Carolina stays hot at home
Vincent Trocheck and James Reimer tormented their former team again Sunday, lifting Carolina to its fifth straight win, 42 over visiting Florida.
Trocheck, who was traded to Carolina a year ago, scored for the fourth time this season against the Panthers. Nino Niederreiter, Sebastian Aho and Warren Foegele also had goals for the Hurricanes, who have lost just one of 10 home games.
Reimer, who made 21 saves, was traded by Florida nearly two years ago. He’s 300 since then against the Panthers.
Devils 1, Bruins 0: Scott Wedgewood made 40 saves, Kyle Palmieri scored out of a scramble with 4:37 left and visiting New Jersey snapped a fivegame losing streak.
Capitals 3, Flyers 1: Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov and Nick Jensen scored to lead visiting Washington. T.J. Oshie had two assists and Ilya Samsonov stopped 36 shots for the Capitals, who have won eight of 11.
Penguins 5, Rangers 1: Sidney Crosby capped Pittsburgh’s three-goal outburst in the first period, and the host Penguins cruised to their ninth win in 13 games.
Predators 4, Stars 3: Roman Josi scored the final shootout goal on a backhander, helping visiting Nashville win after it blew a 3-0 third-period lead.
Islanders 5, Sabres 2: Anders Lee and Brock Nelson scored 62 seconds apart early in the second period and rookie Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves as host New York won its fifth straight win, and its sixth in a row this season over Buffalo.
Lightning 6, Blackhawks 3: Yanni Gourde, Ondrej Palat and Victor Hedman each scored a power-play goal in the second period to lift visiting Tampa Bay. Pat Maroon added his 100th career goal in the third period, giving the Lightning a season-high four goals with the man advantage.
Senators 4, Flames 3: Drake Batherson’s shootout goal on Jacob Markstrom lifted visiting Ottawa.