Hurricanes post 5th straight win
Seth Jarvis scored two power-play goals in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Sunday for their fifth consecutive victory.
Jordan Staal also scored for Carolina (52-22-7), which stayed alive in the race for the Metropolitan Division title. Sebastian Aho added an empty-netter, and Andrei Svechnikov had two assists.
The Hurricanes moved within one point of the idle New York Rangers for the top spot in the division. Each team has one game left on its schedule.
Pyotr Kochetkov made 14 saves as Carolina improved to 19-2-3 in its last 24 road games.
Frank Nazar scored in his NHL debut for Chicago, which dropped its fourth consecutive game. Andreas Athanasiou also scored, and Petr Mrazek made 30 saves.
The lowly Blackhawks finished with a 17-20-4 home record this season.
BLUES 4, KRAKEN 1
Jordan Kyrou, Brayden Schenn and Nathan Walker scored in the third period, leading St. Louis to a victory over Seattle on Sunday.
Kasperi Kapanen also scored for St. Louis. Joel Hofer made 19 saves and hiked his record to 15-12-1.
Jared Mccann scored a goal for the Kraken and Joey Daccord made 25 saves as his record slipped to 18-18-11.
The Blues, who were eliminated from the postseason on Friday, improved to 43-33-5 with one regular-season game remaining. St. Louis went 7-0-0 in Sunday games this season, the most wins without a loss in Sunday contests. The Blues are 7-2 against Seattle since the expansion team joined the leage in 2021-22.
Seattle, which has two games remaining, fell to 33-34-13.
FLAMES 6, COYOTES 5
Nazem Kadri scored twice in the third period, and also had an assist, as Calgary rallied to beat Arizona.
Andrei Kuzmenko, Matt Coronato, Connor Zary, and Yegor Sharangovich also scored for Calgary, which has won three of its last four games. Dustin Wolf finished with 30 saves to win his third straight start.
Dylan Guenther had two goals, and Alex Kerfoot, Matias Maccelli, and Josh Doan also scored for Arizona, which was swept in the three-game season series with the Flames. Clayton Keller had two assists.