Teravainen helps Carolina roll over Minnesota
Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and two assists and the Carolina Hurricanes kept pace in the playoff race with a 5-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Jordan Staal, Brett Pesce, Andrei Svechnikov and Lucas Wallmark also scored for Carolina, which picked up its fifth win in seven games to keep its hold on the Eastern Conference’s first wild-card spot. Petr Mrazek stopped 24 shots.
The Hurricanes, who own the NHL’S longest playoff drought at nine seasons, have a fivepoint cushion with eight games to play.
Eric Staal scored and Devyn Dubnyk made 28 saves for the Wild, who dropped out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference with the loss and Colorado’s 4-2 win over Chicago. Minnesota played without leading scorer Zach Parise after he took a high stick to the face against Washington on Friday.
CANADIENS 7, SABRES 4: Brendan Gallagher had two goals and an assist, and Montreal beat Buffalo for its third straight win. Max Domi and Tomas Tatar each had a goal and two assists as the Canadiens moved three points ahead of the Jackets in the race for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. DEVILS 2, COYOTES 1, SO: Blake Coleman and Pavel Zacha scored in the shootout and New Jersey hurt Arizona’s playoff chances with a victory. ISLANDERS 4, FLYERS 2: Josh Bailey scored twice 1:23 apart in the third period, stopping a 12-game drought and leading the Islanders to the win.
AVALANCHE 4, BLACKHAWKS 2: Colin Wilson scored his first goal in more than a month, Philipp Grubauer stopped 29 shots and Colorado earned its fourth straight win by holding off Chicago. SENATORS 4, OILERS 3, OT: Brady Tkachuk scored his second goal of the game 2:09 into overtime as Ottawa beat Edmonton.
BRUINS 7, PANTHERS 3: Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Zdeno Chara each had a goal and an assist help Boston clinch a playoff berth with a win over Florida.
JETS 5, PREDATORS 0: Kyle Connor had a hat trick and added an assist and Winnipeg clinched a playoff spot with a victory over Nashville.
RANGERS 2, MAPLE LEAFS 1, OT: Ryan Strome scored 1:48 into overtime as New York beat Toronto. PENGUINS 3, STARS 2: Jared Mccann scored twice, including the goahead goal in the third period, and Pittsburgh beat Dallas.
BLUES 4, LIGHTNING 3: Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist and St. Louis snapped Tampa Bay’s seven-game win streak.