

The Flyers blew a two-goal lead and appeared to be headed for a shootout before Giroux's clutch play. Philadelphia is just 2-8 in the tiebreaker this season and 32-70 since its inception.

RED WINGS 3, SABRES 2

DETROIT (AP) - Dylan Larkin, Riley Sheahan and Luke Glendening scored and Detroit held on for a victory against Buffalo.

Detroit desperately needed the two points to boost its chances of extending the franchise's postseason streak to 25.

The Red Wings pulled within a point of Boston for the third and final guaranteed spot from the Atlantic Division. Both teams have six games left in the regular season.

Detroit is tied with Philadelphia for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference, but the Flyers have one more game to earn at least a point. Philadelphia beat Winnipeg 3-2 in overtime on Monday night.

Detroit's Jimmy Howard gave up goals to Zemgus Girgenson and Sam Reinhart in a 61-second span late in the game.

Rangers sign Boo Nieves

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The New York Rangers on Monday signed forward Boo Nieves to a two-year, entry level contract.

Nieves was the Rangers' 59th overall pick in the second round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

NHL Capsules (March 28, 2016)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Andrew Ladd scored the go-ahead goal with 2:27 left in the third period and the Chicago Blackhawks clinched their eighth straight playoff berth with a 3-2 victory over the skidding Vancouver Canucks on Sunday.

Tomas Fleischmann and Teuvo Teravainen also scored to help the Blackhawks improve to 44-25-7. Trevor van Riemsdyk had two assists for the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Chicago earned consecutive wins for the first time since March 2.

Scott Darling made 26 saves in his ninth victory of the season. Regular starter Corey Crawford is not on the road trip due to an upper-body injury.

Alex Burrows and Sven Baertschi scored for the Canucks, who have managed only seven goals during their eight-game losing streak. Emerson Etem had two assists, and Ryan Miller finished with 29 saves.

PENGUINS 3, RANGERS 2, OT

NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored on a deflection at 4:30 of overtime, and surging Pittsburgh beat New York in a potential first-round playoff preview.

Matt Cullen and Phil Kessel also scored for the Penguins, who have won eight of nine. Marc-Andre Fleury made 25 saves.

Eric Staal scored twice for the Rangers, who had won three straight. Kevin Hayes and Jesper Fast assisted on both of Staal's goals. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 shots.

Derick Brassard was called for high-sticking with 1.4 seconds left in regulation to give Pittsburgh a power play in the extra period. But the Rangers killed it off before Kris Letang's wrist shot from the point ricocheted in off Crosby in front.

Pittsburgh, third in the Metropolitan Division, moved within three points of the second-place Rangers and two ahead of the idle Islanders. The Penguins have a game in hand on the Rangers.

HURRICANES 3, DEVILS 2

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Victor Rask scored twice for the first multigoal game of his career, leading Carolina past New Jersey.

Rask, who has scored in three straight games, ended the Hurricanes' skid of six consecutive games without a power-play goal when he connected in the first period. He scored his 20th of the season early in the second to make it 3-0.

Ron Hainsey scored the other Carolina goal, and Cam Ward made 23 saves.

Bobby Farnham and Travis Zajac had the goals for New Jersey. Devils goalie Scott Wedgewood, playing in his fourth NHL game, stopped 20 shots.

Devils place Cory Schneider on IR, re-assigned to Albany (AHL) for conditioning stint

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Cory Schneider

The New Jersey Devils on Sunday placed starting goaltender Cory Schneider (Grade 1 MCL Sprain - right knee) on Injured Reserve due to an injury sustained on March 4.

Schneider will be re-assigned to the Albany Devils of the American Hockey League for a conditioning stint.

Schneider will return to the Devils for the team's practice on Tuesday.

In 55 games played this season, Schneider has posted a 26-23-6 record with a .923 SV%, and a 2.17 GAA.

NHL Capsules (March 27, 2016)

WASHINGTON (AP) Jake Allen made 32 saves with regular starter Brian Elliott back home resting and the St. Louis Blues beat the NHL-leading Washington Capitals 4-0 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive shutout.

St. Louis won for the 10th time in 12 games and kept pace with the Dallas Stars atop the Central Division.

Kyle Brodziak, Colton Parayko, Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrik Berglund scored for the Blues, who have their sights on the division title and the top seed in the Western Conference. With six games left, they're tied with the Stars, who beat the Sharks in San Jose.

The Capitals would've clinched the Presidents' Trophy with a point but now must wait until at least Monday.

PENGUINS 7, RED WINGS 2

PITTSBURGH - Carl Hagelin scored twice and Phil Kessel had a goal and four assists, helping Pittsburgh rout Detroit.

Pittsburgh boosted its chances of earning a 10th straight trip to the playoffs and hurt Detroit's quest to extend its postseason streak to 25.

The Penguins have won seven of eight, staying ahead of the New York Islanders for the third guaranteed spot from the Metropolitan Division.

The Red Wings started the day a point behind Boston for third place in the Atlantic. Detroit is also in a closely contested race with the Islanders and Philadelphia to be the two wild-card teams that earn spots when the season ends in two weeks.

PANTHERS 5, LIGHTNING 2

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Jaromir Jagr had a goal and an assist, Roberto Luongo made 33 saves and Florida took over first place in the Atlantic Division by beating Tampa Bay.

Vincent Trocheck, Jiri Hudler, Jonathan Huberdeau and Jussi Jokinen also scored for the Panthers, who have a two-point lead over the Lightning.

Tampa Bay got goals from Tyler Johnson and Steven Stamkos.

The Lightning were without right wing Nikita Kucherov, who took a shot off his foot in a 7-4 win over the New York Islanders on Friday night. Right wing Ryan Callahan, defenseman Anton Stralman and center Valtteri Filppula also sat for Tampa Bay with injuries.

STARS 4, SHARKS 2

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Mattias Janmark returned to the lineup from injury and got his first career two-goal game and Antti Niemi made 34 saves against his former team as Dallas beat San Jose.

Patrick Sharp added a power-play goal and Jamie Benn scored an empty-netter to help the Stars remain in first place in the Central Division by winning for the fourth time in five games. Niemi, traded to Dallas last offseason after five seasons in San Jose, got the win in his first start in two weeks.

Joel Ward scored a short-handed goal and Tomas Hertl also scored for San Jose. But the Sharks' late attempt at a rally fell short in their third straight regulation loss at home, once again delaying their playoff clinching. Martin Jones made 13 saves.

Janmark had missed six games with an upper-body injury and wasn't certain he'd return to the lineup until after taking the pregame skate against the Sharks. His return was welcomed by the Stars as he scored the first two goals of the game to help lead them to victory.

BLACKHAWKS 4, FLAMES 1

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Andrew Ladd had two goals and an assist and Scott Darling made 31 saves to lead Chicago over Calgary.

Ladd's first multipoint game with Chicago gives him eight points in 12 games since the Blackhawks acquired the left-winger from Winnipeg just prior to the trade deadline.

Andrew Shaw and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for Chicago, which kicked off an important four-game trip. Mired in a 1-4-2 skid entering the game, the Blackhawks remain two points up on the hard-charging Nashville Predators for third in the Central Division.

Dougie Hamilton scored his career-high 11th goal for Calgary.

KINGS 6, OILERS 4

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tyler Toffoli had two goals and two assists, Trevor Lewis added a short-handed goal and Los Angeles completed a five-game season sweep of Edmonton.

Andy Andreoff and Jeff Carter also scored, Milan Lucic tied a career high with three assists and Jonathan Quick made 25 saves to help the Kings maintain their three-game lead over Anaheim for the Pacific Division lead with seven games left on the schedule.

Patrick Maroon had two goals in the third period for Edmonton and Jordan Eberle and rookie Connor McDavid scored in the first. Rookie Laurent Brossoit stopped 27 shots in his sixth NHL start, three days after his 23rd birthday. He is still looking for his first victory.

DUCKS 4, SENATORS 3, OT

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Rickard Rakell scored a power-play goal in overtime and Anaheim finished with four straight goals to beat Ottawa.

Ryan Getzlaf, Jakob Silfverberg and Hampus Lindholm scored for the Ducks, who trailed 3-0 after two periods. Frederik Andersen made 29 saves.

Mike Hoffman, Erik Karlsson and Chris Neil scored for the Senators, who have lost three straight. Craig Anderson stopped 35 shots.

Hoffman was awarded a penalty shot early in the third period but lost the puck and never challenged Andersen. From that point on, it was all Anaheim.

Getzlaf opened the scoring for the Ducks, tucking one under the crossbar at the 5-minute mark, and Silfverberg made it a one-goal deficit after scoring at 11:31. Lindholm tied the game in the final minute of the third.

ISLANDERS 4, HURRICANES 3, OT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Cal Clutterbuck scored a deflected goal with 13.8 seconds left in overtime, and New York beat Carolina.

Clutterbuck had two goals, with his first tying it 30 seconds into the third period. Nikolay Kulemin had a goal and an assist and Kyle Okposo also scored for the Islanders, who have won two of three over a four-day span.

Victor Rask, Jeff Skinner and Jeff McClement scored during a second-period flurry for the Hurricanes.

Jean-Francois Berube made 33 saves for New York while Eddie Lack stopped 27 shots for Carolina in a matchup of desperate Metropolitan Division teams.

Clutterbuck took a pass from Brock Nelson and unleashed a shot from between the circles that clipped off Carolina defenseman Jaccob Slavin's chest and got past Lack.

BRUINS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 1

TORONTO (AP) - Zdeno Chara snapped a 20-game goal drought and Boston ended a season-long five-game losing streak with a victory over Toronto.

The win created some much-needed space in the Eastern Conference playoff race for Boston, currently third in the Atlantic Division with 88 points and now three points up on Detroit.

Patrice Bergeron and Matt Beleskey also scored for the Bruins. Ben Smith found the back of the net for the Leafs.

Tuukka Rask made 25 saves, topping Jonathan Bernier, who gave up two goals on 32 shots.

WILD 4, AVALANCHE 0

DENVER (AP) - Zach Parise scored twice, Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves for his 19th NHL shutout and surging Minnesota beat Colorado in a pivotal game between two teams contending for the final Western Conference playoff spot.

Jordan Schroeder also scored and Mikael Granlund added a short-handed goal into an empty net to help the Wild move five points ahead of Colorado for eighth place in the playoff race.

