PHILADELPHIA — Cam Atkinson scored twice and Brandon Dubinsky had the go-ahead goal in the third period to help the Columbus Blue Jackets set franchise records for wins and points in a season with a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.

Zach Werenski and Sam Gagner also scored for the Blue Jackets, who have 44 wins and 94 points.

Travis Konecny had a pair of goals and Brayden Schenn also scored for sagging Philadelphia, which has lost 10 of 15 to hurt its fading playoff chances.

LIGHTNING 3, RANGERS 2: Brayden Point scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal with 6:39 remaining, as Tampa Bay won at New York.

Peter Budaj made 26 saves for his first win since Tampa Bay acquired him from the Los Angeles Kings in a trade for fellow goalie Ben Bishop. Gabriel Dumont also scored for the Lightning.

Steven Kampfer and Michael Grabner had the goals for the Rangers. They still hold a comfortable lead for the first wild card in the Eastern Conference.

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HURRICANES 8, ISLANDERS 4: Jaccob Slavin had a hat trick, Jeff Skinner and Justin Faulk each scored twice and Carolina ruined New York’s return from a long road trip with a win at New York.

Carolina broke things open in the second period with four straight goals.

PREDATORS 5, JETS 4: James Neal scored on a power play at 2:11 of overtime to give Nashville a win at home.

NOTES

BLUE JACKETS: Columbus defenseman Ryan Murray is out four to six weeks with a broken hand.

Murray broke his right hand when he blocked a shot from the Buffalo Sabres’ Tyler Ennis on Saturday. Murray had surgery Monday at Grand Medical Center.

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An absence of four to six weeks is typical for hockey players with this injury.

CAPITALS: Washington had four straight regulation losses for the first time in 2 seasons. Their defense has been shredded for 17 goals during that skid, and superstar Alex Ovechkin is mired in the longest goal-scoring drought of his career.

No wonder the doors to the visitors’ dressing room stayed shut for an awfully long time after the overall NHL leaders concluded a miserable California road swing with a 5-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday night.

The Capitals’ offensive struggles are epitomized by Ovechkin, who hasn’t scored a goal in 10 games or an even-strength goal in 18 games – both the worst stretches of the six-time Richard Trophy winner’s 12-year, 907-game career.


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