Hurricanes top Penguins to take over first in Metro

Jesper Fast scored 9 seconds into the third pe- riod to break a tie, Sebas- tian Aho followed with his 22nd goal of the season and the visiting Carolina Hurricanes edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Sunday to move into first place in the Metropolitan Division.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jordan Staal also scored for Carolina, which never trailed in the first meeting of the season between the teams that entered the day tied atop perhaps the league's most competitive division. Antti Raanta made 31 saves to pick up his 100th career victory.

Evan Rodrigues scored his first goal since Jan. 6 to get Pittsburgh within one with 1:12 remaining.

Bryan Rust scored his eighth goal in his past eight games and Sidney Crosby added the 501st goal of his career.

COYOTES 3, STARS 1 >> Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller each had a goal and an assist and Arizona stopped Dallas' six-game road winning streak.

Lawson Crouse scored his 50th NHL goal and Scott Wedgewood made 32 saves for the Coyotes, including 17 in the third.

With the game tied at 1, Schmaltz scored on a power play to give the Coyotes a 2-1 lead late in the second period.

PANTHERS 5, BLACKHAWKS 2 >> Aleksander Barkov had a goal and two assists and surging Florida beat host Chicago for its third straight win.

Aaron Ekblad, Brandon Montour, MacKenzie Weegar and Anton Lundell

also scored as Eastern Conference-leading Florida won for the seventh time in eight games and finished a five-game road trip at 4-1-0.

Jonathan Huberdeau had two assists to increase his league-leading assist total to 53.

CANADIENS 3, ISLANDERS 2, SO >> Andrew Hammond made 30 saves and stopped two of three shootout attempts, leading Montreal to the road victory.

It was Hammond's first regular-season start since March 28, 2018, and first NHL win since April 9, 2016, when he backstopped the Ottawa Senators to a win against the Boston Bruins.

Cole Caufield and Rem Pitlick scored in the shootout for Montreal. Jeff Petry and Josh Anderson also scored for the Canadiens. BLUE JACKETS 7, SABRES 3 >> Dean Kukan had two goals and an assist, Jean-Francois Berube stopped 33 shots in his first NHL start in nearly four years, and host Columbus beat Buffalo.

Boone Jenner had a goal and an assist, and Zach Werenski, Brendan Gaunce, Gus Nyquist and Justin Danforth also scored for the Blue Jackets, who won for the seventh time in nine games.

Berube last played April 6, 2018, for Chicago in a loss to St. Louis.

RANGERS 2, SENATORS 1 >> Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 shots, Ryan Strome and Artemi Panarin scored and visiting New York edged Ottawa.

The Senators' Filip Gustavsson made 31 saves in his first NHL start since Dec. 7. WILD 7, OILERS 3 >> Kevin Fiala scored twice during a four-goal first period and Minnesota snapped a twogame losing streak with a victory at Edmonton.