NEW YORK — Mats Zuccarello’s hat trick sent the New York Rangers to a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night.

Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves as the Rangers improved to 7-2-2. New York has won four of its last five, earning 10 points in its last six games.

The Rangers played for the first time since defeating Calgary, 4-1 on Oct. 25.

During the break, coach Alain Vigneault reconfigured his top two lines, reuniting Zuccarello with Derick Brassard and Rick Nash and putting Chris Kreider back with Derek Stepan.

Jonathan Bernier made 23 saves but Toronto fell to 1-6-2, losing five in a row.

Joffrey Lupul’s deflection at 18:09 into the third spoiled Lundqvist’s shutout bid.

Canadiens 6, Flames 2

CALGARY, Alberta — Dale Weise completed his first career hat trick midway through the third period and Montreal blew out hapless Calgary to end a two-game skid and become the first NHL team with 10 wins.

Weise scored in each of the first and second periods, then got his third with 8:16 left by smacking in the rebound from Tomas Fleishmann’s shot.

Hurricanes 3, Avalanche 2RALEIGH, N.C. — Victor Rask, Justin Faulk and Jeff Skinner scored and Carolina beat Colorado for its third straight victory.Colorado’s Carl Soderberg scored with 31.8 seconds left, but Carolina got its first home win of the season.It was the Hurricanes’ first home game following a long road trip they take annually — seven contests this time — to avoid traffic conflicts with the North Carolina State Fair.Carolina won the teams’ only other meeting this season 1-0 in overtime nine days earlier. Goalie Cam Ward got that shutout and stopped 28 shots in this one.