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 Penguins 4, