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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist Yanni Gourde Jersey , and the Tampa Bay Lightning used a fast start to win their seventh straight, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 on Tuesday night.Alex Killorn, Mikhail Sergachev and Yanni Gourde also scored, and Ryan McDonagh added an empty-netter for Tampa Bay (46-11-4, 96 points), which entered 15 points ahead of Calgary for the most in the league. The Lightning were 16 points clear of Boston, the Eastern Conference’s next-best team, beginning Tuesday.Louis Domingue made 28 saves in place of Andrei Vasilevskiy, who rested after making 39 stops in the Lightning’s 5-1 win at Columbus on Monday night. Domingue improved to 19-4.Oskar Lindblom and Travis Konecny scored for Philadelphia, which lost for just the third time in the last 15 contests.BLUES 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ryan O’Reilly scored 34 seconds into overtime and St. Louis beat Toronto for its franchise-record 11th straight win.Jaden Schwartz and Colton Parayko also scored and Tyler Bozak had two assists for the Blues. Jordan Binnington made 29 saves to win his ninth straight, extending the longest winning streak in franchise history for a rookie goaltender.Zach Hyman and Auston Matthews scored third-period goals as the Maple Leafs erased a 2-0 deficit. Frederik Andersen made 38 saves.Hyman scored at 6:34 of the third, snapping the Blues’ shutout streak at 233:50.PREDATORS 5, STARS 3DALLAS (AP) — Roman Josi scored the go-ahead goal with 12:25 to play and added an empty-netter to lift Nashville over Dallas.Josi skated from behind the net into the slot, and his wrist shot hit defenseman Esa Lindell’s skate and popped over goalie Anton Khudobin. Nashville won for the second time in six games to move within a point of Central Division leader Winnipeg.Dallas is 1-4-1 in its past six games.Filip Forsberg tied the game at 3 with 1:44 left in the second period, 21 seconds after the Stars took their first lead with goals 26 seconds apart by Lindell on the power play and Tyler Seguin.PENGUINS 4, WILD 3NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Bryan Rust scored a tiebreaking goal midway through the second period and Pittsburgh continued its playoff push and avoided the embarrassment of being swept by lowly New Jersey.Defenseman Chad Ruhwedel, Nick Bjugstad and Zach Aston-Reese also scored for Pittsburgh, which has won four of its last five in its bid to make the playoffs for the 13th straight year. The streak is the longest active playoff run in the NHL.Matt Murray made 33 saves, including 15 in the third period, to help the Penguins salvage the final game in the four-game season series.Jesper Bratt, Marcus Johansson and Miles Wood scored for the Devils, who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Keith Kinkaid had 24 saves in losing to the Penguins for the first time in four games this season.DUCKS 4, WILD 0ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Ryan Miller made 31 saves for his 44th career shutout as Anaheim beat Minnesota.Jakob Silfverberg Auston Matthews Jersey , Corey Perry, Ryan Kesler and Hampus Lindholm scored to help Anaheim get its third win in four games.Miller got his second win in two starts since returning from a knee injury that sidelined him for 24 games. His latest came two days after he set the all-time wins record for a U.S.-born goalie with a victory over Washington. He now has 376 for his career.Devan Dubnyk finished with 20 saves in Minnesota’s fifth straight loss. The Wild have been shut out in consecutive games for the first time all season and haven’t scored in the last 156 minutes.RANGERS 2, HURRICANES 1RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Vladislav Namestikov scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, giving New York a win over Carolina.Connor Brickley also scored for the Rangers, who earned a split of a four-game road trip and handed the Hurricanes just their third loss this month. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 43 shots to get his 17th win of the season.Jordan Martinook scored and Curtis McElhinney finished with 24 saves for Carolina, which had won six of its previous seven games — including its first road win over the Rangers since Oct. 2010. The victory on Feb. 8 ended a 16-game losing streak at New York, but the Rangers were able to return the favor on the Hurricanes’ home ice.CANADIENS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2MONTREAL (AP) — Tomas Tatar scored in the third period to lift Montreal over Columbus.The victory was Montreal’s first since Feb. 4 and ended a four-game skid. Paul Byron and Max Domi also scored, and Carey Price made 31 saves.Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 shots, and Josh Anderson and Nick Foligno scored for Columbus.PANTHERS 4, SABRES 2SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals and an assist to lead Florida over Buffalo.Aleksander Barkov had a goal and two assists, Jayce Hawryluk also scored and Frank Vatrano had two assists for the Panthers. James Reimer made 32 saves in his third straight start. The Panthers won their third straight and are 9-4-0 in their past 13 games.Jack Eichel and Vladimir Sobotka scored for the Sabres and Linus Ullmark stopped 37 shots. Buffalo has lost three straight games.COYOTES 3, OILERS 2, SOEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Vinnie Hinostroza scored in regulation and got the winner in the fourth round of the shootout to lift Arizona over short-handed Edmonton.Josh Archibald also scored for the Coyotes, who have won four of their last six. Darcy Kuemper stopped 35 shots through overtime and then three of the four attempts in the tiebreaker.Adam Larsson and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had goals for Edmonton, which was without star forward Connor McDavid due to the flu. Mikko Koskinen had 33 saves as the Oilers lost their fifth straight and 11th in the last 12 (1-8-3). DETROIT (AP) — Steven Stamkos tied Vincent Lecavalier for Tampa Bay’s career lead in goals, Nikita Kucherov scored twice in the third period and the Lightning rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Thursday night.The Red Wings led 3-0 in the second when Stamkos scored on the power play to start Tampa Bay’s comeback. His 383rd goal pulled him even with Lecavalier, and the NHL-leading Lightning weren’t done. The league’s highest-scoring team added four goals in the third, with Kucherov and Tyler Johnson scoring 26 seconds apart to give Tampa Bay the lead with 11:10 remaining. Kucherov made it 5-3 with 3:22 left.Brayden Point also scored early in the third for the Lightning. Madison Bowey, Darren Helm, Justin Abdelkader and Michael Rasmussen scored for the Red Wings, who lost for the 12th time in 13 games. Tampa Bay tied its franchise record of 54 wins, set last season.PENGUINS 5 Connor Brown Jersey , SABRES 0BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist, Sidney Crosby added two assists and Pittsburgh blanked Buffalo.Nick Bjugstad and Jake Guentzel each had a goal and an assist for the surging Penguins, who have won six of seven and sit third in the Metropolitan Division. Brian Dumoulin and Patric Hornqvist also scored, and Casey DeSmith made 26 saves for his fourth career shutout.Carter Hutton stopped 21 shots for the Sabres, who matched a franchise record with three consecutive shutout losses. It happened for the first time last season during a three-game stretch that concluded with a 4-0 loss to Pittsburgh.STARS 4, WILD 1ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Radek Faksa, Roope Hintz and Joel L’Esperance scored in a span of 2:22 early in the second period, and Dallas hung on to beat Minnesota after goalie Ben Bishop got hurt.Anton Khudobin stopped 14 of the 15 shots he faced in relief of Bishop, who made seven saves and established a franchise record by stretching his scoreless streak to 240:53 before exiting with a lower-body injury.Alexander Radulov added an empty-netter for the Stars, who have won six of their last seven games — five in regulation.Jason Zucker had the only goal for the Wild, who took a big hit in the Western Conference wild-card race with their third consecutive loss. They’re in ninth place with 74 points and 11 games to go, trailing Arizona by three points for the final spot.Minnesota is 1-6-3 in its last 10 home games since Jan. 19.The Stars, meanwhile, moved into a tie with St. Louis for third place in the Central Division with 79 points. They have 12 games remaining, as do the Blues.ISLANDERS 2, CANADIENS 1UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Anders Lee scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period and Thomas Greiss stopped 33 shots as New York beat Montreal.Adam Pelech also scored in the second period to help the Islanders win for the fourth time in five games to remain two points behind first-place Washington in the Metropolitan Division.Jordie Benn had the tying goal for Montreal late in the second, and Carey Price finished with 36 saves.Lee converted on a 2-on-1 with Matthew Barzal for his team-leading 25th goal of the season with 2:57 remaining.JETS 4, BRUINS 3WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists to help Winnipeg hand Boston its third straight loss.Blake Wheeler added a goal and an assist, and Jacob Trouba and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored for the Jets. Patrik Laine had two assists and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 36 shots as Winnipeg moved three points ahead of Nashville atop the Central Division.Charlie McAvoy, Joakim Nordstrom and Charlie Coyle scored for Boston and David Krejci had two assists. Tuukka Rask finished with 20 saves.Ehlers scored the eventual game-winner with just under 7 minutes left after Trouba put the Jets ahead 3-2 earlier in the third period. Coyle got Boston within one with 2:56 remaining, but the Bruins couldn’t tie it up.CAPITALS 5, FLYERS 2PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brett Connolly had two goals and an assist to help Washington maintain its lead atop the Metropolitan Division.Evgeny Kuznetsov added a goal and an assist Frederik Andersen Jersey , and Lars Eller and Tom Wilson also scored as the Capitals stayed two points ahead of the second-place New York Islanders in the division. Braden Holtby stopped 22 shots.James van Riemsdyk and Scott Laughton scored for Philadelphia, and Carter Hart finished with 27 saves. The Flyers remained five points out of the second wild card in the Eastern Conference.SENATORS 2, BLUES 0OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Anders Nilsson stopped 34 shots for his second shutout to lead Ottawa.Christian Wolanin and Chris Tierney scored to help the Senators snap a three-game losing streak. The shutout was Nilsson’s sixth of his career.Jake Allen made 19 saves in the loss for the Blues (36-27-7).The rebuilding Senators had two players making NHL debuts — defenseman Erik Brannstrom and forward Max Veronneau.COYOTES 6, DUCKS 1GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Vinnie Hinostroza’s first career hat trick sent Arizona past Anaheim.Hinostroza scored his third goal of the night with 51 seconds left, and hats came flying out of the crowd onto the ice.Jason Demers added a goal and an assist for the rolling Coyotes, who have won 10 of 12. Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Mario Kempe also scored, and Alex Goligoski had two assists.Arizona’s victory coupled with Minnesota’s loss to Dallas moved the Coyotes three points ahead of the slumping Wild for the second Western Conference wild card. Both teams have 11 games remaining.Darcy Kuemper stopped 37 shots for his 13th win since Feb. 9, and was credited with an assist.Jakob Silfverberg scored for Anaheim, which had won four of six.PANTHERS 4, SHARKS 2SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Mike Hoffman scored a tiebreaking goal on the power play late in the second period and Florida denied San Jose a chance to clinch a playoff berth.Hoffman also set up Frank Vatrano’s insurance goal in the third to send the Panthers to their third straight win following a six-game skid. Florida moved within seven points of Columbus for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot but has only 12 games left to make up that margin.Jamie McGinn and Dryden Hunt also scored for the Panthers, and rookie Sam Montembeault made 26 saves to win his first career road start.Melker Karlsson and Kevin Labanc scored for the Sharks, who had their six-game winning streak snapped. San Jose looked tired playing for the third time in four nights and missed an opportunity to become the first Western Conference team to clinch a postseason slot. More importantly, the Sharks failed to increase their one-point lead over second-place Calgary in the Pacific Division race. The Flames have one game in hand.Martin Jones made 23 saves in San Jose’s second regulation loss at home since Dec. 20.PREDATORS 3, KINGS 1LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colton Sissons had a goal and an assist, Pekka Rinne made 25 saves and Nashville kept pace in the Central Division race with a victory over Los Angeles.Viktor Arvidsson and Craig Smith also scored for the Predators, who snapped a two-game skid with a comfortable win over the last-place Kings.Led by Sissons’ first multipoint game since Jan. 7, Nashville remained one point behind Central-leading Winnipeg. The defending division champion Predators also increased their lead over third-place St. Louis and Dallas to six points, although the Jets, Blues and Stars all have two games in hand on Nashville.Austin Wagner scored and Jonathan Quick stopped 31 shots for the Kings, who opened a five-game homestand by losing for the 14th time in 16 games.