Sebastian Aho and Jordan Martinook scored the tying and go-ahead goals nine seconds apart with a little more than two minutes left as the Carolina Hurricanes rallied to beat the New York Islanders 5-3 on Monday in Raleigh, N.C., in Game 2 of an Eastern Conference first-round series. Carolina leads the series 2-0. Game 3 will be played Thursday in Elmont, N.Y. With goalie Frederik Andersen pulled for the extra attacker, Aho tipped in Andrei

Pius Suter and Dakota Joshua scored 12 seconds apart just before the midpoint of the third period as the host Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Sunday in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series. The comeback victory featured the fastest pair of playoff goals in Canucks franchise history. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series will be Tuesday in Vancouver. Joshua scored twice in a three-point outing, and Elias Lindholm also

Matt Rempe and Artemi Panarin scored 33 seconds apart in a three-goal second period as the New York Rangers opened the postseason with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Washington Capitals in an Eastern Conference first-round series on Sunday. Jimmy Vesey had a goal and an assist to help the Rangers get a three-goal lead in the first 6:23 of the second following an evenly played opening period. Barclay Goodrow collected two assists for the

Carter Verhaeghe scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period as the host Florida Panthers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Sunday in the opener of their best-of-seven, first-round Eastern Conference playoff series at Sunrise, Fla. Game 2 is set for Tuesday, also on Panthers home ice. Verhaeghe scored on the power play off a pass from Aleksander Barkov, who had two assists. It increased Verhaehge’s team record postseason goal count to 16.

Adrian Kempe scored six seconds into overtime — tied for the fastest OT goal in NHL history — to lift the Los Angeles Kings to a 5-4 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night in the regular-season finale. Viktor Arvidsson scored two goals, including the game-tying goal during six-on-four play with 1:21 left, and he added an assist for the Kings (44-27-11, 99 points), who leapfrogged the Vegas Golden Knights (45-29-8, 98 points)

Frank Vatrano scored a hat trick and Lukas Dostal stopped 32 of 33 shots as the Anaheim Ducks handed the Vegas Golden Knights a 4-1 loss in the regular-season finale for both teams on Thursday night in Las Vegas. The Golden Knights’ defeat, coupled with the Los Angeles Kings’ 5-4 overtime victory against the Chicago Blackhawks, dropped Vegas down to the second Western Conference wild card. Vegas will open the playoffs against the top-seeded Dallas

Valeri Nichushkin scored twice in Colorado’s four-goal first period, Nathan MacKinnon had two assists to reach 140 points and the Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Denver on Thursday night. MacKinnon, who finished second in scoring in the NHL, set the franchise record for points in a season, topping Peter Stastny’s 139 points in 1981-82 with the Quebec Nordiques. Mikko Rantanen and Josh Manson scored, Zach Parise had a goal in his final regular-season

Jake Oettinger made 25 saves as the Dallas Stars earned a 2-1 shootout victory over the visiting St. Louis Blues on Wednesday to clinch the top Western Conference playoff seed. Oettinger’s best save came in overtime, when he reached his stick back to stop Robert Thomas’ elevated shot toward the open side of the net. Mason Marchment scored the regulation goal for the Stars (52-21-9, 113 points), and Jason Robertson netted the shootout winner. Thomas

Thatcher Demko was superb in his return from a 14-game absence, making 39 saves as the Vancouver Canucks clinched the Pacific Division title on Tuesday with a convincing 4-1 win over the visiting Calgary Flames. Tuesday marked the final home game of the regular season for the Canucks (50-22-9, 109 points), who needed just one point to be crowned division champs for the first time in 11 years. Vancouver won the Northwest Division back in