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Rask gets 7th shutout of season, Bruins beat Stars 2-0

The Associated Press J.T. Brown, Andrej Sustr and winning streak.
BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Yanni Gourde also scored Nashville came in three
Rask made 27 saves for his for the Lightning. Andrei points shy of clinching its
seventh shutout of the sea- Vasilevskiy made 31 saves. third straight playoff berth
son and the Boston Bruins Tampa Bay, which played under Peter Laviolette,
beat the Dallas Stars 2-0 on without 38-goal scorer Ni- who coached his 1,000th
Thursday night. kita Kucherov due to ill- NHL game.
Boston won its third straight ness, swept the five-game FLYERS 6, ISLANDERS 3
and stayed three points season series with the Red PHILADELPHIA (AP) —
ahead of Tampa Bay for Detroit got goals from Frans Wayne Simmonds got his
the second wild card in the Nielsen, Danny DeKey- 30th goal of the season as
Eastern Conference with ser and Mike Green. Petr Philadelphia scored five
one game in hand. Mrazek stopped 26 shots. times in a fight-filled first
Rask has won two straight MAPLE LEAFS 3, PREDATORS period on the way to a win
since struggling for a 1 over fading New York.
stretch. He had allowed 18 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dale Weise, Radko Gu-
goals during a four-game James van Riemsdyk and das, Jordan Weal, Sean
losing streak. Auston Matthews each Couturier and Valtteri Fil-
Brad Marchand gave Bos- scored a power-play goal, ppula also scored for the
ton a 1-0 lead when he and Frederik Andersen Flyers, who won their third
jammed a shot past goalie made 29 saves to help To- straight. Philadelphia is six
Antti Niemi at 15:14 of the ronto defeat Nashville. points out of a playoff spot
first period. Niemi had 22 Connor Brown added an with five games remaining
saves and is winless in his empty-net goal as the Ma- and needs to jump four
last five appearances. ple Leafs started a three- teams. Cal Clutterbuck, Ja-
Torey Krug added an insur- game road trip by sweep- son Chimera and Andrew
ance goal early in the sec- ing the season series with Ladd had the goals for
ond when he converted Nashville. They also won the Islanders, who lost their
a perfect feed from David their second straight and third in a row and seventh
Pastrnak. fifth in six games to remain in the last 10 games. They
LIGHTNING 5, RED WINGS 3 in third place in the Atlantic fell into a tie with the Flyers
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Kil- Division, one point ahead at 82 points. New York has
Carolina Hurricanes’ Noah Hanifin (5) celebrates his overtime lorn and Jonathan Drouin of Boston. six games remaining.
goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets in an NHL hockey scored power-play goals Filip Forsberg scored his 30th OILERS 3, SHARKS 2
game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, March 30, 2017. Carolina won 1:51 apart late in the sec- of the season for Nashville. EDMONTON, Alberta (AP)
2-1. ond period of Tampa Bay’s The Predators have lost two — Patrick Maroon scored
Associated Press victory over Detroit. straight after a four-game twice and Edmonton took
over sole possession of sec-
ond place in the Pacific Di-
vision by beating San Jose.
Connor McDavid had
a goal and Cam Talbot
made 38 saves for the
streaking Oilers, who have
won four in a row and eight
of nine to move within one
point of first-place Ana-
heim.
Jannik Hansen and Joe
Pavelski scored for the
struggling Sharks, who lost
for the seventh time in
eight games and dropped
to third place in the Pacific.
HURRICANES 2, BLUE JACK-
ETS 1, OT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) —
Noah Hanifin scored 2:16
into overtime and Carolina
rallied to beat Columbus.
Jeff Skinner scored the ty-
ing goal with 4:20 left in
regulation before setting
up the winner for the surg-
ing Hurricanes. They have
established a club record
by earning at least one
point in 13 straight games
while climbing from last
place in the Eastern Con-
ference to the fringe of the
playoff race.q