Mar 26, 2013 4 min read

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Winnipeg Jets have put last week’s two-game debacle against the Washington Capitals firmly behind them.

Evander Kane had a goal and three assists to lead Winnipeg to a 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes Tuesday.

The Jets earned their 10th road victory of the season and increased their division lead to six points over Carolina.

“We’re trying to forget about that Washington miniseries as much as possible,” Kane said of the 4-0 and 6-1 defeats on consecutive nights.

“I think we’ve responded here in these last two games real well. We knew we couldn’t dwell on what happened with Washington and we needed to move on and move forward.”

The win over the Hurricanes, which came on the heels of a 3-2 home victory over Tampa Bay Sunday, is the first of a stretch in which the Jets play five of six on the road.

“We knew the implications going in,” Kane said. “It was a big game for both teams, but it’s not going to be the last one, that’s for sure.”

Kane assisted Olli Jokinen’s goal in the first period and goals by Tobias Enstrom and Alexander Burmistrov in the second. Kane was credited with a third-period goal when Carolina defenseman Jamie McBain swatted at the puck and knocked it into the net past Justin Peters.

Ondrej Pavelec had 38 saves for Winnipeg.

“They had some chances,” Pavelec said. “I think they played really well. They did a great job getting traffic in front of me. Sometimes it goes this way.”

Jiri Tlusty scored his 14th of the season for Carolina, which is on an 0-5-1 slide that includes three consecutive 4-1 losses at home.

New York Islanders 3, Washington 2: John Tavares broke a tie with 5:18 left to help the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Matt Moulson forced a turnover by Washington defenseman Mike Green next to the Capitals’ net and fed Tavares in the right circle for his 20th goal of the season. Michael Grabner and Josh Bailey also scored for the Islanders.

Mike Ribeiro and John Carlson scored for Washington.

New York (15-15-3) and Washington (15-17-1) are fighting for playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. The Islanders have won two straight and improved to 9-5-1 on the road. They also ended Washington’s winning streak at three games.

Toronto 3, Florida 2: Joffrey Lupul scored twice in the third period, and Ben Scrivens made 40 saves in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.

Lupul scored on a power play 22 seconds into the third to put Toronto ahead 2-1. Florida tied it 23 seconds later when Shawn Matthias banked in the puck off Leafs defenseman Mike Kostka, and Lupul brought the Air Canada Centre crowd to its feet again at 3:12 with his second of the game.

Lupul has six goals in four games since returning from a broken forearm. He also scored Monday night in a 3-2 shootout loss at Boston, giving him three goals in two games since returning from a two-game suspension.

Dion Phaneuf also scored for Toronto (18-12-4). Tomas Fleischmann added a goal for Florida (9-19-6).

Tampa Bay 2, Buffalo 1: Steven Stamkos and Martin St. Louis each had a goal and an assist and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Tuesday.

Stamkos scored his league-leading 23rd goal of the season off a deflection past Ryan Miller at 16:01 of the first period.

St. Louis extended the lead to 2-0 at 8:15 of the second period with a power-play goal off a sharp pass from Teddy Purcell.

The Lightning ended a three-game losing streak while Buffalo failed to make up ground in the race for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Jordan Leopold scored for Buffalo at 16:52 of the third period.