TAMPA, Florida — Jussi Jokinen scored two goals and added an assist, Pascal Dupuis had a goal and two assists, and the Eastern-Conference leading Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 Thursday night. Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin and Tanner Glass had the other Pittsburgh goals. Dupuis has three goals and eight points during a four-game points streak. Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang was back in the lineup and had an assist after missing the previous six games with a lower body injury. The Penguins are still without center Sidney Crosby (broken jaw), left wing James Neal (concussion) and defenseman Paul Martin (hand). Pittsburgh has a six-game winning streak against the Lightning. Teddy Purcell had two goals for the Lightning. Brett Connolly had the other Tampa Bay goal. Canadiens 5, Sabres 1: Peter Budaj stopped 14 shots and Montreal clinched a playoff berth, regaining the Northeast Division lead with a win over Buffalo. P.K. Subban and Andrei Markov had a goal and assist each, and Rene Bourque, Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher also scored for the Canadiens, who moved one point ahead of Boston, which was beaten 2-1 by the New York Islanders. In earning its fourth postseason berth in five years, Montreal is returning to the playoffs after bottoming out last year, when the Canadiens finished last in the Eastern Conference. Budaj's shutout bid ended when Brian Flynn scored a short-handed goal 6:45 into the third. Kings 3, Avalanche 2, SO: Jeff Carter scored his 24th goal and scored again in the shootout, and Los Angeles moved back into fourth place in the Western Conference with a win over Colorado. Mike Richards scored in the first period and Jonathan Quick made 26 saves for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who ended a two-game losing streak. Captain Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar also scored in Los Angeles' 3-for-3 shootout against Jean-Sebastien Giguere. Patrick Bordeleau scored with 14:55 to play to even it for the last-place Avalanche, who nearly pulled another upset in Southern California. Paul Stastny also scored for Colorado, which ended a 14-game, road-losing streak since Feb. 14 with a 4-1 win at powerful Anaheim Wednesday. Capitals 3, Hurricanes 1: The Capitals finished off a month's worth of role reversal, winning their sixth straight and extending Carolina's losing streak to seven. Sharks 3, Red Wings 2, SO: Patrick Marleau scored the winner in the shootout and had a short-handed goal early in the game, lifting San Jose over Detroit. Antti Niemi made 27 saves through overtime, while Jimmy Howard stopped 28 shots for Detroit. Niemi got his glove on Niklas Kronwall's slap shot with 44 seconds left in the extra period, giving the Sharks a chance in the shootout. Senators 3, Flyers 1: Colin Greening scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period and Ottawa snapped a five-game losing streak with a win over Philadelphia. Blues 2, Wild 0: Brian Elliott notched his third straight shutout, stretching his streak to 189 minutes, 31 seconds without a goal, and St. Louis beat Minnesota for its sixth straight win. Jets 7, Panthers 2: Evander Kane scored two goals and Winnipeg beat Florida to tie the New York Rangers for eighth place in the East. — Agencies