Parise remains red hot as he followed up his hat trick on Thursday night with two more goals, including one in the second period of a scoreless contest that sent the Wild on their way to their fifth straight win.

This was a crushing blow to the playoff chances of the Avalanche. They have a tougher schedule with all seven of their remaining games against teams headed to the postseason. The Wild play three of their final six contests against teams with no postseason shot.

RANGERS 5, CANADIENS 2

MONTREAL (AP) - Chris Kreider had two goals and an assist and New York beat Montreal.

Derick Brassard had a goal and two assists for the Rangers, and J.T. Miller and Derek Stepan also scored.

In his first game at the Bell Centre, Rangers backup goaltender Antti Raanta made 24 saves for his 10th win of the season.

Lars Eller and Phillip Danault had goals for Montreal. Mike Condon stopped 14 of 19 shots before being pulled in the second intermission. Ben Scrivens made four saves in the third.

The Rangers beat Montreal for the first time since Nov. 23, 2014.

PREDATORS 5, BLUE JACKETS 1

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Shea Weber and James Neal each had a goal and an assist to lead Nashville over Columbus.

Mattias Ekholm, Craig Smith and Calle Jarnkrok also scored for the Predators, who have won five of six. Roman Josi had three assists and has 44 this season, setting a franchise record for a defenseman. Pekka Rinne made 18 saves.

Nashville is 32-5-4 at home against Columbus.

Boone Jenner had the lone goal for the Jackets, who have lost three of four.

COYOTES 2, FLYERS 1

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Shane Doan and Mike Stone scored in the final 4 1/2 minutes of the second period, Mike Smith made 34 saves and Arizona beat Philadelphia.

The loss prevented the Flyers from moving into sole possession of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Philadelphia remained tied with the Detroit Red Wings, who lost to Pittsburgh 7-2 earlier in the day.

Sean Couturier scored the Flyers' goal with 40 seconds remaining.

Doan scored on a power play with 4:23 left in the second period. Stone's goal, from just outside the faceoff circle, came with under a second left in the second period. Philadelphia coach Dave Hakstol challenged that it was goalie interference, but the goal stood after a replay review.

SABRES 3, JETS 2

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Sam Reinhart tied the game and then set up Jack Eichel's go-ahead goal 4:07 into the third period, rallying Buffalo over Winnipeg.

The loss mathematically eliminated the Jets from playoff contention in a matchup of teams out of the postseason picture.

The rebuilding Sabres drew on their youth movement, which produced all three goals. Newly signed forward Hudson Fasching rounded out the scoring.

Nikolaj Ehlers and Andrew Copp scored for the Jets, who squandered a chance to win three straight for the first time this season.

Lightning defenseman Stralman out indefinitely

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Anton Stralman

Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Anton Stralman will be out indefinitely after sustaining a non-displaced fracture of his left fibula in a game against the New York Islanders on Friday.

Stralman got part of his skate caught in the ice in front of the Lightning net as he was defending Anders Lee in the first period of the game. 

Lightning coach Jon Cooper said thatb Stralman could return during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, which begin April 13.

"Obviously it's a little different getting hurt Oct. 25 than it is March 25," Cooper said. "It hurts the team, but we can't lose focus on what we need to continue to do to put ourselves in a playoff spot."

NHL Capsules (March 26, 2016)

EDITOR'S NOTE: The date in the title of these capsules is the day after the games took place. That will be the same for the rest of the capsules that we post. Before, we would label the title "Recaps of last night's NHL games," or "Recaps of yesterday's NHL games." We will no longer be doing that.

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NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) " John Carlson scored at 2:17 of overtime and Braden Holtby made 22 saves as the Washington Capitals moved within grasping distance of the Presidents' Trophy with a 1-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils in the NHL on Friday.

Carlson, playing for the first time since sustaining a lower-body injury on Feb. 24, took a pass from Jason Chimera and ripped a shot from the right circle that beat Scott Wedgewood.

Wedgewood, who shut out Pittsburgh on Thursday night, had his shutout streak of 159 minutes, 34 seconds ended by the goal, only the second he has given up in three NHL starts. He stopped 25 shots

The win gave Washington 111 points. They can clinch their first Presidents' Trophy since 2009-10 with a point against the Blues on Saturday or Dallas losing earlier in the day.

Chimera took a pass from Marcus Johansson on the winning play, circled the Devils' net and found Carlson in the circle for his seventh goal of the season.

Holtby is three wins away from tying Martin Brodeur's NHL single-season record of 48 wins.

BLUES 4, CANUCKS 0

ST. LOUIS (AP) " Brian Elliott made 15 saves for his third straight shutout and St. Louis beat Vancouver to clinch a playoff spot and tie Dallas for the Central Division lead.

Robby Fabbri had a goal and an assist, Kyle Brodziak, Fabbri, Carl Gunnarsson and Joel Edmundson also scored, and Paul Stastny had two assists.

Elliott hasn't allowed a goal since returning from a lower-body injury March 19.

The Canucks have a seven-game winless streak at 0-6-1, their longest streak since January and February in 2014. They have been shut out in four of their last five games.

LIGHTNING 7, ISLANDERS 4

TAMPA, Florida (AP) " Tyler Johnson and Jason Garrison scored 23 seconds apart midway through the third period as Tampa Bay beat New York.

