PENGUINS 3, HURRICANES 1
PITTSBURGH -- Matt Murray stopped
37 shots and the Penguins inched closer to a playoff berth.
Matt Cullen,
at 42 the NHL's oldest player, had a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh. Garrett
Wilson collected his first goal in nearly two months and Patric
Hornqvist added his first even-strength score since early
January. Murray did the rest while as the Penguins took a major step toward
assuring itself of a spot in the postseason for the 13th consecutive year, the
longest active streak in the league. Pittsburgh needs just two points over its
final three games or a loss by Montreal to lock up a playoff spot.
Carolina's bid to reach the postseason for the first time in
a decade took a hit. The Hurricanes have 93 points with a week to go in the
regular season, just one point ahead of the ninth-place Canadiens.
Jacob Slavin's power-play goal with just under 8 minutes to
go spoiled Murray's bid for a shutout.
FLAMES 5, SHARKS 3
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Calgary
Flames scored three times in less than two minutes late in the
first period on their way to clinching the top spots in the Western Conference
and the Pacific Division with a 5-3 victory over the San Jose
Sharks on Sunday night.
Sean Monahan, Mark
Jankowski, Dalton Prout, Mikael
Backlund and Michael
Frolik all scored for Calgary, which won for the eighth time in
11 games. The Flames will have home-ice advantage throughout the Western
Conference playoffs.
It's the first time in 13 years that the Flames have won
their division.
Timo Meier and Logan Couture each
had a goal and an assist and Kevin Labanc also
scored for the Sharks, who lost for the eighth time in nine games after winning
six straight.
The Flames held San Jose to a season-low 15 shots.
COYOTES 4, WILD 0
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Darcy Kuemper made
36 saves for his fifth shutout of the season, Josh Archibald scored
two goals and the Arizona
Coyotes kept their playoff push going.
It was Kuemper's second shutout in three games and the
Coyotes moved within one point of Colorado for the second wild-card spot in the
Western Conference with three games to play. The Avalanche have four games
remaining. The Coyotes, who have not made the playoffs since 2012, have won 10
of their last 12 at home.
Alex
Galchenyuk scored his 18th goal in the first period, and
Archibald and Vinnie
Hinostroza had empty-netters in the final two minutes for the Coyotes.
Kuemper stopped a rising shot from the slot from Brad Hunt with
three minutes remaining to keep the Wild scoreless. Kuemper shut out Chicago
1-0 on Tuesday and has three shutouts in March.
RANGERS 3, FLYERS 0
PHILADELPHIA -- Alexandar
Georgiev made 29 saves and Ryan Strome scored
for the third consecutive game to lead New York.
Pavel
Buchnevich, and Brady Skjei also
scored for the Rangers and Brett Howden had
two assists.
Strome scored late in the first period to give the Rangers a
2-0 lead when he went top shelf on Flyers goalie Carter Hart,
who had only one defenseman helping him defend an odd-man rush. The goal was
Strome's 17th of the season for the Rangers and 18th overall. He leads the NHL
in goals for his new team after being traded this season. He was acquired from
Edmonton in November.
BLUE JACKETS 4, SABRES 0
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Sergei
Bobrovsky stopped 38 shots, leading Columbus to its fifth
straight victory.
With 94 points, the Blue Jackets jumped into seventh-place
in the Eastern Conference standings, a point ahead of Carolina and two up on
idle Montreal.
Bobrovsky took over the NHL lead with his ninth shutout --
one more than Vegas' Marc-Andre
Fleury -- and third in five games.
Nick Foligno capped
a three-goal first period and Pierre-Luc
Dubois scored his 25th and added two assists. Oliver
Bjorkstrand and Josh Anderson had
a goal each for Columbus.
RED WINGS 6, BRUINS 3
DETROIT -- Taro Hirose scored
his first NHL goal early in the third period; just 8 seconds after Anthony
Mantha completed his first hat trick for the Red Wings.
Mantha scored twice in the opening period to give Detroit a
2-0 lead and scored again 1:17 into the third period to tie the game at 3.
Hirose, who signed March 12 as a free agent from Michigan State, put the Red
Wings up 4-3 while their fans were still roaring after the tying goal. Filip Hronek gave
Detroit a two-goal cushion with 7:57 remaining in regulation, and Dylan Larkin added
an empty-net goal in the final minute.
Jimmy Howard had
31 saves for the Red Wings, who have won five straight for the first time this
season.
Jaroslav
Halak stopped 22 shots for the Bruins, who are trying to hold
off the Toronto Maple
Leafs to finish second in the Atlantic Division.
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