RALEIGH, N. Carolina — Ben Bishop recorded his second shutout in as many games against Carolina while Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman scored as Tampa Bay continued its mastery of the Hurricanes at PNC Arena with a 3-0 victory. The Lightning has started 9-4, beating its former Southeast Division rival for the eighth time in the last nine visits to Raleigh. Bishop stopped 31 shots en route to his fourth career shutout. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes (4-6-3) continue to struggle on offense, losing their fourth straight after starting the season 4-2-3. During the skid the Canes have been outscored 13-4. Penguins 4, Blue Jackets 2: The Pittsburgh Penguins registered three goals in less than five minutes in the second period to roll to a 4-2 victory over Metropolitan Division opponents the Columbus Blue Jackets. The two teams will face-off again on Saturday in Columbus. The Penguins got on the board first at 7:11 of the first, just six seconds into their first power-play opportunity of the night. Chris Kunitz's early goal pushed his scoring streak to three. Sidney Crosby picked up the secondary assist to extend his lead in the NHL scoring race and his scoring streak against Columbus to six consecutive games. Fleury made 37 saves to earn his league-leading 10th victory. Capitals 7, Flyers 0: Joel Ward had his first career hat-trick and Nicklas Backstrom scored two goals to help the Washington Capitals rout the Philadelphia Flyers. Jason Chimera and Troy Brouwer also had goals for the Capitals, who snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 6-7-0. Braden Holtby made 30 saves to post his eighth career shutout. The struggling Flyers fell to 3-9-0. Blues 4, Panthers 0: The St. Louis Blues routed the Florida Panthers for the second time this season, with a 4-0 win. The Blues beat the Panthers 7-0 last month. In that game, Jaroslav Halak got the shutout and improved his career record against Florida to 8-1, posting a 0.75 goals-against-average in his past four games against Florida. On Friday, the Blues rested Halak and still won with backup goaltender Brian Elliott, who helped St. Louis (8-1-2) earn at least one point for its sixth straight game. The Panthers lost their fourth successive game to fall to 3-8-2. Wild 4, Canadiens 3: Jason Pominville scored his second goal of the game late in the third period lifting the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens. Pominville, who now has five goals in the past three games, scored in the second and third periods and added an assist as Minnesota (7-4-3) improved to 5-1-2 at home. Nino Neiderreiter and Justin Fontaine also scored for the Wild. Brendan Gallagher scored his sixth goal of the season for the Canadiens (8-6-0), while P.K. Subban and Brian Gionta both scored in the third period to erase a 3-1 Wild lead. Other results: Islanders 5, Senators 4 (SO); Avalanche 3, Stars 2 (OT); Red Wings 4, Flames 3. — Reuters
