Boston— The Boston Bruins are hopeful they won’t be missing one of their top scorers when they open a crucial four-game homestand against the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight.

Center Patrice Bergeron didn’t practice on Friday because of a lower-body injury suffered on Wednesday in a 5-3 loss at Washington. Bergeron, who is fifth on the Bruins with 26 points (12 goals, 14 assists), played two more shifts before leaving the game for good.

General manager Don Sweeney classified Bergeron as day to day. Coach Claude Julien wouldn’t rule out Bergeron against the Maple Leafs.

The Bruins also practiced without goaltender Tuukka Rask, who said he popped his groin on Wednesday. Sweeney said Rask was taking a “maintenance day,” and Julien said he expected Rask to make his 12th straight start tonight.

The Bruins are in third place in the Atlantic Division with 58 points, three ahead of the Leafs. After a four-day break following the Toronto game, Boston will play three games in four nights.

Friday’s Games

Penguins 4, Blue Jackets 3 (ot)

Pittsburgh — Phil Kessel celebrated the 800th game of his career in style, scoring twice, including the winner 3:15 into overtime to lead Pittsburgh over suddenly scuffling Columbus.

Nick Bonino added his eighth for Pittsburgh and Patric Hornqvist scored his fifth goal in his last five games for the Penguins. Matt Murray stopped 28 shots as Pittsburgh drew within two points of second-place Columbus in the taut Metropolitan Division race.

Cam Atkinson capped a third-period rally with his 25th of the season for Columbus.

Panthers 2, Ducks 1

Sunrise, Fla. — Jonathan Huberdeau scored his first goal of the season to lift Florida over Anaheim.

Reilly Smith also scored for the Panthers, and Aleksander Barkov had an assist in his return to the lineup after missing 15 games due to injury. James Reimer stopped 22 shots.

Hurricanes 2, Oilers 1

Raleigh, n.c. — Sebastian Aho scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, lifting Carolina past Edmonton. Jordan Staal had a goal in the first period for Carolina, which split the season series. Edmonton won the other meeting, 3-2 at home on Oct. 18.

Red Wings 5, Islanders 4

Detroit — Danny DeKeyser scored with 27.9 remaining in regulation, lifting Detroit over New York.

DeKeyser’s shot from the left side of the left circle caromed off two Islanders defensemen, Nick Leddy and Thomas Hickey, and into the net.

Flames 4, Devils 3 (ot)

Newark, n.j. — Defenseman TJ Brodie had four assists, the last on Mikael Backlund’s winning goal at 1:13 of overtime, and Calgary beat New Jersey to send the Devils to their seventh straight loss at home.

Sean Monahan, Kris Versteeg and Matt Stajan also scored as the Flames won their third straight game. Brian Elliott made 26 saves.