UNDATED (AP) — It’s still a dead heat atop the Metropolitan Division following wins by the Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers.
The Hurricanes turned a 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 win over the Jets. Teuvo Teravainen sparked the rally with a power-play goal in the second period. He also set up Seth Jarvis’ tiebreaker 8:21 into the third.
Jaccob Slavin and Jordan Staal also tallied in the final period, with Staal firing into an empty net.
The Rangers were 6-3 winners over the Islanders as Andrew Copp netted a natural hat trick in the first period, doing it in a 14 ½-minute span. Artemi Panarin set up Copp’s three goals and finished with four assists.
Chris Kreider added his 51st goal of the season for the Rangers, who are tied with the Hurricanes with 108 points apiece. Both teams have four games remaining and will meet next week.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— Aleksander Barkov scored his 38th goal and the Panthers tied a franchise record with their 12th straight win, 5-2 versus the Red Wings. Florida leads the league with 118 points, two more than Colorado with four games remaining for both clubs.
— Casey DeSmith made a career-high 52 saves and Jake Guentzel scored three goals as the Penguins beat the Bruins, 4-0. Guentzel’s third goal was an empty-netter and his 40th of the season helping Pittsburgh move two points ahead of Washington for third place in the Metropolitan Division.
— Steven Stamkos scored his 34th goal of the season and became Tampa Bay’s all-time scoring leader as the Lightning crushed the Maple Leafs, 8-1. Ross Colton and Alex Killorn each had two goals and an assist in the rout.
— Matthew Tkachuk reached 40 goals and 100 points as the Flames topped the Stars, 4-2 to clinch the Pacific Division title. Chris Tanev notched the game-winner against Dallas, which loss all three games on their Western Canada trip.
— The Wild doubled up the Canucks, 6-3 to clinch second place in the Central Division. Kevin Fiala scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period. Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello each had a goal and two assists for the Wild, who also got goals from Jared Spurgeon and Ryan Hartman.
— Robert Thomas scored his 20th goal to extend his points streak to 15 games, guiding St. Louis to a 3-1 win at San Jose. Dakota Joshua also scored and Pavel Buchnevich added an empty-netter to secure the Blues’s 12th win in 14 games.
— Phillip Danault scored for the fifth straight game and the Kings moved closer to wrapping up a playoff spot with a 4-1 victory over the Blackhawks. Danault opened the scoring in the first period with his 26th goal of the season, stretching his point streak to seven games.
— The Flyers’ six-game losing streak is over after James van Reimsdyk provided two goals and an assist in their 6-3 downing of the Canadiens.
— Kyle Okposo and Alex Tuch scored short-handed goals less than a minute apart in the first period of the Sabres’ 5-2 victory against the Devils.
