NHL roundup: Blue Jackets win seventh straight

The Blue Jackets extended their winning streak to seven games. Goalie Sergei
Bobrovsky made 23 saves to help Columbus earn its seventh consecutive home
victory.

Columbus holds the first wild card in the Eastern Conference -- with a
one-point lead -- while also having the same point total as the third-place
team in the Metropolitan Division, the Philadelphia Flyers.

In addition, the Blue Jackets closed out the season series with a 2-1 edge
over Ottawa, which is out of playoff contention.

Bruins 3, Lightning 0

Tuukka Rask had 23 saves while picking up his third shutout of the season and
Torey Krug had three assists to lead Boston over Tampa Bay in a battle of
Atlantic Division leaders at Amalie Arena.

It was the 41st career shutout for Rask and marked the first time this season
that the Lightning (48-19-4, 100 points) were shut out. David Pastrnak, David
Backes and Riley Nash each scored goals for the Bruins (45-17-8, 98), who
moved within two points of the first place Lightning with a game in hand. It
also was the fifth time that Rask shut out Tampa Bay in his career.

Andrei Vasilevskiy had 24 saves for the Lightning, who dropped their second
straight game.

Devils 3, Kings 0

Keith Kinkaid made 38 saves as visiting New Jersey beat Los Angeles at Staples
Center.

Kinkaid improved to 9-2-0 in his last 11 starts and recorded his fourth career
shutout. He stopped 19 shots in the first, eight in the second and 11 more in
the third. He also helped kill off six Kings power plays.

Michael Grabner scored a shorthanded goal and Nico Hischier tallied on even
strength in the opening period as the Devils won their third straight game on
a season-high six-game road trip.

Flyers 4, Hurricanes 2

Valtteri Filppula had the go-ahead goal with 5:49 left, and Philadelphia
scored four times in the third period to beat Carolina at PNC Arena in
Raleigh, N.C.

The Flyers, who are trying to maintain their grasp on third place in the
Metropolitan Division, snapped a two-game skid.

Philadelphia's Travis Konecny tied the game 1-1 with 11:41 left in the third
period. Carolina responded and retook the lead, 2-1, just over two minutes
later on a goal by Jaccob Slavin. The Flyers tied the game again on a goal by
Jakub Voracek with 8:02 remaining. Filppula then gave Philadelphia its first
lead with his 11th goal of the season with 5:49 left. Michael Raffl provided a
two-goal margin with just under two minutes left.

Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 0

William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen, Nazem Kadri and Andreas Johnsson scored
goals and Curtis McElhinney turned away 33 shots as Toronto easily defeated
visiting Montreal at the Air Canada Centre.

The Maple Leafs have won four consecutive games and remain five points behind
the Boston Bruins for second place in the Atlantic Division.

The Canadiens have lost two in a row and are 1-5-2 in their past eight games.

Oilers 4, Panthers 2

Connor McDavid scored the tying goal and had an assist on the go-ahead score
as Edmonton rallied to defeat Florida at the BB&T Center.

McDavid also added an assist on Ty Rattie's empty-net goal with 50 seconds
left. McDavid has 19 goals in his past 22 games. For the season, he has 34
goals and 55 assists, ranking third in the NHL with 89 points entering
Saturday night. All three of McDavid's points came in the third period.

Despite the loss, the Panthers are 16-5-1 since Jan. 30 and 9-2-0 in their
past 11 home games as they chase a playoff berth.

Sabres 5, Blackhawks 3

Nicholas Baptiste scored twice, including the go-ahead goal on the power play
with 1:56 left in the third period, and Buffalo held on for a 5-3 win over the
Chicago at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

Benoit Pouliot, Ryan O'Reilly and Sam Reinhart also scored for Buffalo, which
snapped a two-game winless streak.

Jordan Oesterle, Jonathan Toews and Tomas Jurco scored for Chicago. The
Blackhawks have lost two straight and four of their past five.

--Field Level Media