Tuesday’s other NHL games

Maple Leafs 7, Islanders 1

TORONTO

Auston Matthews scored twice, Frederik Andersen earned his 100th NHL win and the Toronto Maple Leafs routed the New York Islanders in a game with playoff implications. The Maple Leafs set a season high for goals and won for the third time in nine games. They moved three points ahead of the Islanders for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. Matthews increased his rookie total to 27 goals and Andersen stopped 33 shots. Josh Leivo had a career-high three points with one goal and two assists for Toronto. Nazem Kadri and William Nylander each had a goal and an assist. Tyler Bozak and Matt Hunwick also scored for the Maple Leafs. Jason Chimera scored on a penalty shot for New York.

Ducks 1, Wild 0

ST. PAUL, MINN.

John Gibson made 37 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and rookie Joseph Cramarossa scored his fourth goal. Gibson stalled the league’s fourth-highest scoring team, beating Minnesota and former coach Bruce Boudreau for the first time in three meetings. The Wild were 0 for 5 on the power play and lost in regulation for the first time in six games and the fifth time since the start of December, a span of 34 games. Devan Dubnyk made 22 saves.

Sabres 3, Senators 2

OTTAWA, ONTARIO

Robin Lehner made 39 saves against his former team and Matt Moulson and Justin Bailey scored in the third period to rally the Buffalo Sabres past the Ottawa Senators. Lehner is 4-0-2 against the club that drafted him in the second round of the 2009 NHL draft. He was traded away with David Legwand in June 2015 to Buffalo for the 21st overall pick in that year’s draft. Ryan O’Reilly also scored for the Sabres. Bobby Ryan ended a five-game run without a point by getting a goal and an assist for Ottawa. Dion Phaneuf also scored, and Craig Anderson made 22 saves. This was the fifth and final meeting between the two teams, with Buffalo going 4-0-1.

Devils 3, Avalanche 2

NEWARK, N.J.

Devils defenseman Andy Greene scored the go-ahead goal on a power play and Kyle Palmieri converted on an odd-man rush with Taylor Hall to lead New Jersey over the struggling Colorado Avalanche. Cory Schneider made 28 saves and Pavel Zacha added a goal as New Jersey won for the fourth time in six games (4-1-1) in its push to make the playoffs. Jeremy Smith stopped 37 shots in his NHL debut after seven seasons in the minor leagues. Recent waiver pickup Mark Barberio and Mikhail Grigorenko scored for Colorado, which has lost four straight and is 4-22-1 in its last 27 games.

Jets 5, Stars 2

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

Patrik Laine got his third hat trick of the season, including the go-ahead goal late in the third period, to lift the Winnipeg Jets over the Dallas Stars 5-2. The Finnish rookie has 26 goals this season, including two in the third period while Winnipeg blew open a tight game. Joel Armia and Blake Wheeler also scored to help the Jets snap a four-game skid. Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin scored in the second period for Dallas to erase a two-goal deficit. Connor Hellebuyck made 34 saves in his third straight start for the Jets since Ondrej Pavelec got a lower-body injury on Feb. 7. Antti Niemi stopped 19 of the 22 shots for Dallas.

Associated Press