Panthers top Detroit 5-2, clinch top spot in East, Atlantic
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov scored his thirty eighth objective of the season and the Florida Panthers tied a franchise report with their twelfth straight win, beating the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Thursday night time.
With the victory and Tampa Bay’s 8-1 win over Toronto, the Panthers clinched first within the Atlantic Division and the highest spot within the Jap Convention.
The Panthers (118 factors) additionally moved two factors forward of Western Convention-leading Colorado within the race for the most effective report within the NHL. Florida and the Avalanche have fiver video games remaining.
The Panthers matched the 12-game successful streak they posted from Dec. 15, 2015, to Jan. 10, 2016.
Mason Marchment had a objective and an help, and Sam Reinhart, MacKenzie Weegar and Noel Acciari additionally scored for the Panthers.
Florida’s Jonathan Huberdeau had two assists and moved right into a tie with Connor McDavid of idle Edmonton for the league lead in factors at 113.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 pictures for the Panthers.
Tyler Bertuzzi and Sam Gagner scored for Detroit, and Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 22 pictures.
RANGERS 6, ISLANDERS 3
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Copp scored three objectives within the first interval, Chris Kreider acquired his 51st of the season and the Rangers beat the rival Islanders.
Ryan Strome had a objective and an help, Ryan Reaves additionally scored, Artemi Panarin had 4 assists and Adam Fox added three to assist the Rangers win their fourth straight and seventh of their final eight. Alexandar Georgiev had 26 saves to enhance to 14-9-2.
The Rangers remained tied with Carolina atop the Metropolitan Division with 108 factors.
Brock Nelson scored twice, Josh Bailey had a objective and an help, and Semyon Varlamov completed with 17 saves for the Islanders, who’re 3-5-1 of their final 9.
HURRICANES 4, JETS 2
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seth Jarvis scored on a rebound at 8:21 of the third interval to assist Carolina overcome a two-goal deficit and beat Winnipeg.
Teuvo Teravainen and Jaccob Slavin additionally scored within the rally for the Hurricanes, who’re tied with the New York Rangers for the Metropolitan Division lead. Captain Jordan Staal added an empty-net objective within the last minute.
Antti Raanta, pressed right into a lead function as a consequence of an harm to No. 1 goaltender Frederik Andersen, made 20 saves for Carolina. The Hurricanes had a 46-22 edge in pictures.
Pierre-Luc Dubois and Kyle Connor scored first-period objectives for Winnipeg. The Jets ended a six-game journey with their fourth straight loss. Eric Comrie made 42 saves.
PENGUINS 4, BRUINS 0
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Casey DeSmith made a career-high 52 saves and Jake Guentzel scored three objectives in Pittsburgh’s win over Boston.
Guentzel accomplished the hat trick with an empty-netter, his fortieth objective of the season, as Pittsburgh moved two factors forward of Washington for third place within the Metropolitan Division.
Jason Zucker additionally scored for the Penguins, who’ve received three of 5 following a four-game shedding streak.
Jeremy Swayman made 28 saves for the Bruins, whose two-game successful streak ended. Boston has misplaced 5 of eight total.
SABRES 5, DEVILS 2
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Kyle Okposo and Alex Tuch scored short-handed objectives lower than a minute aside within the first interval, and Buffalo beat New Jersey.
Rasmus Dahlin, Owen Energy and Jeff Skinner additionally scored, and 40-year-old Craig Anderson had 31 saves for the Sabres in a matchup of groups eradicated from playoff rivalry.
Nikita Okhotiuk scored in his NHL debut and Jesper Boqvist additionally scored for the Devils. Adam Hammond stopped 23 of 28 pictures for New Jersey.
FLYERS 6, CANADIENS 3
MONTREAL (AP) — James van Reimsdyk had two objectives and an help, Ivan Provorov had a objective and an help and Philadelphia snapped a six-game skid with a win over Montreal.
Oskar Lindblom, Morgan Frost and Travis Konecny had Philadelphia’s different objectives. Bobby Brink had his first profession multipoint sport with two assists. Martin Jones made 31 saves.
Mike Hoffman, Jake Evans and Cole Caufield scored for Montreal. Carey Value made 28 saves because the Canadiens (20-47-11) misplaced their seventh straight.
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