Senators rest stars, fall to Devils

Cory Schneider made 30 saves in posting his first shutout since November 2017 and New Jersey Devils beat the undermanned Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Thursday night in Newark, New Jersey, in a game in which both teams gave indications they were getting ready to make trades in the next few days.

Travis Zajac, Steven Santini, Kurtis Gabriel and Miles Wood scored for the Devils, who won for the third time in four games.

Anders Nilsson had 27 saves for the Senators, whose 22-33-5 record is the worst in the NHL this season.

Ottawa clearly intends to deal before Monday’s trading deadline.

Mark Stone, Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingel, the Senators’ first, second- and fourth-leading scorers, were all healthy scratches. Trade rumors have swirled about the forwards in recent weeks, and this was another sign the future free agents would be dealt.

The Devils scratched forward Marcus Johansson and veteran defenseman Ben Lovejoy. Johansson has been rumored to be on the trading block. WILD 4, RANGERS 1: Zach Parise had a goal and an assist and Minnesota beat New York.

CAPITALS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2: Alex Ovechkin scored the 650th goal of his career and Braden Holtby made 40 saves as Washington defeated Toronto.

SHARKS 4, PENGUINS 0:

Tomas Hertl scored a pair of first-period powerplay goals, Martin Jones stopped 26 shots and San Jose took advantage of sloppy play by Pittsburgh.

HURRICANES 4, PANTHERS 3: Justin Williams had two goals and an assist and Carolina rallied for two goals down to beat Florida.

CANADIENS 5, FLYERS 1:

Brendan Gallagher earned his first career hat trick and Montreal defeated Philadelphia.

LIGHTNING 2, SABRES 1, SO: Nikita Kucherov became the fastest player to 100 points in a season since Mario Lemieux, and he and Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout to lift Tampa Bay over Buffalo.

PREDATORS 2, KINGS 1:

Roman Josi had a goal and an assist as Nashville beat Los Angeles.

CAPITALS ACQUIRE HAGELIN FROM KINGS:

The Capitals traded for winger Carl Hagelin from the Los Angeles Kings. Washington sent a 2019 third-round pick and a conditional 2020 sixth-round pick to Los Angeles.