Seth Jarvis and Jordan Martinook also scored for Carolina and Frederik Andersen made 29 saves to improve to 13-2-0.
Jordan Kyrou and Zack Bolduc scored for St. Louis and Jordan Binnington made 37 saves.
PREDATORS 5, BLACKHAWKS 1
CHICAGO (AP) — Filip Forsberg got his 10th career hat trick and set a Nashville franchise record with 46 goals, and Nashville beat Chicago.
Kiefer Sherwood and Jason Zucker also scored for the playoff-bound Predators, who handed last-place Chicago its third straight loss. Luke Evangelista had two assists, and Kevin Lankinen finished with 25 saves against his former team, and also had an assist.
WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham can secure another Hollywood ending on Saturday. The Welsh team co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds is on the verge of back-to-back promotions — this time to the third tier of English soccer, and that would be two steps away from the Premier League. Wrexham can guarantee promotion Saturday if it beats Forest Green at the Racecourse Ground stadium and if both MK Dons and Barrow fail to win. With three games remaining, Wrexham is second in League Two — four points behind
UTICA, N.Y. — Alex Carpenter had two goals and two assists, and the defending champion United States advanced to the world women’s hockey championship semifinals with a 10-0 blowout win over Japan on Thursday night. Abbey Murphy had two goals and an assist, while captain Hilary Knight had one goal and three assists. Caroline Harvey, Tessa Janecke and Lacey Eden all pitched in with a goal and an assist. Kirsten Simms and Joy Dunne also scored while Megan Keller and Kendall Coyne Schofield had two