Tampa Bay defenseman Anton Stralman left in the first with a non-displaced fracture of the left fibula after getting checked by Anders Lee. Stralman will miss the rest of the regular season, but coach Jon Cooper didn't rule out a return at some point in the playoffs.

Johnson had a go-ahead rebound goal at 10:09 before Garrison stopped a 26-game goal drought and put the Lightning up 6-4. Garrison also had two assists after going 18 games without a point.

Tampa Bay also got goals from Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov, Steven Stamkos, Andrej Sustr and Victor Hedman, who had an empty-netter. The Lightning host Florida on Saturday night with first place in the Atlantic Division at stake as both teams have 91 points.

Brock Nelson, Shane Prince, Johnny Boychuk and Nikolav Kulemin scored for the Islanders. They remained a point behind third-place Pittsburgh in the Metropolitan Division.

Recaps of last night's NHL games

BOSTON (AP) Roberto Luongo made 34 saves, and Jussi Jokinen and Vincent Trocheck each had a goal and an assist to lift the Florida Panthers into first place in the Atlantic Division with a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

Reilly Smith and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for Florida, which passed idle Tampa Bay in the standings and won for the first time in 10 visits to Boston. Earlier this season, the Panthers ended a 10-game skid in Washington, a six-game losing streak in Columbus and a nine-game winless run in Nashville.

Luongo ended a rough stretch of his own, winning for the first time in eight starts in Boston dating to his three Stanley Cup losses for Vancouver in the 2011 finals.

Ryan Spooner scored for Boston, which lost its fifth straight following a seven-game unbeaten streak.

MAPLE LEAFS 6, DUCKS 5, OT

TORONTO (AP) - Nazem Kadri had two goals and two assists, including the overtime winner as Toronto beat Anaheim, which earned a point to clinch a playoff spot for the fourth consecutive season.

The Ducks reached the postseason when they rallied from a 4-1 deficit to force the extra period.

The Maple Leafs scored three power-play goals against the NHL's top penalty kill to win for the fifth time in six games.

Toronto allowed four unanswered goals before rallying to even the score at 5-5 on Connor Brown's first NHL goal before Kadri sealed it 41 seconds into OT.

Tyler Bozak also scored twice for the Leafs, with Frank Corrado getting his first goal for Toronto.

Jamie McGinn tallied twice for Anaheim. Andrew Cogliano, Ryan Garbutt and Brandon Pirri also scored goals.

DEVILS 3, PENGUINS 0

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Kyle Palmieri scored twice in the first period and Scott Wedgewood stopped 39 shots for his first career shutout as New Jersey beat Pittsburgh.

Palmieri, who set career highs with 29 goals and 52 points, has a four-game points streak. He scored twice early and Wedgewood held off the high-scoring Penguins until Adam Henrique sealed the win for the Devils with his 27th of the season midway through the third period.

New Jersey has won five of seven.

Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 21 saves as Pittsburgh snapped a season-high six-game winning streak. The Penguins remained four points behind the second-place New York Rangers in the division, and one point ahead of the fourth-place, who hold the Eastern Conference's first wild card spot.

HURRICANES 3, BLUE JACKETS 2

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Victor Rask, Chris Terry and Elias Lindholm scored in a 1:38 span of the third period, and Eddie Lack made 42 saves to lead Carolina past Columbus.

With the Hurricanes leading 3-1, Lack halted a wraparound attempt by Boone Jenner with his left leg pad. Jenner pushed the puck over the line after a series of swipes, however, to cut Carolina's lead to one at 4:03 of the third.

The Jackets could not tie it despite pulling goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky with 90 seconds remaining.

Matt Calvert tipped a shot by Dalton Prout over Lack's left shoulder and into the net at 17:25 of the second to give Columbus its lone lead of the game. Bobrovsky finished with 21 saves for the Blue Jackets.

RED WINGS 4, CANADIENS 3

DETROIT (AP) - Riley Sheahan scored a career-high two goals to help Detroit take a four-goal lead into the third period and the Red Wings held on to beat Montreal.

Sheahan's second goal came 12 seconds after Luke Glendening scored early in the second, then Anthony Mantha's first NHL goal gave the Red Wings a 4-0 lead late in the period.

Montreal's Tomas Plekanec scored in the opening minute of the third. Paul Byron and Max Pacioretty followed with goals to pull Montreal within a goal.

Petr Mrazek kept the lead and had 26 saves for the Red Wings, who are in a tightly contested race for a wild-card spot in the hopes of extending their postseason streak to 25 seasons.

Ben Scrivens stopped 36 shots for the Canadiens.

WILD 6, FLAMES 2

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Zach Parise scored three times for his third hat trick of the season and added an assist as the Wild spoiled Calgary goalie Niklas Backstrom's return to Minnesota.

Jared Spurgeon scored two power-play goals as Minnesota, which holds the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference, matched a season high with its fourth-straight victory.

Parise got his three goals in a span of 11 minutes, 12 seconds of the first period, the fastest three goals by a player in Wild history. Nino Niederreiter scored his fifth goal in seven games and goalie Devan Dubnyk had 31 saves.

