TORONTO — Pascal Dupuis scored two of Pittsburgh's three goals in the third period, and the Penguins stormed back to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 Thursday and win their seventh game in a row. Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves for Pittsburgh (20-8), which defeated the Maple Leafs 5-4 in a shootout in Toronto five days earlier. Craig Adams sealed this win by scoring into an empty net with 10 seconds left. Tyler Bozak had the lone goal for Toronto (15-12-1), which has dropped four in a row. Ben Scrivens made 25 saves. Tied 1-1 in the third, Chris Kunitz fed Dupuis in the slot for a shot that beat Scrivens and found the top corner with 2:10 left in regulation. Blackhawks 2, Blue Jackets 1 (SO): After a two-game break, the Chicago Blackhawks are back in business, and another point streak is under way. Patrick Kane scored the shootout game-clincher with a dizzying display in the second round, pushing the Blackhawks to a 2-1 win over Columbus in Nationwide Arena. Jonathan Toews and Kane scored in the shootout for Chicago, Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford stopped Columbus' Ryan Johansen and Derick Brassard in the second and third rounds to clinch the victory. Bruins 4, Panthers 1: The Boston Bruins did what they were supposed to do against the NHL's worst team Thursday night. Win. But it wasn't easy or very pretty. The Bruins got first-period goals from Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron but then stumbled to a 4-1 win over the injury-ravaged Florida Panthers that was closer than the final score indicated. The Bruins improved to 18-4-3 with their second win of the year over the Panthers (7-15-6). Capitals 3, Hurricanes 2: Mike Ribeiro scored a goal with 2:16 remaining to complete a comeback for the Washington Capitals in a 3-2 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena. The Capitals snapped their third three-game game losing streak of the season, avoiding their worst stretch of the season. Islanders 2, Lightning 0: The New York Islanders remained within sight of the Eastern Conference playoffs while the Lightning just kept fading away. With a 2-0 win over Tampa Bay, New York improved to 12-12-3 (27 points) and remained on the fringe of the eighth and final postseason spot as the Lightning (11-15-1, 23 points) lost for the eighth time in ten games. Jets 3, Rangers 1: The Winnipeg Jets seized sole possession of eighth place in the NHL's Eastern Conference with a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers at MTS Centre. Both clubs came into the game with 28 points, but the Jets improved to 14-11-2 to vault in front. New York fell to 13-11-2. Nik Antropov, Antti Miettinen and Andrew Ladd scored for Winnipeg, while blueliner Dustin Byfuglien had a pair of assists. Wild 5, Avalanche 3: Rookie defenseman Jonas Brodin scored his first NHL goal and Mikko Koivu scored twice as the Minnesota Wild continued their winning ways at home, holding off the Colorado Avalanche for a 5-3 victory. Koivu capped a pretty passing play with a tap-in goal, then added an empty-netter to seal the win. The Wild also got goals from Torrey Mitchell and Devin Setoguchi to gain two important points in the tight Northwest Division race while P.A. Parenteau scored twice for the Avalanche. In other games it was: Blues 3, Coyotes 0; Ducks 2, Stars 1 (SO); Vancouver 7, Nashville 4; San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3. — Agencies
