Devils shut out Kings
Keith Kincaid stopped 38 saves for his first shutout of the season, helping visiting New Jersey improve its playoff positioning — and that of the Sharks — with a 3-0 win over Los Angeles on Saturday.
San Jose, in second place in the Pacific Division, moved five points ahead of L.A. and Anaheim by winning 5-3 in Vancouver on Saturday night.
Michael Grabner, Nico Hischier and Miles Wood each scored for the Devils, who moved into third place in the Metropolitan Division.
Jonathan Quick made 25 saves for the Kings, who are tied with Anaheim for third in the Pacific.
New Jersey’s 10 shorthanded goals are tied with Florida and Nashville for most in the NHL.
It was the first shorthanded goal allowed at home by the Kings this season, which leaves Carolina as the only team in the NHL that has not conceded a shorthanded goal at home.
Kincaid is 3-0-0 in his career against the Kings with two shutouts.
Flyers 4, Hurricanes 2:
Valterri Filppula scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:49 left as visiting Philadelphia pulled out the win with four goals in the third period. Travis Konecny and Jakub Voracek also scored as the Flyers scored three times in a 5:52 span. Michael Raffl added an empty-netter and Alex Lyon stopped 23 shots.
Blues 4, Rangers 3:
Brayden Schenn scored 1:02 into overtime and Alex Pietrangelo had two goals in regulation for host St. Louis. Nikita Soshnikov also scored for the Blues. Mika Zibanejad scored twice for Rangers, his third multigoal game of the season. Mats Zuccarello also scored, Chris Kreider had two assists and Alexandar Georgiev made 29 saves for New York.
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 0:
Curtis McElhinney made 33 saves for his third shutout of the season and Toronto extended its club-record home winning streak to 12 games. Andreas Johnsson scored his first NHL goal and William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen and Nazem Kadri also had goals for the Maple Leafs.
Sabres 5, Blackhawks 3:
Nicholas Baptiste scored two goals in the third period to lead host Buffalo. Baptiste scored the game-winner with 1:56 remaining on a deflection. Following a face-off win in the Chicago end, Marco Scandella’s shot from the point was deflected by Baptiste in the slot for the forward’s second goal of the game.
Bruins 3, Lightning 0:
Tuukka Rask stopped 23 shots to hand host Tampa Bay its first shutout of the season. It was Rask’s third shutout of the season and 41st of his career. David Pastrnak, David Backes and Riley Nash all scored for Boston as the Bruins moved two points back of the Lightning for the top spot in the Eastern Conference with one game in hand.
Wild 3, Coyotes 1:
Marcus Foligno scored the tie-breaking goal midway through the third period for visiting Minnesota. Nino Niederreiter also scored and Eric Staal added an empty-netter to seal Minnesota’s fifth win in the past seven games. The Wild continued their hold on third place in the Central Division with 10 games to play in the regular season. Devan Dubnyk stopped 30 shots for his 200th career win.
Oilers 4, Panthers 2:
Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists in the third period as visiting Edmonton rallied. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Ty Rattie and Adam Larsson also scored for the Oilers, who are 4-1-1 in their past six games.
Blue Jackets 2, Senators 1:
Markus Nutivaara scored on a second-period power play to lift host Columbus. Sergei Bobrovsky had 22 saves for the Blue Jackets, who have won a season-high seven games in a row. Boone Jenner also tallied for Columbus to keep it in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race.