Hurricanes sweep Bruins

Cam Ward made 47 saves — 22 in the first period and 20 in the third — Brandon Sutter had a goal and an assist, and the Carolina Hurricanes finished their first season sweep of the Boston Bruins with a 3-0 victory on Thursday night.

The Hurricanes, who won all four meetings with the Bruins, are 15-25-9 against the rest of the NHL and are last in the Eastern Conference. Carolina outscored Boston 14-5 in the season sweep, the franchise's first over Boston, dating to the days when the team was the Hartford Whalers.

First Period — 1, Carolina, E.Staal 12 (Tlusty, Spacek), 11:51.

Second Period — 2, Carolina, Ruutu 16 (Bra.Sutter, Stewart), 16:41.

Third Period — 3, Carolina, Bra.Sutter 12 (Nodl), 3:13.

Shots on Goal — Carolina 8-14-9 — 31. Boston 22-5-20 — 47. Goalies — Carolina, Ward. Boston, Rask. A — 17,565 (17,565). T — 2:19.

FLYERS 4, PREDATORS 1: Wayne Simmonds scored two goals, Matt Read and Claude Giroux also had goals, and Philadelphia snapped Nashville's five-game winning streak.

Ilya Bryzgalov made 26 saves to earn his 175th career win, and the Flyers finally played just 60 minutes. They went to a shootout in their previous three contests, losing twice.

Ryan Suter had Nashville's lone goal. The Predators had won nine of their last 10 games and entered with the NHL's best record since Dec. 28, going 13-2.

First Period — 1, Philadelphia, Simmonds 14 (Schenn, Rinaldo), 15:41.

Second Period — 2, Philadelphia, Read 16, 14:32.

Third Period — 3, Nashville, Suter 6 (C.Smith, Halischuk), 8:37. 4, Philadelphia, Simmonds 15 (Giroux, Timonen), 15:19 (pp). 5, Philadelphia, Giroux 19 (Jagr, Timonen), 18:55 (en).

Shots on Goal — Nashville 12-4-11 — 27. Philadelphia 6-11-11 — 28. Goalies — Nashville, Lindback. Philadelphia, Bryzgalov. A — 19,823 (19,537). T — 2:20.

DEVILS 5, CANA-DIENS 3: Zach Parise scored two goals, including the go-ahead tally with 2:44 remaining, and New Jersey beat Montreal.

David Clarkson also scored twice, including an empty-netter in the final seconds. Dainius Zubrus added a goal, and Ilya Kovalchuk had three assists for the Devils, who have won two straight. Martin Brodeur made 27 saves.

First Period — 1, Montreal, Desharnais 10 (Bourque, Pacioretty), 4:11. 2, Montreal, Kostitsyn 12 (Weber, Leblanc), 9:23. 3, New Jersey, Parise 17 (Zubrus, Kovalchuk), 10:36.

Second Period — 4, Montreal, Darche 3 (Plekanec), 1:35 (sh). 5, New Jersey, Clarkson 18 (Kovalchuk, Fayne), 13:43 (pp).

Third Period — 6, New Jersey, Zubrus 13 (Ponikarovsky, Clarkson), 6:11. 7, New Jersey, Parise 18 (Kovalchuk, Elias), 17:16. 8, New Jersey, Clarkson 19 (Ponikarovsky, Zubrus), 19:28 (en).

Shots on Goal — Mon. 11-10-9 — 30. New Jersey 5-9-8 — 22. Goalies — Montreal, Price. New Jersey, Brodeur. A — 13,283 (17,625). T — 2:31.

TRADE: Philadelphia acquired right wing Matt Ford from Washington for defenseman Kevin Marshall in a trade of minor-leaguers.

LEAGUE LOOKING INTO ERROR: The NHL is investigating a scoreboard error that could have an "enormous impact" on playoff races in the Western Conference.

During Wednesday night's game at Staples Center in Los Angeles, the clock briefly stopped in the closing seconds — giving Drew Doughty enough time to score the winning goal in a 3-2 victory vs. Columbus.

The puck officially crossed the line with less than a second to play in regulation. However, when the Jackets looked at video after the game, they discovered the clock froze for roughly a second just prior to Doughty's goal — meaning time should have expired.