Backstrom, the Wild's all-time leader in wins and shutouts, made 23 saves for Calgary in his second game after being acquired by the Flames at the trade deadline. Johnny Gaudreau scored his 28th goal and rookie Jakub Nakladal added his second.

JETS 4, KINGS 1

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - Dustin Byfuglien and Paul Postma scored less than three minutes apart early in the third period to help Winnipeg beat Los Angeles.

Adam Lowry and Drew Stafford, with an empty netter, also scored for Winnipeg. Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler each added two assists.

Anze Kopitar scored his 25th goal of the season on the power play for the Pacific Division-leading Kings, who dropped their third in a row.

Ondrej Pavelec made 33 saves for the Jets, who ended a four-game homestand (2-1-1). Jonathan Quick turned aside 20 shots for L.A., which couldn't pick up a win on its three-game road trip.

PREDATORS 3, CANUCKS 2, SO

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Craig Smith had the decisive goal in the shootout after Nashville scored twice to tie in the third period.

James Neal and Filip Forsberg scored 1:12 apart to even the score with about 7 minutes remaining in regulation for the Predators, and Pekka Rinne stopped 23 shots through overtime. Ryan Johansen also scored in the tiebreaker before Smith won it in the fourth round.

Nashville, which holds the Western Conference's first wild-card spot, moved within two points of third-place Chicago in the Central Division.

Bo Horvat scored at 6:52 of the first period, ending the Canucks' longest scoring drought in franchise history at 234:52. Daniel Sedin's power-play goal later in the period made it 2-0, and Ryan Miller had 30 saves as Vancouver lost its sixth straight.

Jared McCann scored in the second round of the shootout for Vancouver.

FLYERS 4, AVALANCHE 2

DENVER (AP) - Radko Gudas and Claude Giroux scored 19 seconds apart late in the third period, Steve Mason made 32 saves and Philadelphia beat Colorado.

Gudas fired past Colorado goalie Semyon Varlamov to tie the game at 2-all at the 14:17 mark of the third. Giroux then scored at 14:36.

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare also scored for the Flyers, who are tied with the Detroit Red Wings for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Ryan White had an empty-net goal in the final seconds.

Nick Holden and John Mitchell scored for the Avalanche, who were again without their two top scorers, Matt Duchene and Nathan MacKinnon. Both are out with knee injuries.

COYOTES 3, STARS 1

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Martin Hanzal scored his 100th career goal in the second period and added his first short-handed goal in more than seven years in the third to lead Arizona past sloppy Dallas.

Tobias Rieder also scored, and Louis Domingue stopped 37 shots in Arizona's second win over the Western Conference leaders this season.

Two nights after clinching a playoff berth, the Stars took six penalties, gave up a penalty shot and the league's top offense was stymied in snapping a three-game winning streak.

Ales Hemsky's first-period goal was it for the Stars, who stayed two points ahead of idle St. Louis for the best record in the Central Division and the conference.

OILERS 6, SHARKS 3

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Patrick Maroon scored the go-ahead goal and assisted on another in Edmonton's four-goal second period that carried the Oilers past San Jose.

Lauri Korpokoski, Taylor Hall and Adam Clendening also scored in the big second that made sure Oilers coach Todd McLellan wouldn't have to watch his old team clinch a playoff berth.

Jordan Eberle added an insurance goal in the third and Hall added an empty-netter as Edmonton earned its first regulation win in San Jose since Jan. 13, 2011. Cam Talbot made 22 saves.

Tommy Wingels, Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau scored for the Sharks, who failed to hold a two-goal lead after the first period and missed a chance to clinch the playoffs for a second straight game.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Keith Yandle set up two first-period power-play goals and Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves as the New York Rangers beat Boston 5-2 on Wednesday night, sending the Bruins to a season-high fourth straight loss.

Mats Zuccarello, Derek Stepan, Derick Brassard, J.T. Miller and Rick Nash scored for New York, which won its second straight and inched a little closer to securing a spot in the playoffs with eight games left in the regular season.

Lee Stempniak, who had a first-period tally disallowed after an offside review and another shot gloved off the line by Lundqvist in the third period, scored for the Bruins along with Frank Vatrano. The Bruins have five goals in their skid.

The Bruins could not catch a break in this one, either with the replays or the officials. They gave the Rangers the first five man-power advantages, and New York converted on two of the first three in a game in which it was outshot 41-24.

ISLANDERS 3, SENATORS 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Keith Yandle set up two first-period power-play goals and Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves as the New York Rangers beat Boston 5-2 on Wednesday night, sending the Bruins to a season-high fourth straight loss.

Mats Zuccarello, Derek Stepan, Derick Brassard, J.T. Miller and Rick Nash scored for New York, which won its second straight and inched a little closer to securing a spot in the playoffs with eight games left in the regular season.

Lee Stempniak, who had a first-period tally disallowed after an offside review and another shot gloved off the line by Lundqvist in the third period, scored for the Bruins along with Frank Vatrano. The Bruins have five goals in their skid.

The Bruins could not catch a break in this one, either with the replays or the officials. They gave the Rangers the first five man-power advantages, and New York converted on two of the first three in a game in which it was outshot 41-24.

ISLANDERS 3, SENATORS 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Brock Nelson and Matt Martin scored 21 seconds apart in the second period as New York beat Ottawa to snap a season-high four-game losing streak.

