Islanders shut out Hurricanes

RALEIGH, N.C. — Thomas Greiss stopped 45 shots for his first shutout of the season, and the New York Islanders beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Friday night.

Johnny Boychuk, Anthony Beauvillier and John Tavares scored for the Islanders, who moved past the Hurricanes into the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Greiss got his eighth career shutout one night after Jaroslav Halak had 50 saves in a 3-0 home win against the crosstown-rival Rangers.

Cam Ward finished with 20 saves for the Hurricanes, who lost their second straight and fell into a tie with Columbus one point behind the Islanders for the conference’s last playoff spot.

Jeff Skinner had his game-tying goal in the third period waved off after a replay review ruled he was offside when he entered the zone. Carolina failed to get a better scoring chance the rest of the night despite getting nearly twice as many shots as the islanders. Blake Wheeler scored twice as Winnipeg dominated Colorado at home.

Ben Bishop stopped 27 shots and Dallas beat St. Louis at home.Mattias Janmark and Stephen Johns scored for Dallas.

Mikael Backlund signed a sixyear, $32.1 million deal to stay with the Calgary Flames. The 28-year-old center has 10 goals and 34 points through 58 games. He has 104 goals and 158 assists in 519 career games with the Flames.