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 Thirty seconds into overtime on an identical play, Hoffman made no
mistake.
Hoffman's heroics upstaged the Blackhawks Patrick Kane, who had a
goal and two assists to stretch his consecutive games point scoring
streak to 21 games, tying a franchise record set by Bobby Hull.
Kane's linemates, Artem Anisimov and Artemi Panarin, had the other
Chicago goals.
Along with the pair by Hoffman that gives him nine goals in his last
eight games, Bobby Ryan had a goal and two assists for the Senators,
while Mark Stone had the other Ottawa goal. Karlsson had three
assists.
The Senators' Craig Anderson was a busy man, stopping 35 shots. The
Blackhawks' Corey Crawford made 23 saves.
Wild 1, Maple Leafs 0
SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Matt Dumba scored the game's lone goal, and
Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves to win a goaltending battle in
Minnesota's victory over Toronto at Xcel Energy Center.
Toronto's James Reimer shook off the rust from a four-game layoff
due to injury and displayed the form which earned him a 2.07
goals-against average and a .934 save percentage in 15 prior
appearances. Reimer, who made 27 saves in his return, withstood a
barrage of Minnesota scoring chances in the opening period to keep
his team in it.
Avalanche 2, Rangers 1
NEW YORK -- Matt Duchene scored his 14th goal and Semyon Varlamov
turned aside 24 shots as Colorado defeated the New York Rangers at
Madison Square Garden.
Chris Wagner also scored for the Avalanche, who won three of four.
Goaltender Antti Raanta made 16 saves for the Rangers, who lost five
of six, and Oscar Lindberg scored his 10th of the season.
Devils 5, Hurricanes 1
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Jeff Cammalleri scored twice and two of his New
Jersey teammates scored for the first time this season in ringing up
victory against Carolina at PNC Arena.
Adam Henrique, Stephen Gionta and Jacob Josefson also scored for the
Devils, who had matched their season high for goals. Keith Kincaid,
playing in only his fifth game of the season, stopped 30 shots for
the victory.
Brad Malone scored for Carolina, which lost its third game in a row,
and Eddie Lack made 22 saves.
Capitals 3, Canadiens 2
MONTREAL -- T.J. Oshie scored twice to lift Washington over Montreal
at the Bell Centre.
Tom Wilson also scored for Washington. Lars Eller and Brian Flynn
connected for the Canadiens.
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Braden Holtby stopped 33 shots for the Capitals and remained
unbeaten in regulation in nine career games against Montreal. Mike
Condon made 16 saves for the Habs.
Red Wings 5, Coyotes 1
DETROIT -- Darren Helm had a goal and an assist in Detroit's win
against Arizona at Joe Louis Arena.
Justin Abdelkader, Niklas Kronwall, Gustav Nyquist and Dan DeKeyser
also scored for the Red Wings, who have points in its past nine
games. Pavel Datsyuk had two assists and Jimmy Howard made 26 saves.
Jordan Martinook scored for the Coyotes and Mike Smith stopped 13 of
16 shots before being replaced by Anders Lindback to start the
second period. Linback made 26 saves.
Panthers 2, Predators 1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Roberto Luongo made 32 saves as Florida captured
its fourth straight victory with a decision over Nashville in
Bridgestone Arena.
Pekka Rinne made 14 saves for Nashville
Quinton Howden and Jonathan Huberdeau scored for the Panthers and
Roman Josi scored the Predators' lone goal.
Stars 4, Canucks 2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Patrick Sharp scored the tiebreaking
goal with 5:59 remaining in the third period and Dallas continued
its dominance over Vancouver with a victory.
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and a pretty assist for Dallas, who
defeated the Canucks for the 10th consecutive time. Tyler Seguin
also scored for the Stars, Alex Goligoski had two assists and Jason
Spezza added an empty-net goal
Alex Edler and Jannik Hansen scored for Vancouver, which lost its
fourth consecutive game. Henrik Sedin had two assists and Ryan
Miller stopped 30 shots for the Canucks, who are 3-8-4 in their last
15 games.
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