OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) \u2014 Brady Tkachuk scored twice and the Ottawa Senators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Sunday night to move into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n
Ottawa moved a point ahead of the New York Islanders for the last playoff spot with five games left. The Senators are five points behind Boston for the first wild card. <\/p>\n
Carolina leads the East, two points ahead of Tampa Bay. The Hurricanes missed a chance to clinch the Metropolitan Division.<\/p>\n
Both teams were playing the second half of back-to-back games, with Ottawa scoring twice in a 3:42 span in the third to take a 5-2 lead.<\/p>\n
Shane Pinto made it 4-2 on a power play, beating Frederik Andersen to the short side. Ridly Greig then won a race to the net and, while Andersen made the initial save, the side was wide open for Tkachuk to bury his second of the game.<\/p>\n
Carolina\u2019s Taylor Hall wristed a shot past Linus Ullmark with 2:30 remaining to make it 5-3, but Claude Giroux added an empty-netter for Ottawa.<\/p>\n
Dylan Cozens and Tim Stutzle also scored for Ottawa, and Ullmark stopped 25 shots. Defenseman Jake Sanderson played his 300th NHL game. He had an assist.<\/p>\n
Logan Stankoven and Andrei Svechnikov also scored for Carolina, and Andersen made 25 saves.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUp next<\/p>\n
Hurricanes: Host Boston on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Senators: Host Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
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