John Tavares also scored in the Islanders' three-goal second period and rookie goalie Jean-Francois Berube, making just his fourth career start, stopped 22 shots.

New York, holding the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, got a needed victory in its playoff push after going 1-4-2 in its previous seven games while getting outscored 22-11.

The Islanders pulled within one point of Pittsburgh for third place in the Metropolitan Division and moved four points ahead of Philadelphia and Detroit, who are tied for the East's second and final wild card.

Mark Stone scored and Andrew Hammond finished with 20 saves for Ottawa, which lost its second straight after winning three of four.

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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) Alex Ovechkin scored his 43rd goal and the Washington Capitals clinched the Metropolitan Division title and the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.

Mike Richards, Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie, into an empty net, also scored for the Capitals. Braden Holtby stopped 28 shots.

Chris Wideman and Mika Zibanejad scored for the Senators. Craig Anderson made 18 saves.

Ottawa lost defenseman Dion Phaneuf after he took a hit from Brooks Orpik in the second period. Phaneuf managed to play a few more shifts, but did not return for the third period because of a lower-body injury.

STARS 6, BLACKHAWKS 2

CHICAGO (AP) - Vernon Fiddler scored two of Dallas' four goals in the first period, and the Stars clinched a playoff spot with a victory over Chicago.

Dallas stretched its win streak to three and improved to 4-1 against Chicago, outscoring the Stanley Cup champions 20-11 in the season series. Colton Sceviour and Patrick Eaves also scored in the first, and Jamie Benn had two assists in his 500th NHL game.

The Stars lead the Western Conference with 97 points with eight games left on their schedule. They are on track for their first division title since they took the Pacific in 2006.

The Blackhawks played without starting goalie Corey Crawford for the fourth straight game due to an upper-body injury, and Scott Darling was pulled after Dallas' big first period. Michael Leighton made 16 saves in his first NHL appearance since January 2013.

Chicago has dropped six of seven to fall off the pace in the tough Central Division, including a pair of losses to the Stars. Andrew Shaw and Richard Panik scored for the second straight game.

LIGHTNING 6, RED WINGS 2

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Erik Condra ended a 20-game drought with a pair of goals to leadTampa Bay past Detroit.

Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat each had a goal and an assist, and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for theLightning. Brian Boyle, Tyler Johnson and Victor Hedman added two assists apiece.

Tampa Bay tied the Florida Panthers atop the Atlantic Division with 89 points. Both teams have nine games remaining.

Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm scored for the Red Wings, who were outshot 34-25.

Coupled with Philadelphia's shootout loss at Columbus, Detroit fell into a tie with theFlyers for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, two points behind the New York Islanders.

BLUE JACKETS 3, FLYERS 2, SO

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Boone Jenner scored late in the third period and again in the shootout after Cam Atkinson's tying goal with 8 seconds left, rallying Columbus to an improbable victory over Philadelphia.

Jenner scored in the fifth round of the shootout when he faked goalie Steve Mason out of the net and fired the puck in. Sergei Bobrovsky turned away Sean Couturier moments later to secure the victory.

Jenner and Atkinson both scored in the final 1:04 of regulation to force the extra session. Atkinson lifted a shot over Mason to tie it 2-all after Jenner tipped in a shot by Seth Jones nearly a minute earlier.

Mason finished with 51 saves for the Flyers, who blew a two-goal lead in the final 65 seconds but still earned a point. That was enough to pull them into a tie with Detroit for the final playoff position in the East.

Ryan White and captain Claude Giroux scored for the Flyers. The loss was Philadelphia's eighth straight in Columbus since December 2005.

WILD 2, KINGS 1

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Devan Dubnyk made a season-high 38 saves, Minnesota's penalty kill kept up its strong work and the Wild beat Los Angeles to move back into possession of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Erik Haula and Mikko Koivu scored for the Wild, who have killed 15 straight penalties over the last eight games since March 6.

Tyler Toffoli had the goal for the Pacific Division leaders, who lost for the second time in two nights after winning 11 of their previous 14 games.

BLUES 1, SHARKS 0

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Brian Elliott made 37 saves in his second consecutive shutout since returning from an injury, and Robby Fabbri scored midway through the third period to lift St. Louis over San Jose.

Elliott has stopped all 56 shots he's faced against Vancouver and San Jose after missing nearly four weeks with a knee injury sustained in a loss to the Sharks last month. His return helped the Blues finish their road trip 3-2-0 to remain two points behind Central Division-leading Dallas.

Martin Jones made 23 saves but the Sharks failed to convert on a late two-man advantage and missed an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth.

CANADIENS 4, DUCKS 3

MONTREAL (AP) - Lucas Lessio scored his first goal in 11 games with Montreal to help the Canadiens defeat Anaheim.

Torrey Mitchell, Alex Galchenyuk and Mike Brown also scored for the Canadiens.

Jakob Silfverberg scored twice and Corey Perry reached the 30-goal mark for the Ducks. It is the sixth time in his career that Perry has scored 30 or more goals and the third season in a row.

Joel Hanley assisted on the goals by Mitchell and Brown for his first two NHL points in his second career game.

