HOCKEY
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 39 23 7 9 55 133 100
Toronto 39 21 14 4 46 138 126
Montreal 37 18 13 6 42 121 117
Florida 36 18 13 5 41 127 121
Buffalo 39 17 15 7 41 115 122
Tampa Bay 35 18 13 4 40 124 111
Ottawa 38 16 18 4 36 106 123
Detroit 38 9 26 3 21 82 150
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 39 27 7 5 59 139 112
N.Y. Islanders 35 23 9 3 49 105 91
Pittsburgh 37 22 11 4 48 125 98
Philadelphia 37 21 11 5 47 121 106
Carolina 38 22 14 2 46 127 107
Columbus 38 17 14 7 41 99 108
N.Y. Rangers 37 18 15 4 40 119 121
New Jersey 37 12 19 6 30 95 133
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis 39 25 8 6 56 123 103
Colorado 38 23 12 3 49 138 109
Winnipeg 38 21 14 3 45 117 112
Dallas 38 20 14 4 44 100 97
Minnesota 39 19 15 5 43 124 130
Nashville 37 18 13 6 42 128 121
Chicago 38 15 17 6 36 105 125
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Arizona 39 21 14 4 46 112 99
Vegas 40 20 14 6 46 122 118
Edmonton 40 20 16 4 44 117 124
Calgary 39 19 15 5 43 104 116
Vancouver 38 19 15 4 42 124 115
Anaheim 37 15 18 4 34 96 114
San Jose 38 16 20 2 34 101 133
Los Angeles 39 15 20 4 34 99 124
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Friday’s Games
Boston 3, Buffalo 0
N.Y. Rangers 5, Carolina 3
Toronto 5, New Jersey 4, OT
Washington 2, Columbus 1, OT
Minnesota 6, Colorado 4
Pittsburgh 5, Nashville 2
St. Louis 5, Winnipeg 4, OT
N.Y. Islanders at Chicago, night
Calgary at Edmonton, night
Vegas at Anaheim, night
Los Angeles at San Jose, night
Saturday’s Games
Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Florida, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Arizona at Vegas, 10 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Penguins Summary
Pittsburgh 5, Nashville 2
Pittsburgh 3 2 0—5
Nashville 1 0 1—2
First Period—1, Pittsburgh, Simon 3 (Riikola, Ruhwedel), 2:17. 2, Nashville, Smith 6 (Ekholm), 4:30. 3, Pittsburgh, Galchenyuk 3 (Pettersson, Marino), 14:16. 4, Pittsburgh, Blueger 5 (Tanev, Aston-Reese), 14:50.
Second Period—5, Pittsburgh, Rust 14 (Malkin, Guentzel), 4:38. 6, Pittsburgh, Riikola 1 (McCann, Kahun), 18:04.
Third Period—7, Nashville, Arvidsson 8 (Grimaldi, Josi), 9:18.
Shots on Goal—Pittsburgh 7-9-9—25. Nashville 10-13-9—32.
Power-play opportunities—Pittsburgh 0 of 1; Nashville 0 of 2.
Goalies—Pittsburgh, Jarry 12-5-0 (32 shots-30 saves). Nashville, Saros 5-7-3 (19-17), Nashville, Rinne 13-6-3 (6-3).
A—17,849 (17,113). T—2:31.
Referees—Gord Dwyer, Brian Pochmara. Linesmen—Matt MacPherson, Pierre Racicot.
