The Pittsburgh Penguins kept pace in the Eastern Conference wild card race with a 4-1 win against the Minnesota Wild at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday.New York Rangers Trøje

Kris Letang and Rickard Rakell each had a goal and an assist, and Jake Guentzel and Brian Dumoulin each had two assists for the Penguins (39-30-10), who have alternated wins and losses in their past 10 games (5-5-0). Tristan Jarry made 27 saves after allowing a combined nine goals in his previous two starts, a 4-3 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday followed by a 5-1 loss at the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.

Pittsburgh remained one point behind the Florida Panthers and New York Islanders, who hold the two wild cards into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the East. Florida defeated the Ottawa Senators 7-2 on Thursday; New York won 6-1 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Marcus Johansson scored, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves for the Wild (44-24-10), who have lost three in a row (0-2-1).Minnesota fell two points behind the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars for first place in the Central Division.

Letang put Pittsburgh ahead 1-0 at 15:02 of the first period. He drove around Marcus Foligno to the outer edge of the right face-off circle and scored on a snap shot just inside the right post from a sharp angle.

The Penguins outshot the Wild 19-5 in the period.Rakell made it 2-0 on the power play at 10:53 of the second period, scoring with a one-timer from the left circle off a pass from Letang.Jason Zucker pushed it to 3-0 at 2:58 of the third period after Evgeni Malkin set him up for a one-timer from the top of the right circle.Billige NHL Trøjer

Johansson cut it to 3-1 on a 5-on-3 power play by stuffing in a shot from the right post at 7:39.Jeff Carter deflected a pass from Drew O'Connor in the slot at 13:08 for the 4-1 final.