SABRES 3, HURRICANES 2

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Johan Larsson scored with 2:49 left and Buffalo rallied to beat Carolina.

Larsson's winner came a minute after Evander Kane tied it, and Carlo Colaiacovo also scored to help the Sabres earn their third win in five games.

Joakim Nordstrom gave the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead with 6:20 remaining. Chris Terry also scored for Carolina, which has lost five straight.

Chad Johnson stopped 25 shots for the Sabres, while Cam Ward made 22 saves for the Hurricanes.

JETS 2, CANUCKS 0

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - Ondrej Pavelec made 28 saves for his first shutout of the season, and Winnipeg beat reeling Vancouver.

Adam Lowry and Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets. Scheifele's empty-netter was his team-leading 24th goal of the season.

The Canucks were shut out for the third consecutive game, tying a franchise record. Their goal drought is at 228 minutes. The Canucks having not scored in 11 periods going back to the first period of their March 16 matchup at home against Colorado.

Vancouver goalie Jacob Markstrom made 47 saves.

COYOTES 4, OILERS 2

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Tobias Rieder scored the winning goal in the second period and Oliver Ekman-Larsson returned from injury to spark Arizona against Edmonton.

The Coyotes extended their point streak to 23 games (19-0-4) over their division rivals with the help of Mike Smith's 27 saves on his 34th birthday.

Alex Tanguay and Martin Hanzal also scored, Max Domi added an empty-netter and Ekman-Larsson chipped in with an assist. After missing six games with an ailing shoulder, he was on the ice for all four Arizona goals.

Jordan Eberle and Mark Letestu scored for the Oilers, and Connor McDavid had two assists to extend his point streak to five games. Cam Talbot stopped 27 shots in Edmonton's second straight loss and 24th defeat in 29 meetings with the Coyotes.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Manning's first NHL goal midway through the second period snapped a tie and powered the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders on Monday night.

Nick Cousins, Sam Gagner and Claude Giroux also scored for Philadelphia, which won for the 10th time in 13 games. The surging Flyers closed within one point of Detroit for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Philadelphia trails the Islanders by three points for the first wild card. The Flyers are 2-1-0 against New York this season, with one game remaining.

The Islanders have lost five of six at a most inopportune time. They finish the regular season by playing seven of their final 11 games at home.

Kyle Okposo scored for New York, and Thomas Greiss stopped 21 shots.

Steve Mason made 23 saves for Philadelphia.

RANGERS 4, PANTHERS 2

Rick Nash scored his first goal since returning from a leg injury and Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves in leading the New York Rangers over Florida.

Viktor Stalberg, Mats Zuccarello and Tanner Glass also scored for the Rangers, who moved two points ahead of idle Pittsburgh for second place in the Metropolitan Division.

Nash gave New York a 3-1 lead at 11:14 of the third period with his 13th goal of the season and first since returning to the lineup March 12. He had been sidelined since January 22 because of a bone bruise.

Vincent Trocheck and Jiri Hudler scored for the Panthers, who lost their second in a row. The Atlantic Division leaders are two points in front of Tampa Bay.

PREDATORS 5, KINGS 2

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Ryan Johansen had a goal and two assists to lead Nashville past Los Angeles.

James Neal added a goal and an assist for the Predators, winners in three of their last four. Mike Fisher, Filip Forsberg and Roman Josi also scored.

Kings defensemen Drew Doughty and Alec Martinez each contributed a goal, but Los Angeles had its four-game winning streak snapped. Anze Kopitar had two assists.

Jonathan Quick was lifted in favor of Jhonas Enroth, who began the third period in net for the Kings. Quick stopped 24 of the 27 shots he faced through 40 minutes.

Forsberg became the fifth player in Predators history to score 30 goals in a season.

MAPLE LEAFS 5, FLAMES 2

TORONTO (AP) — William Nylander had a goal and two assists in Toronto's victory over Calgary.

It was the first three-point game of Nylander's career. The performance came two days after the 19-year-old had his first multipoint effort in a win over Buffalo.

Nylander has two goals and five points in his past two games.

P.A. Parenteau, Zach Hyman, Colin Greening and Josh Leivo also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won four of five. Jonathan Bernier made 23 saves.

Matt Stajan and Joe Colborne scored for the Flames.

Jets forward Perreault out indefinitely with concussion

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Winnipeg Jets forward Mathieu Perreault has a concussion and is out indefinitely, coach Paul Maurice announced on Monday.

"He's got to go through the protocol. I don't have any timeline for that," Maurice told the Jets website.

Perreault has nine goals and 41 points in 71 games this season.

Perreault had an assist in the Jets' 3-2 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.

Ducks forward Perron week-to-week with shoulder injury

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The Anaheim Ducks will be without forward David Perron for an unknown period of time.

Perron was placed on injured reserve on Monday with a shoulder injury, and is considered week-to-week.

Perron sustained the injury sustained in an overtime victory against the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.

Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau made the announcement on Monday.

"I don’t know how bad it is but I assume it’s week-to-week," Boudreau said after practice at Bell Sports Complex. "We’re on the road for eight more days. I’ve got to believe it’s week-to-week at this point.

"He’s out for the trip. If he’s going to go home, he’s not going to come back. It’d be lovely if he could and meet us in Edmonton or something but I’m not counting on it."

