THURSDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Islanders 3, Canadiens 0:

Rookie Anthony Beauvillier scored in the first period, Thomas Greiss made 24 saves, and New York beat Montreal. Anders Lee scored in the second period and John Tavares added an empty-netter in the final minute to seal New York’s third straight win.

New York was without C Casey Cizikas and RW Cal Clutterbuck, who were injured Tuesday in Detroit.

Rangers 2, Maple Leafs 1, SO: Mika Zibanejad scored the shootout winner and New York continued a strong February with a victory over Toronto. Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves and J.T. Miller scored the game-tying goal in the third period for the Rangers, who improved to 8-1-1.

Predators 4, Avalanche 2: Filip Forsberg scored his second hat trick in as many games, and Nashville beat Colorado to sweep the fivegame season series between the Central Division teams. Forsberg, who now has a team-high 22 goals, has five goals combined in his last two second periods. Viktor Arvidsson also scored a goal and Roman Josi and Ryan Johansen each added two assists.

Flames 3, Lightning 2:

Sean Monahan scored his 100th NHLgoal, Brian Elliott made 23 saves and Calgary beat Tampa Bay. Dougie Hamilton had a goal and two assists, and Mikael Backlund also scored to help Calgary improve to 7-2-1 over their last 10 games.

Blackhawks 6, Coyotes 3:

Patrick Kane scored three goals for his third career hat trick to lead surging Chicago past Arizona for their third straight win and eighth in nine games. Kane has 23 goals to lead Chicago, which closed within three points behind first-place Minnesota in the Central Division and Western Conference. Bruins 4, Kings 1: Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak scored their 26th goals of the season, and Boston improved to 5-1-0 under interim coach Bruce Cassidy with a victory over Los Angeles. Anton Khudobin made 27 saves in his second start since Christmas for the Bruins, who nursed an early lead to their first win in Los Angeles since March 2012.