Hurricanes topple banged-up Penguins for 4th straight win
Sebastian Aho scored the go-ahead goal with 1:55 left in the second period and the Carolina Hurricanes earned their season-best fourth straight win by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Friday night in Raleigh.
Derek Ryan had a goal earlier in the second for Carolina, which improved to 7-0-1 in its last eight.
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. BLACKHAWKS 4, OILERS 3 (OT) >> Patrick Kane scored 50 seconds into OT to lift visiting Chicago and give 32-year-old goalie Jeff Glass a win in his NHL debut.
After scoring, Kane pointed toward the other end of the ice at Glass, and teammates quickly enveloped the journeyman. The Calgary native made 42 saves in his debut, which came 12 seasons after his first minor-league game. RED WINGS 3, RANGERS 2 (SO) >> Frans Nielsen scored the only goal in the shootout to lift host Detroit.
Nielsen beat Henrik Lundqvist through the pads for his 47th career shootout goal and 21st winner, both NHL records.
WILD 4, PREDATORS 2 >> Mikael Granlund had the second three-goal game of his career and Devan Dubnyk made 41 saves in his first start since Dec. 12 to help Minnesota beat visiting Nashville.
Nashville lost for the fourth time in five games. P.K. Subban and Kyle Turris scored for the Predators. FLYERS 5, LIGHTNING 3 >> Claude Giroux had three assists, Sean Couturier scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and visiting Philadelphia beat Tampa Bay.
Brian Elliott, making his 13th consecutive start, stopped 24 shots.
The Lightning had an eight-game home winning streak end.
JETS 4, ISLANDERS 2 >> Blake Wheeler and Kyle Connor each had a goal and an assist on Winnipeg’s patchwork top line to beat visiting New York.
Wheeler played center in place of the injured Mark Scheifele, with Connor on left wing and Patrik Laine on the right. Laine had two assists.
Shawn Matthias, a healthy scratch for 11 straight games, had his first goal of the season, and Adam Lowry tipped in a power-play marker and also had an assist. SENATORS 5, BLUE JACKETS 4>> Mark Stone and Bobby Ryan scored in the third period as host Ottawa held off Columbus.
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.
Zach Werenski scored on the power play with 32 seconds left for the Blue Jackets. Sonny Milano struck twice, and Josh Anderson also scored. SABRES 4, DEVILS 3 (OT) >> Rasmus Ristolainen scored 2:37 into overtime in Newark to help Buffalo snap New Jersey’s winning streak at five games.
Jack Eichel scored twice, former Devil Jacob Josefson added a goal, and Robin Lehner stopped 35.
STARS 4, BLUES 2 >> Alexander Radulov had a powerplay goal and an empty-netter in the final 2:21 to lift host Dallas.
Radulov took in the puck off a faceoff and sent a low shot for his fourth winner of the season, then tapped in the rebound of a shot off the post with 1:39 left. AVALANCHE 4, MAPLE LEAFS
3 (OT) >> J.T. Compher scored a power-play goal 3:25 into overtime to lift Colorado over the visiting Toronto. Nathan MacKinnon added a goal and two assists for Colorado.
DUCKS 2, FLAMES 1 >> Rickard Rakell scored a go-ahead power-play goal early in the third period and Anaheim held off visiting Calgary. John Gibson made 22 saves for the Ducks.