RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Joseph Woll made 25 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs moved closer to clinching the Atlantic Division title by defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Sunday, reaching the 50-win mark.
Pontus Holmberg, Auston Matthews, William Nylander and John Tavares scored for Toronto, which has won three straight and seven of its last eight overall. Morgan Rielly had three assists.
Toronto has 104 points, and Tampa Bay, which began the day four points back, could equal that mark at best.
Sebastian Aho scored on a third-period power play, but the Hurricanes have lost five of their last six games. Frederik Andersen, who stopped 16 shots, lost his third consecutive game.
The Maple Leafs scored on their fourth and sixth shots of the game. They had only 12 shots on goal through two periods.
SENATORS 4, FLYERS 3, OT
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Tim Stutzle capped a two-goal effort with the power-play winner 1:40 into overtime to lead Ottawa to a comeback win over Philadelphia.
With a playoff spot already secured, the Senators opted to rest several regulars against the Flyers. Nick Jensen, who’s been managing a lower-body injury, along with David Perron, Ridly Greig, and Nick Matinpalo, were all given the game off.
Fabian Zetterlund tied it at 2-2 at 4:41 of the third period, taking Shane Pinto’s pass at the top of the slot to beat Ivan Fedotov glove side.
The Flyers regained the lead at 7:33 when Garnet Hathaway beat Anton Forsberg, who had 29 saves.
The Senators tied it again when Thomas Chabot stepped into a shot and beat Fedotov high for his eighth of the season.
Philadelphia’s Nicolas Deslauriers opened the scoring 11:43 into the second period. He grabbed a rebound in front and backhanded it past Forsberg.
Ottawa tied it 53 seconds later when Stutzle called for the puck from Chabot and cut across Egor Zamula and beat Fedotov, who had 21 saves.
The Flyers regained the lead with 2:43 left in the period courtesy of Noah Cates’s wraparound goal.
ISLANDERS 1, DEVILS 0
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Bo Horvat scored late in the second period and Ilya Sorokin made 25 saves as New York topped New Jersey.
Horvat intercepted an attempted pass by Devils forward Timo Meier and fired a shot past goalie Jacob Markstrom with 57 seconds left in the middle period for his 28th goal this season. The Islanders held on as Sorokin improved to 30-23-6 with his fourth shutout this season and the 22nd of his career. This is the second time the 29-year-old Sorokin has reached the 30-win mark in his five-year NHL career.
Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech did not return after he was hit high by Devils forward Paul Cotter at the six-minute mark of the second period. Cotter received a five-minute major match penalty and game misconduct. After the game, Islanders coach Patrick Roy had no update on Pelech.
The Islanders snapped a three-game losing streak by winning a day after they were eliminated from postseason contention with a shootout loss at Philadelphia. New York made the playoffs the past two seasons, losing to Carolina both times in the first round.
BRUINS 4, PENGUINS 1
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist, Joonas Korpisalo made 24 saves and Boston beat Pittsburgh.
Fabian Lysell, Morgan Geekie and Jakub Lauko also scored for the Bruins, who ended the Penguins’ three-game home winning streak. David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha each had two assists.
Rickard Rakell had the lone goal for Pittsburgh and Tristan Jarry made 28 saves.
The Bruins never trailed after Lindholm put them ahead 1-0 with 3 seconds left in the first period when he deflected a pass from Pastrnak just outside the crease and put his wrister past Jarry.
Lysell and Geekie scored about three minutes apart in the second period to give ...
