Flyers beat the Sharks 4-1 to complete a three-game West Coast sweep

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Christian Dvorak scored a tiebreaking goal early in the third period and added an assist, Dan Vladar made 24 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Saturday to complete a three-game West Coast sweep.

Owen Tippett scored in the second period and defenseman Travis Sanheim and Noah Cates added empty-net goals in the final two minutes as the Flyers won their third straight and for the fifth time in six games. Philly was coming off a 3-2 overtime win over Anaheim on Wednesday and 4-3 shootout victory over Los Angeles on Thursday. The Flyers completed a California sweep for the second time in franchise history and extended their road winning streak to seven games.

Dmitry Orlov scored for San Jose, which lost its fourth in a row and for the seventh time in nine games. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 24 of 26 shots.

After a scoreless first period, Tippett got the Flyers on the board with his 24th of the season 2:26 into the second. Tippett took a pass from Trevor Zegras, got past the Sharks' Nick Leddy and beat Nedeljkovic with a shot to the glove side.

Orlov evened the score with his third of the season on a power play at 13:12 with a shot from the slot off a feed from William Eklund. Macklin Celebrini also assisted.

Dvorak put the Flyers ahead 1:47 into the third, scoring on the power play after San Jose's Mario Ferraro was sent off for roughing. The assists went to Travis Konecny and Matvei Michkov, who picked up the 100th point of his NHL career.

The Sharks pulled Nedeljkovic late and the Flyers capitalized. Sanheim scored his eighth of the season and Cates netted his 15th, matching his career high of 38 points set in 2022-23 when he had 13 goals and 25 assists.

Flyers: Host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.

Sharks: At the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.

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Philadelphia Flyers right wing Owen Tippett, right, scores a goal next to San Jose Sharks defenseman Nick Leddy (4) and defenseman Sam Dickinson (6) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Jose Sharks right wing Collin Graf (51) skates with the puck against Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Travis Sanheim (6) and goaltender Dan Vladar (80) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen (55) skates with the puck against San Jose Sharks defenseman John Klingberg (3) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Jose Sharks goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic (33) defends against a shot by Philadelphia Flyers right wing Owen Tippett (74) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seth Jarvis had two goals and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday night for their fourth victory in five games.

Sebastian Aho broke a tie with a short-handed goal in the second period, Jackson Blake also scored and K’Andre Miller had two assists, and rookie Brandon Bussi made 13 saves to boost his season record to 29-6-1.

Marc Gatcomb, Max Shabanov and Anders Lee scored for the Islanders, They have a four-game losing streak for the first time this season. Ilya Sorokin made 36 saves in his 11th straight start.

Lee’ goal with 1:37 to play with the Islanders — third in the Metropolitan Division — going with an extra skater gave them a chance but they couldn’t break through again.

The Islanders had one-goal leads after Gatcomb scored in the first and Shabanov in the second. Shabanov was in his third game since the Olympic break and his first since March 13. He had been out with a lower-body injury and then missed games as a healthy scratch.

Aho’s go-ahead goal with 3:43 left in the second period gave the Hurricanes their sixth short-handed goal in nine games.

The Metropolitan-leading Hurricanes were playing in their first game since clinching a playoff berth two nights earlier. It was Carolina’s second straight strong defensive effort after allowing only 10 shots on goal Thursday night vs. Columbus.

Carolina has defeated the Islanders in all three meetings and they’ll meet again in the regular-season finale.

Islanders: Host Toronto on Thursday night.

Hurricanes: At Ottawa on Sunday night.

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Carolina Hurricanes' Alexander Nikishin (21) battles for position with New York Islanders' Max Shabanov (49) uring the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)

Carolina Hurricanes' Rod Brind'Amour, center, protests a call with officials during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)

Carolina Hurricanes' Alexander Nikishin (21) has his shot go off the pad of New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin (30) with Ondrej Palat (81) nearby during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)

Carolina Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov (37) shoots the puck wide of New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin (30) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)

Carolina Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho, second right, celebrates his goal with teammates Jaccob Slavin, right, Seth Jarvis (24) and Jalen Chatfield, left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)