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 Suter stuffed the puck into the net after the Blackhawks' Corey
Crawford had made an initial save on Mikael Granlund.
The Wild (12-7-4) came into the game searching for a positive road
result. They had lost six of their previous seven games and were on
a three-game road losing streak. Their last road win came on Nov.
19.
Patrick Kane's goal was the only one to beat the Wild's Devan
Dubnyk. Kane extended his career-high points streak to 20 games, the
first player in the last five years to record a 20-game points
streak, according to Elias Sports Bureau.
Jason Pominville also scored for the Wild.
Flyers 4, Senators 2
OTTAWA -- Philadelphia extended its winning streak to three games by
defeating Ottawa at Canadian Tire Centre.
Wayne Simmonds scored the winner late in the second period, and Sean
Couturier iced it with an empty-netter 1:45 from the final buzzer.
Shayne Gostisbehere and Evgeny Medvedev had the Flyers' other goals.
Zack Smith and Mike Hoffman replied for the Senators, who lost for
the second time in a row.
Avalanche 2, Devils 1
NEWARK, N.J. -- Matt Duchene and Tyson Barrie scored in a 4 minute,
5 second span in the second period to spark Colorado over New Jersey
at the Prudential Center.
Reto Berra made 27 saves as the Avalanche continued the trend of
alternating wins and losses in its last six games.
Cory Schneider made 23 saves, and Kyle Palmieri scored the Devils'
lone goal.
Canadiens 2, Blue Jackets 1
MONTREAL -- Max Pacioretty scored a late power-play goal to give
Montreal a win over Columbus at the Bell Centre.
Paul Byron also scored for the Canadiens while Nick Foligno replied
for Columbus.
Mike Condon stopped 22 shots for Montreal and Sergei Bobrovsky made
24 saves for the Blue Jackets.
Red Wings 5, Sabres 4 (SO)
DETROIT -- Brad Richards scored the only goal of the shootout to
give Detroit a victory over Buffalo Sabres at Joe Louis Arena.
Justin Abdelkader had two goals, an assist and a fight, and Tomas
Tatar and Drew Miller also scored for Detroit. Gustav Nyquist had
two assists and Petr Mrazek made 28 saves.
Evander Kane had two goals, Zemgus Girgensons a goal and an assist
and Zach Bogosian scored for Buffalo. Rasmus Ristolainen had four
assists and Linus Ullmark stopped 42 shots.
Panthers 3, Blues 1
ST. LOUIS -- Derek MacKenzie scored twice in the second period,
leading Florida over St. Louis.
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The win allowed the Panthers to snap a six-game losing streak to St.
Louis and was their first victory over the Blues since Oct. 31,
2009.
Brandon Pirri also scored for Florida while David Backes scored for
St. Louis.
Predators 5, Coyotes 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nashville rallied with four third period goals
for a win over Arizona at Bridgestone Arena.
Filip Forsberg scored twice and Mike Ribeiro, Calle Jarnkrok and
James Neal also tallied goals for the Predators.
The Coyotes' goals came from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Kyle
Chipchura.
Flames 4, Stars 3 (SO)
CALGARY, Alberta -- Johnny Gaudreau scored the game-deciding goal in
a shootout, leading Calgary over Dallas.
Mikael Backlund, Gaudreau and Dougie Hamilton all scored for the
Flames in regulation.
Jason Spezza, Cody Eakin and Mattias Janmark scored for the Stars.
Penguins 5, Sharks 1
SAN JOSE -- Pittsburgh two goals from Phil Kessel and Marc-Andre
Fleury stopped 33 of 34 shots to win in San Jose for the first time
since October of 1997. Pittsburgh had gone 13 games in San Jose
since without a victory.
David Perron, Matt Cullen and Evgeni Malkin also scored for
Pittsburgh.
Patrick Marleau one-timed his 10th goal past Fleury for the Sharks'
lone goal.
Kings 2, Canucks 1 (OT)
LOS ANGELES -- Anze Kopitar scored the game-winning goal at 2:02 of
overtime, lifting Los Angeles over Vancouver at Staples Center.
Kopitar cashed in with his eighth goal of the season, converting an
assist from Jeff Carter. Jonathan Quick stopped 15 of the 16 shots
he faced and Drew Doughty also scored.
The Canucks' Jacob Markstrom recorded 38 saves and Daniel Sedin
scored in regulation.
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