HURRICANES BEAT PENGUINS 2-1, WIN FOURTH STRAIGHT

Sebastian Aho scored the go-ahead goal with 1:55 left in the second period and the Hurricanes earned their season-best fourth straight win by beating the Penguins 2-1 on Friday night.

Derek Ryan had a goal earlier in the second period for Carolina, which improved to 7-0-1 in its last eight games.

Brian Dumoulin scored for the short-handed Penguins, who were down a season-high five injured players — including top goalie Matt Murray and defenseman Kris Letang.

The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions have lost six of nine to slip to seventh place in the Metropolitan Division. They have just one regulation victory since Dec. 2.

FRIDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Rasmus Ristolainen scored 2:37 into overtime to give the Sabres a 4-3 victory over New Jersey, snapping the Devils’ winning streak at five games. … Claude Giroux had three assists, Sean Couturier scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and the Flyers beat the Lightning 5-3. … Mark Stone and Bobby Ryan scored in the third period as the Senators held off the Blue Jackets 5-4. Derick Brassard, Nick Paul and Matt Duchene also scored for the Senators, and Mike Condon made 21 saves to help Ottawa snap a four-game losing streak. … Frans Nielsen scored the only goal in the shootout to lift the Red Wings over the Rangers 3-2. Nielsen beat Henrik Lundqvist through the pads for his 47th career shootout goal and 21st winner, both NHL records. … Mikael Granlund had the second threegoal game of his career and Devan Dubnyk made 41 saves in his first start since Dec. 12 to help the Wild beat the Predators 4-2. … Blake Wheeler and Kyle Connor each had a goal and an assist on Winnipeg’s patchwork top line as the Jets beat the Islanders 4-2. … Alexander Radulov had a power-play goal and an empty-netter in the final 2:21 to lift the Stars over the Blues 4-2. … Patrick Kane scored 50 seconds into overtime to give 32-year-old goaltender Jeff Glass a win in his NHL debut and lift the Blackhawks over the Oilers 4-3.

FOOTNOTE

Blackhawks place Anisimov on injured reserve. The Blackhawks placed center Artem Anisimov on injured reserve with an upper-body injury. The 29-yearold Anisimov got hurt in the first period of Thursday night’s 5-2 loss at Vancouver. He has 13 goals and five assists in 36 games this season.