The Toronto Maple Leafs quickly rebounded from a one-sided loss to move into the lead for the second NHL Eastern Conference wild-card spot by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-0 Thursday night. Morgan Rielly and Matt Martin scored 15 seconds apart during Toronto's four-goal second period, while Frederik Andersen made 33 saves. Roman Polak, Connor Brown and James van Riemsdyk also scored for Toronto, which was coming off a 7-2 loss Tuesday night at Florida. With 13 regular season games to play, the Maple Leafs hold a one-point advantage over their closest wild card rivals Tampa Bay and the New York Islanders. Toronto has won four of five. Blackhawks 2, Senators 1 Richard Panik's power-play goal with 3:01 left in regulation was the winner as Chicago defeated Ottawa. The win was the third in a row for the Blackhawks while the Senators suffered their second straight defeat after a six-game winning streak. Duncan Keith also scored for the Blackhawks, while Kyle Turris had the Senators' goal. Blue Jackets 2, Panthers 1 Zach Werenski and Josh Anderson scored second-period goals for Columbus, which moved into second place in the Metropolitan Division with a win over Florida. Anderson also assisted on Werenski's goal. Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves. James Reimer stopped 31 shots for the Panthers, who got a first-period goal from Jonathan Marchessault. Predators 2, Capitals 1 (OT) Viktor Arvidsson scored at 1:05 of overtime and Nashville defeated Washington for its third straight victory. James Neal scored his 21st of the season for the Predators, and Pekka Rinne stopped 22 shots. Brett Connolly scored for the Capitals and Braden Holtby made 22 saves. Jets 4, Islanders 2 Bryan Little scored twice in the first period as Winnipeg damaged New York's playoff hopes with a win at Barclays Center. Mathieu Perreault and Adam Lowry scored in the second period for the Jets, who snapped a four-game losing streak (0-3-1) and closed within eight points of the St. Louis Blues for the second wild card in the Western Conference. Adam Pelech scored in the first period and Anders Lee added a third-period goal for the Islanders. Devils 6, Flyers 2 Steve Mason had injury added to insult as Philadelphia dropped a decision to New Jersey. Mason surrendered four goals on 23 shots, falling to 0-9-0 in 11 appearances against the Devils. To make matters worse, Mason sustained an unspecified injury on New Jersey's fourth goal, a Taylor Hall breakaway early in the third period, and had to leave the game. Hall and Adam Henrique both scored twice and Kyle Palmieri and Joseph Blandisi scored once each for the Devils. Michael Del Zotto and Brayden Schenn scored for the Flyers. Hurricanes 3, Wild 1 Victor Rask scored with 3:24 left and Eddie Lack stopped 30 shots as Carolina defeated slumping Minnesota. Teuvo Teravainen and Derek Ryan also scored for the Hurricanes. Mikael Granlund notched his tm-leading 24th on a nice give-and-go with Mikko Koivu for the Wild. Oilers 7, Bruins 4 Edmonton erupted for seven goals for the second straight game, beating Boston just two days after lighting up the Dallas Stars 7-1. Patrick Maroon scored twice and Benoit Pouliot, Anton Slepyshev, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl and Milan Lucic lit the lamp for the Oilers. David Pasternak, Brad Marchand, Dominic Moore and David Krejci scored for the Bruins. Stars 4, Canucks 2 Tyler Seguin and Radek Faksa scored in the third period as Dallas won for the first time in five games and improved to 12-0-1 in their past 13 games against Vancouver. Ales Hemsky and Esa Lindell scored first-period goals for the Stars. Sven Baertschi and Ben Hutton scored for the Canucks, who lost their fifth straight game, with all of the losses coming in a five-game homestand. Other results: Red Wings 5, Coyotes 4 (SO); Kings 2, Sabres 0; Blues 4, Sharks 1. — Agencies
