National Hockey

Montreal Canadiens (25-30-11, seventh in the Atlantic Division) vs. Calgary Flames (32-29-5, fifth in the Pacific Division) Calgary, Alberta; Saturday, 7 p.m.

New Jersey Devils (32-30-4, sixth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Arizona Coyotes (27-35-5, seventh in the Central Division) Tempe, Arizona; Saturday, 5 p.m.

San Jose Sharks (16-42-7, eighth in the Pacific Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (22-33-11, eighth in the Metropolitan Division) Columbus, Ohio; Saturday, 7 p.m.

SEATTLE (AP) — Connor McMichael scored on a breakaway with 8:24 left in the game and the Washington Capitals gained ground in their bid for a playoff spot by beating the Seattle Kraken 2-1 on Thursday night. T.J.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point had three goals and three assists, Nikita Kucherov added a goal and four assists, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Metropolitan Division-leading New York Rangers 6-3 on Thursday night.

CALGARY — After being heavily outscored during a three-game losing skid, the Calgary Flames knew they had much to answer for.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Evgeny Kuznetsov had his first goal as a member of the Hurricanes and Frederik Anderson recorded his first shutout in more than a year as Carolina beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 on Thursday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Ukko-Pekko Luukkonen stopped 21 shots for his fifth shutout of the season, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 4-0 on Thursday night to match a season high with their third straight win.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves in his 75th career shutout, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-0 on Thursday night. Fleury is 11th on the NHL shutouts list, one behind Ed Belfour and Tony Esposito.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Auston Matthews hit the milestones he needed to help Toronto roll to a rout in Philadelphia.