Rangers squelch Penguins

Frank Vatrano and Artemi Panarin scored in the second period, Igor Shesterkin stopped 30 shots for his fourth shutout of the season and the New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 Thursday night.

Dryden Hunt added an empty-net goal in the final minute and Mika Zibanejad had two assists for New York, which is 6-1-1 in its last eight games — including three victories against Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry had 21 saves for Pittsburgh, which has lost four of five.

Hurricanes 5, Sabres 3 —

Sebastian Aho and Jordan Staal each scored two goals and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied from a pair of twogoal deficits to clinch a playoff berth Thursday night.

Aho’s go-ahead goal came with 8:21 remaining, propelling the Hurricanes to the 100-point mark (46-17-8) for the just the second time in franchise history. They have 11 games remaining.

Flyers 4, Blue Jackets 1 —

Kevin Connauton, Owen Tippett and Noah Cates scored in Philadelphia’s three-goal second period for their second straight road win.Travis Konecny added a goal in the third period, Martin Jones stopped 26 shots and Kevin Hayes had a pair of assists for Philadelphia, which has won two of its last three games overall.

Eric Robinson scored Columbus’ lone goal and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 27 shots in the Blue Jackets’ third straight home loss and eighth in nine games.

Predators 3, Senators 2 —

Roman Josi had three assists and Nashville erased a onegoal deficit in the third .

Canadiens 7, Devils 4 —

Kale Clague had a goal and two assists, Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki each had a goal and an assist as a part of a three-goal first period for Montreal. The Devils dropped their fifth straight game, and 10th in their past 12, going 0-3-1 on their fourgame homestand.