Lettieri nets third-period goal, Wild pick up two key points

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Vinni Lettieri scored the winning goal with just under seven minutes to play and the Minnesota Wild beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 to earn a crucial two points and keep their faint playoff hopes alive. Mason Shaw scored for the first time in more than a year, Matt Boldy also had a goal, and fomrer Golden Knights goalie Marc-andre Fleury made 30 saves for the Wild, who are six points behind the Los Angeles Kings for the second Western Conference wild-card spot with eight games to play. Ottawa’s Drake Batherson and Jakob Chychrun each had a goal and an assist and Joonas Korpisalo made 17 saves.

■ Sabres 6, Capitals 2: At Buffalo, N.Y., JJ Peterka scored twice, including the go-ahead goal for Buffalo, which scored three times in a 2:30 span in the opening minutes of the third period.

■ Bruins 3, Predators 0: At Nashville, Tenn., Linus Ullmark made 32 saves and had an assist on Charlie Coyle’s short-handed, game-winning goal in the third period.

■ Canadiens 5, Panthers 3: At Montreal, Nick Suzuki scored the tying and go-ahead goals in the second period and Sam Montembeault made 37 saves.

■ Islanders 2, Blackhawks 1: At New York, Bo Horvat and Simon Holmstrom scored in the third period to back Ilya Sorokin, who made 18 saves

■ Penguins 6, Devils 3: At Newark, N.J., Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby each scored twice in Pittsburgh’s five-goal third period.

■ Ducks 5, Flames 3: At Calgary, Alberta, Alex Killorn scored twice in the third period for Anaheim to snap a five game skid.

Matt Kroh The Associated Press Minnesota Wild center Vinni Lettieri, right, celebrates his goal against the Ottawa Senators during the third period.