National Hockey

NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Palmieri scored twice, Ilya Sorokin made 39 saves and the New York Islanders capped a six-game homestand by beating the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Sunday night for their third straight win.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Eighteen-year-old Cole Sillinger, the youngest player in the NHL, admitted he was still in a bit of a daze after finishing off his first hat trick in the Blue Jackets' 6-4 win over Vegas on Sunday night.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cole Caufield scored 2:10 into overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 4-3 comeback victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night in a matchup of last-place clubs. Rem Pitlick tied it for Montreal with 42.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pierre Luc-Dubois scored in overtime and Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves in the Winnipeg Jets' 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night. The Jets have won 10 of their last 12 games in St. Louis.

HAMILTON — Kyle Dubas emphatically backed his goaltending last week.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks will be without star forward Elias Pettersson as they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday. The team says the Swedish centre is considered day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins don't lack finesse. Or skill. Or speed. Yet it takes more than that to survive in the playoffs. There's a fair amount of grit involved.

Nashville Predators (33-21-4, fourth in the Central) vs. Minnesota Wild (34-19-4, third in the Central) St. Paul, Minnesota; Sunday, 7 p.m.

Carolina Hurricanes (41-12-5, first in the Metropolitan) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (35-15-9, second in the Metropolitan) Pittsburgh; Sunday, 1 p.m.

Montreal Canadiens (15-35-8, eighth in the Atlantic) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (18-30-10, eighth in the Metropolitan) Philadelphia; Sunday, 7 p.m.