Bunting's late goal wins it for Penguins
Michael Bunting snapped a tie with 5:28 left in the third period, and the host Pittsburgh Penguins moved into a playoff spot with a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.
Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist for Pittsburgh, and Bunting also had two assists. Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang also scored.
The Penguins posted their fourth straight win and improved to 6-0-2 in their last eight games overall.
The Lightning, who clinched a playoff berth, had won 10 of their previous 12.
BLACKHAWKS 3, STARS 2 » Connor Bedard, Andreas Athanasiou and Seth Jones scored in the second period, and last-place Chicago stopped visiting Dallas' franchise-record win streak at eight games.
Petr Mrazek made 42 saves for Chicago, which improved to 8-6-0 in its last 14 games.
Roope Hintz scored his 29th goal for Central Division-leading Dallas, which dropped to 13-3-0 in its last 16 contests.
MAPLE LEAFS 4, CANADIENS 2 » Auston Matthews scored his leagueleading 64th goal of the season in a four-goal second period and Toronto won at Montreal.
Matthews hit the 100-point mark for the second time in his career and extended his point streak to 10 games in the process.
The 26-year-old superstar is on pace for 69 goals, one shy of the 70-goal milestone that hasn't been attained since Teemu Selanne and Alexander
Mogilny reached 76 in 1992-93. No one has scored 65 goals since Alex Ovechkin in 2007-08.
BRUINS 3, PANTHERS 2, OT » Jesper Boqvist scored 2:05 into overtime, Linus Ullmark stopped 28 shots and host Boston beat Florida in a matchup of the top two teams in the Atlantic Division.
JETS 4, WILD 2 » Vladislav Namestnikov had a goal and two assistsand Winnipeg got the road win over Minnesota.
SHARKS 3, BLUES 2, OT » William Eklund scored in overtime to finish a hat trick, Devin Cooley made 34 saves in his first NHL win, and San Jose defeated visiting St. Louis.
Eklund buried a wrist shot on a 2-on-1 break 3:56 into overtime. He scored two power-play goals minutes apart in the second period for the 21-year-old's first multigoal game.
BLUE JACKETS 6, FLYERS 2 » Damon Severson and Zach Werenski each scored twice, and host Columbus extended Philadelphia's skid to seven games.
DEVILS 4, SENATORS 3 » Brendan Smith had a goal and two assists and New Jersey snapped a threegame losing streak with a victory at Ottawa.
ISLANDERS 2, PREDATORS 0 » Semyon Varlamov had a season-high 40 saves for his third shutout of the season, and New York beat visiting Nashville, getting a crucial win in its playoff push.
Noah Dobson and Kyle Palmieri scored as the Islanders won their fourth straight to take a twopoint lead over both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh for third place in the Eastern Conference.