Cole Caufield and Patrik Laine scored in the second period to rally the Montreal Canadiens to a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Sunday night.

Jakub Dobes turned back 36 shots for the Canadiens, who extended their winning streak to five games after a five-game skid.

Montreal holds the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, five points behind Ottawa and six points ahead of the Rangers and Red Wings.

Caufield converted a pass from Nick Suzuki less than two minutes into the second period, tying the score at 1. It was Caufield’s 36th goal of the season. Laine scored the go-ahead goal, his 20th of the season, just over four minutes later.

Lane Hutson’s assist on Laine’s goal was his 58th of the season and gave the 21-year-old 64 points, tying Chris Chelios’ franchise record for points by a rookie defenseman.

Nashville lost its sixth straight and seventh in eight games.

Red Wings 2, Panthers 1: Alex DeBrincat and J.T. Compher scored second-period goals and Cam Talbot finished with 32 saves to help Detroit keep its slight playoff hopes alive.

Detroit, on a four-game point streak with three wins that has allowed the team stay in the playoff chase, has just six games remaining in the regular season to rally into a wild card to end a nine-year postseason drought.

The Red Wings face Montreal on Tuesday in a key matchup.

Senators 4, Blue Jackets 0: Linus Ullmark made 30 saves for Ottawa’s second straight shutout and the Senators moved to the brink of their first playoff appearance since 2017.

With five games left, Ottawa, which has won three straight, holds the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Adam Gaudette, David Perron, Shane Pinto and Nikolas Matinpalo — with his first NHL goal — scored for Ottawa.

Columbus has lost three straight, including back-to-back shutouts.

Sabres 6, Bruins 3: Tage Thompson had a hat trick, Jason Zucker scored the go-ahead goal early in the third and Buffalo picked up its fourth straight victory.

Thompson extended his scoring streak to four games with his first goal in the second period after the Bruins took an early 2-0 lead. Thompson scored again on a breakaway early in the third period, and got his 43rd goal of the season into the empty net in the final minute.

David Pastrnak assisted on all three goals for Boston, and Elias Lindholm got his 600th NHL point with a goal in the first period.

Wild 3, Stars 2, OT: Marco Rossi scored on a power play 58 seconds into overtime as Minnesota snapped a four-game losing streak.

Matt Boldy and Marcus Foligno also scored the Wild, who lead Calgary by six points for the last spot in the Western Conference playoffs.

The Wild have four games left, including a crucial one at Calgary on Friday.

Blackhawks 3, Penguins 1:Ilya Mikheyev scored twice, Frank Nazar added a goal and Spencer Knight stopped 28 shots as Chicago snapped a five-game skid with a win over Pittsburgh.

Golden Knights 3, Canucks 2: Victor Olofsson scored the go-ahead goal with 3:14 left in regulation as Vegas opened up a five-point lead over the Kings at the top of the Pacific Division.