Tom Wilson scored his career-best 33rd goal of the season and the Washington Capitals wrapped up the top spot in the Eastern Conference by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 in a shootout Thursday night.

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored the shootout winner after the Capitals rallied from a 2-0 deficit, then blew a 4-2 lead with Carolina’s Jordan Martinook and Seth Jarvis scoring in the third period to tie it. That came after Washington’s scoring spree in the second, with Dylan Strome, Nic Dowd and Tom Wilson all putting goals past Frederik Andersen.

Alex Ovechkin assisted on Strome’s goal, his 26th of the season, after getting being in a pregame ceremony for scoring his 895th career goal to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record on Sunday at the New York Islanders.

The Hurricanes, who are locked into second place in the Metropolitan Division and a first-round matchup against New Jersey, got to overtime but lost their fourth in a row.

Jets 4, Stars 0: Connor Hellebuyck stopped 24 shots for his single-season franchise record 45th win and NHL-leading eighth shutout, and Winnipeg moved closer to the top seed in the Western Conference with a win over second-place Dallas.

Kyle Connor scored twice in the third period to get to 40 goals for the Jets, who are 54-21-4 for 112 points and need only one more point over their final three games to be the No. 1 seed for the first time. Nino Niederreiter and Morgan Barron also scored.

Dallas (50-23-6, 106 points), which has three games left, is 0-2-2 its last four.

Blue Jackets 3, Sabres 2: Boone Jenner scored the go-ahead goal on the power play 6:42 into the third period, helping Columbus to a comeback victory over Buffalo.

Zachary Aston-Reese and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Blue Jackets, who trailed 2-0 and ended the surging Sabres’ five-game winning streak.

Panthers 4, Red Wings 1: Brad Marchand got his first Florida goal to cap a three-goal second period, and the Panthers beat Detroit for their second consecutive win.

Mackie Samoskevich and Evan Rodrigues also scored in the second, and Aleksander Barkov scored with 5:57 left for the Panthers — getting to 20 goals for the 10th consecutive season.

The win was the 915th regular-season victory for Panthers coach Paul Maurice, breaking a tie with Barry Trotz for outright possession of third place on the NHL list.

Blackhawks 5, Bruins 2: Nick Foligno scored a pair of goals, Arvid Soderblom made 31 saves, and Chicago scored four goals in third period to pull away from Boston.

Rangers 9, Islanders 2: Artemi Panarin and Brett Berard each scored twice and the Rangers earned a third straight victory.

Canucks 4, Avalanche 1: Kiefer Sherwood and Dakota Joshua had a goal and an assist, Kevin Lankinen stopped 31 shots and Vancouver beat Colorado.

The Avalanche played without leading scorer Nathan MacKinnon, who is off to rest and heal for the postseason.

Predators 4, Utah 3, SO: Filip Forsberg scored the lone shootout goal and Nashville edged Utah.

Golden Knights 2, Kraken 1: Ivan Barbashev and William Karlsson scored for a 2-0 lead, and Vegas held on to beat Seattle.