Bruins 4, Devils 3

David Krejci completed his second career hat trick at 2:59 of overtime to give Boston a victory over New Jersey Thursday night that finished their first season sweep of the Devils since 1985-86.

Tyler Seguin also scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who opened a three-point lead over second-place Ottawa in the Northeast Division and sent New Jersey to its fourth straight loss.

Krejci, who had three goals in his previous 23 games, picked up a loose puck in front of goalie Martin Brodeur and scored his 16th of the season, triggering a cascade of hats onto the ice. Krejci had not scored more than one goal in a game this season.

Krejci was part of a new line with Seguin and Milan Lucic that produced all four goals. Boston blew a 2-0 lead, then fell behind 3-2 before Krejci tied it and won it.

Seguin also had an assist and Lucic added two assists in front of Tim Thomas, who contributed his first assist of the season.

Second-period goals by Zach Parise, Patrik Elias and David Clarkson put the Devils ahead.

The comeback allowed the Bruins to maintain a perfect record when ahead 2-0 or up by two goals at any time in a game. They are 12-0-0 when leading 2-0 and 29-0-0 when leading by two goals.

Bruins coach Claude Julien shook up his top two lines and the move paid immediate dividends, with two goals in the first 8:10 from the Krejci-Seguin-Lucic line.

Seguin picked off an errant pass in the Boston defensive zone, carried the puck down the right side and hit Krejci, who beat Brodeur 1:13 into the game.

Later in the period, Thomas made a pad save on Ilya Kovalchuk and the puck came out to Lucic. The big left wing carried it down the left side and found Seguin, who scored his first goal in 11 games, his 21st of the season, at 8:10.

The Bruins dominated play for most of the period and took a 2-0 lead to the locker room. By the end of the second period they trailed and the home crowd was booing.

Bruins defenseman Joe Corvo made a bad pass at center ice that was intercepted by Kovalchuk, who came down on a 2-on-1 with Parise and fed the left wing for his 24th goal at 6:27.

The Devils, shut out Monday night by the Rangers, tied the game at 14:03. After center Chris Kelly was tossed out of the circle and replaced by left wing Benoit Pouliot, Elias won the draw and went to the net. Petr Sykora appeared to tip Anton Volchenkov's shot and Elias was alone to tap in his 20th goal of the season, the ninth time he's reach that plateau.

A stunning goal by Clarkson at 17:46 gave New Jersey the lead. Left alone behind the net, the winger moved out and put the puck past Thomas from behind for his career-high 25th goal.

Krejci tied the game 5:30 into the third period.

Rangers 3, Hurricanes 2

Marian Gaborik scored his 30th goal of the season and Brandon Prust netted the game-winner in the Eastern Conference-leading New York Rangers' victory over Carolina.

Gaborik reached the 30-goal mark for the seventh time in his NHL career. He gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead with 5:07 left in the second period when he poked the puck in at the left post after it sailed high and landed in the crease.

New York won its third straight despite playing without captain Ryan Callahan, who missed the game because of a bruised right foot. Backup goalie Martin Biron (11-3-2) made 21 saves. No. 1 netminder Henrik Lundqvist is expected to play Friday night when the Rangers visit Tampa Bay.

Artem Anisimov also scored for the Rangers (41-15-6), who have a nine-point lead in the East. New York has 21 home wins and 20 road wins this season.

The Hurricanes took a 1-0 lead on Jeff Skinner's power-play goal 58 seconds into the second period. Anisimov tied it with a rising slap shot that beat goalie Cam Ward on the glove side at 8:21.

Flyers 6, Islanders 3

Matt Read scored twice and Jaromir Jagr had the go-ahead goal to lead Philadelphia to a victory over New York.

Andrej Meszaros and Scott Hartnell also scored for Philadelphia, which had been slumping. The Flyers had lost five of eight, but moved into fifth place in the Eastern Conference with the win.

Josh Bailey scored two goals and Kyle Okposo had one for the Islanders, who have the fourth-lowest point total in the NHL.

Evgeni Nabokov stopped just 24 of 29 shots for New York. Nabokov was sensational in a 1-0 shootout win over the Flyers last month. He turned aside 47 shots, including two in the shootout. But the veteran goalie clearly wasn't the same this time against a team that had been shut out in two of its three previous games.

Ilya Bryzgalov made 21 saves to earn the win in his fifth straight start.

Jagr and Read scored 39 seconds apart in the second period to put Philadelphia ahead 4-2.