Zacha goal lifts Bruins over Panthers
Pavel Zacha scored the winning goal with 2:21 to go in regulation and Boston defeated Florida 4-3 on Tuesday night.
The Bruins also broke a tie with Florida atop the Atlantic Division and now hold a two-point lead although the Panthers have played one less game.
Charlie Mcavoy, David Pastrnak and Trent Frederic also scored for the Bruins and Jeremy Swayman made 18 saves.
Evan Rodrigues, Sam Reinhart and Carter Verhaeghe scored for the Panthers while Sergei Bobrovsky made 17 saves.
RANGERS 6, FLYERS 5, OT
dam Fox scored in overtime and Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves as the New York Rangers defeated Philadelphia.
After the teams traded seven goals in a frenetic third period, Fox rifled home the winning goal 36 seconds into overtime as the first-place Rangers won for the 48th time and clinched a playoff spot for the third straight season. Alexis Lafreniere scored twice for the Rangers and Artemi Panarin had two assists for the Rangers.
Vincent Trocheck, Mika Zibanejad and Jonny Brodzinski also scored for the Rangers.
PENGUINS 4, HURRICANES 1
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist and the Penguins scored two goals on five shots in the second period, spoiling Jake Guentzel’s return to Pittsburgh with a victory over Carolina.
Bryan Rust scored his 23rd of the season and his seventh goal in 10 games. Jesse Puljujarvi added his third of the season — and second in as many games for the Penguins, who were outshot 31-14 in the last two periods. Drew O’connor added an empty-net goal at 18:04 of the third.
CAPITALS 4,
RED WINGS 3, OT
Dylan Strome scored twice, Charlie Lindgren made 30 saves and Washington beat Detroit In a pivotal matchup in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
The Capitals moved two points ahead of Detroit and still have an extra game left to play. They’re also right on the heels of Philadelphia for third place in the Metropolitan Division.
“I think we’re proving a lot of people wrong right now,” Strome said.
Washington has won three in a row and five of six to improve its postseason position to the best it has been in recent weeks. There are 10 games left for the Caps to play this NHL regular season as they attempt to get back in after failing to qualify last year.
DEVILS 6, MAPLE LEAFS 3
Nico Hischier had a goal and two assists, Jake Allen made 42 saves and the New Jersey Devils beat the Toronto
Maple Leafs 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Jack Hughes scored twice, including into the empty net, and Timo Meier added a goal and an assist for the Devils, who have won four of their last five games. Luke Hughes and Max Willman also scored for New Jersey. Jesper Bratt added three assists and Curtis Lazar had two.
PREDATORS 5,
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, OT
Roman Josi scored 40 seconds into overtime to lead the Nashville Predators to a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night, and extend the team’s stretch of consecutive games unbeaten in regulation to a franchise-record 18.
Filip Forsberg had a goal and two assists, Ryan O’reilly and Gustav Nyquist each had a goal and an assist and Mark Jankowski also scored for Nashville, which last lost a game in regulation on Feb. 15 and is 16-0-2 since.
BLACKHAWKS 3, FLAMES 1
Jason Dickinson scored twice, Petr Mrazek made 40 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Tuesday.
Seth Jones also scored for Chicago, and Joey Anderson had two assists. Connor Bedard, who wrapped the blade of his stick in rainbow-colored Pride tape for warmups on Pride Night, picked up his team-best 35th assist.