PITTSBURGH — Phil Kessel scored twice and the surging Pittsburgh Penguins moved within striking distance of a 10th straight playoff berth with a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.

Kris Letang, Patric Hornqvist and Nick Bonino also scored for Pittsburgh, which improved to 10-1 in its last 11 games. The Penguins will clinch a spot in the postseason if Detroit loses in regulation on Friday against Minnesota. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 22 shots to reach the 35-win plateau for the seventh time in his career.

James Neal and Ryan Johansen each had a goal and an assist for the Predators, who failed for a third straight game to wrap up a playoff bid. Pekka Rinne stopped 25 shots before sitting out the third period in favor of backup Carter Hutton.

PANTHERS 3, DEVILS 2

SUNRISE, Fla. — Jonathan Huberdeau scored twice to move Florida back into first place in the Atlantic Division with a 3-2 win over New Jersey.

Jaromir Jagr had a pair of assists and Al Montoya made 23 saves for Florida, which broke a tie with Tampa Bay for the division lead. The Lightning lost to Montreal 3-0 Thursday night.

Mike Sislo and Blake Pietila scored for New Jersey, and Keith Kinkaid made 36 saves.

Huberdeau scored his second goal by skating in along the goal line left of Kinkaid and banking in a close shot for his 18th at 3:13 of the third period.

Jagr’s assist on the play gave him 60 points this season, marking the 18th time he had accomplished the feat.

STARS 4, COYOTES 1

DALLAS — Jamie Benn scored his 40th goal, Antti Niemi made 31 saves and Dallas beat Arizona to move two points ahead in the Western Conference race.

Dallas (103 points) pulled away from second-place St. Louis (101). The Stars have four games remaining, and the Blues have five.

The loss eliminated the Coyotes from playoff contention.

Arizona’s Martin Hanzal scored the game’s first goal 17:07 into the first period, but Dallas tied it less than a minute later on Patrick Eaves’ 10th goal.

The Stars’ Radek Faksa scored 11 seconds into the second period. Benn’s goal came 10 minutes later, and Patrick Sharp added a power-play goal into an empty net with 1:11

KINGS 3, FLAMES 0

LOS ANGELES — Jeff Carter scored twice, Jonathan Quick made 21 saves in his fifth shutout of the season and Los Angeles reclaimed the Pacific Division lead with a win over Calgary.

The Kings moved one point ahead of the idle Anaheim Ducks with their 46th win this season, tying the franchise record most recently set in their Stanley Cup-winning 2013-14 campaign.

Quick earned his 42nd career shutout, extending his own NHL record for American-born goalies. He also earned his 39th win of the season to match the franchise single-season record, which he set in 2009-10.

Joni Ortio stopped 26 shots for the Flames, who have allowed 134 goals on the road, tied with Ottawa for worst in the league.

cANUCKS 4, SHARKS 2

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jannik Hansen scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:03 remaining and Vancouver snapped a ninegame losing streak by beating San Jose.

Daniel Sedin and Bo Horvat scored in the first period and the Canucks rebounded after blowing another late lead to avoid matching the longest losing streak in franchise history. Markus Granlund added an empty-net goal and Ryan Miller made 32 saves to help Vancouver earn its second win in San Jose in March.

Patrick Marleau and Logan Couture scored for the Sharks, who lost for the 22nd time at home this season and will now likely have to open the playoffs on the road. San Jose is five points behind Los Angeles and four back of Anaheim in the Pacific Division with the Kings having one game in hand and the Ducks two.

CANADIENS 3, LIGHTNING 0

TAMPA, Fla, — Rookie Mike Condon made 26 saves for his first NHL shutout and Montreal beat Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay started play tied with Florida for first place in the Atlantic Division at 93 points each. The Panthers beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Thursday night.

David Desharnais, Torrey Mitchell and Phillip Danault scored.

Condon stopped Ondrej Palat’s penalty shot with 11:08 left in the second. He also made a save on Nikita Kucherov’s in-close backhander during a power play late in the period.