Carolina continues home dominance

RALEIGH, N.C. — Someone different always seems to step up to keep the Carolina Hurricanes rolling on home ice. This time it was Jay McClement’s turn.

McClement scored the key goal 2:54 into the third period as the Hurricanes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Friday night.

Elias Lindholm and Lee Stempniak scored early goals 1:05 apart to give the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead, and they held on to earn a point in their 11th straight home game.

“We’re obviously gaining confidence, and we’ve done that the last little while,” McClement said. “I think we’re kind of firing on all cylinders at home. We’ve just got to continue to do that on the road.”

They’re 10-0-1 at PNC Arena since Nov. 12, and McClement became the seventh Carolina player with a gamewinning goal during that stretch.

PREDATORS 4, BLUES 0: In St. Louis, Juuse Saros made 25 saves for his first career shutout, and Filip Forsberg got a goal and an assist as Nashville beat St. Louis.

Yannick Weber, Viktor Arvidsson and Colin Wilson also scored, and Saros won his second career road game. The Predators have won three of their four meetings against the Blues this season and snapped a five-game losing streak on the road against St. Louis.

Mike Ribeiro had a pair of assists to run his points streak against the Blues to five games.

Jake Allen allowed three goals on 14 shots before giving way to Carter Hutton to start the third as the Blues fell to 14-3-4 at home. They entered the game with points in 16 of their last 17 at the Scottrade Center.

SHARKS 2, FLYERS 0: In San Jose, Calif., rookie Aaron Dell stopped 21 shots to get his first career shutout as San Jose beat Philadelphia.

Patrick Marleau scored on a power play late in the first period as the Sharks won their fourth straight and eighth of nine. CANUCKS 3, DUCKS 2 (OT): In Vancouver, British Columbia, Henrik Sedin scored 4:01 into overtime as Vancouver beat Anaheim.