The Ducks were 21-5-2 this season with Perron in the lineup.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) Rookie Tom Kuhnhackl had a goal and two assists on his way to a career-best three points and the Pittsburgh Penguins denied the Washington Capitals a chance to lock up the Metropolitan Division with a dominant 6-2 win on Sunday night.

Matt Cullen, Trevor Daley, Justin Schultz, Chris Kunitz and Bryan Rust also scored for Pittsburgh. Sidney Crosby picked up two assists to push his scoring streak to 12 games as the Penguins won their sixth straight. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 16 shots to move past the New York Rangers and into second place behind Washington in the Metropolitan.

The Capitals could have clinched the franchise's ninth division title with a win but instead gave up a season-high six goals. Braden Holtby finished with 21 saves before being pulled in the third. Jason Chimera and Andre Burakovsky scored for Washington.

DUCKS 3, JETS 2, OT

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - Jakob Silfverberg scored at 4:01 of overtime to liftAnaheim past Winnipeg.

Silfverberg's 13th goal of the season came as he was left all alone in front of Jets goalie Michael Hutchinson, who made a glove save on the first attempt but couldn't corral the rebound, allowing Silfverberg to score.

Jamie McGinn and Ryan Kesler scored for theDucks in regulation, and John Gibson made 27 saves for his 17th win.

Anaheim got its 40th win of the season and moved four points behind Los Angeles Kings for first place in the Pacific Division.

Paul Postma and Blake Wheeler scored for the Jets, who last their third straight. Hutchinson finished with 30 saves.

DEVILS 2, BLUE JACKETS 1

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Devante Smith-Pelly scored the tiebreaking goal 8:38 into the third period and Scott Wedgewood made 27 saves in his NHL debut to lead New Jersey.

Reid Boucher also scored as the Devils ended a six-game losing streak against the Blue Jackets (1-5-1), less than 24 hours after dropping a 6-3 decision in Columbus.

Jared Boll scored for the Blue Jackets, while Joonas Korpisalo made 20 saves.

Smith-Pelly did most of the work on his seventh goal in nine games in New Jersey. His forecheck on Nick Foligno forced the Columbus forward to send the puck around the boards. Devils defenseman Adam Larsson stopped it at the point and sent it to Smith-Pelly on the edge of the crease.

Korpisalo stopped his backhander but the Devils' forward nudged the rebound into the net.

WILD 3, BLACKHAWKS 2, SO

CHICAGO (AP) - Charlie Coyle scored the only goal in the shootout as Minnesota beatChicago for the fourth time in four meetingss this season.

Coyle, the Wild's first shooter, beat Chicago's Scott Darling a night after he and Zach Parise scored in the tiebreaker in a home win over Carolina.

Nino Niederreiter had his 18th goal and added an assist, and Erik Haula also scored in regulation for Minnesota. Devan Dubnyk stopped 29 shots through overtime and then was perfect in the shootout against Chicago's Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Artemi Panarin.

Andrew Shaw scored his 12th goal to end an 11-game drought and linemate Richard Panik connected to end a 14-game streak without a goal to bring the Blackhawks back from a 2-0 deficit. Darling made his third straight start and finished with 32 saves.

AVALANCHE 3, OILERS 2

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist as Colorado got its third straight win.

Tyson Barrie and Blake Comeau also scored for the Avalanche, who remained one point ahead of Minnesota for the second and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

Matt Hendricks and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for Edmonton, which snapped a two-game winning streak and was mathematically eliminated from playoff contention for the 10th consecutive year.

Landeskog and Barrie scored in the second period to give the Avalanche a 2-0 lead.

Hendricks got the Oilers on the scoreboard with his second goal in two games about 3 minutes into the third. However, Comeau deflected Erik Johnson's shot to restore Colorado two-goal lead midway through the period.

Nugent-Hopkins closed the scoring with just under 7.6 seconds remaining.

SHARKS 3, COYOTES 0

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Tomas Hertl scored a power-play goal in the latest contribution from San Jose's second unit and James Reimer earned his second shutout in four starts with the Sharks.

Joel Ward also scored, Joe Pavelski added an empty-netter and Joonas Donskoi had two assists for the Sharks, who have won a season-high four straight home games to move to the brink of clinching the playoffs. After missing the postseason last year for the first time since 2003, San Jose can seal up a bid this season with one more victory.

Reimer, acquired late last month in a trade from Toronto, made 25 saves and has allowed just two goals in winning his last three starts for the Sharks. Reimer has 13 career shutouts.

Mike Smith made 32 saves for the Coyotes, who were shut out for the second straight night.

FLAMES 4, CANADIENS 1

MONTREAL (AP) - Sean Monahan had two goals and an assist to help Calgary beat Montreal.

Joe Colborne and Johnny Gaudreau also scored for the Flames, who have points in four straight games. Niklas Backstrom, playing for the first time in more than a year, finished with 21 saves.

Michael McCarron scored his first NHL goal for Montreal, which has lost four of its last five. Michael Condon stopped 30 shots.

Backstrom, acquired from Minnesota on Feb. 29, appeared in his first NHL game since Jan. 13, 2015.

One of Montreal's best chances came when Flames defenseman Mark Giordano accidentally backhanded a shot at his own net in the first period.

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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.