Hurricanes, Islanders each notch fifth straight victory
RALEIGH, N.C. — Vincent Trocheck and James Reimer continued to torment their former team, lifting the Carolina Hurricanes to their fifth straight victor y with a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Sunday night.
Trocheck, who was traded to Carolina just over a year ago, scored for the four th time this season against the Panthers. Nino Niederreiter, Sebastian Aho and Warren Foegele also had goals for the Hurricanes, who have won eight of 10 home games (8-1-1) this season.
Islanders 5, Sabres 2
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Anders Lee and Brock Nelson scored 62 seconds apar t early in the second period and rookie Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves as the Islanders earned their fifth straight win.
The victor y was also the Islanders’ sixth straight over the Sabres this season.
Casey Cizikas increased the lead to 3-0 at 16:56 with his four th goal. Cal Clutterbuck, who also scored in Saturday’s 5-2 win over the Sabres, added his third of the season. Nelson scored his second of the game and ninth of the season into an empty net to complete the scoring.
Lightning 6, Blackhawks 3
CHICAGO — Yanni Gourde, Ondrej Palat and Victor Hedman each scored a power-play goal in the second period, helping Tampa Bay win.
Pat Maroon added his 100th career goal in the third period, giving Tampa Bay a season-high four goals with the man advantage. Gourde finished with two goals and two assists, and Alex Killorn scored for the third straight game.
The Lightning improved to
Devils 1, Bruins 0
BOSTON — Scott Wedgewood made 40 saves, Kyle Palmieri scored out of a scramble with 4:37 left and the Devils snapped a five-game losing streak.
Boston’s Tuukka Rask made 24 saves and remained stuck at 299 career victories. The Bruins have lost four of six games.
All four games between the teams have been decided by one goal, including one in over time and another by a shootout.
Capitals 3, Flyers 1
PHILADELPHIA — Alex Ovechkin, Dmitr y Orlov and Nick Jensen scored to lead Washington.
T.J. Oshie had two assists and Ilya Samsonov stopped 36 shots for the Capitals, who have won eight of 11. Washington was without forward Tom Wilson, who ser ved the first game of a seven-game suspension for Friday’s hit on Boston defenseman Brandon Carlo.
Penguins 5, Rangers 1
PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby capped Pittsburgh’s three-goal outburst in the first period, and the Penguins cruised to its ninth win in 13 games.
Crosby scored his eighth of the season, Kasperi Kapanen netted his sixth and John Marino his first as Pittsburgh scored three goals on six shots in the opening period. Evgeni Malkin and Zach Aston-reese scored in the third period, and Casey Desmith made 22 saves in his second star t since Feb. 11.
Predators 4, Stars 3, SO
DALLAS — Roman Josi scored the final shootout goal on a backhander, helping the Nashville Predators beat the Dallas Stars after blowing a 3-0 third-period lead.
Josi and Forsberg scored in the shootout as the Predators ended a three-game losing streak. Rookie Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and an assist in regulation, Mikael Granlund and Calle Jarnkrok added goals and Pekka Rinne made 35 saves for Nashville. Filip Forsberg added two assists as the Predators built a 3-0 lead through two periods.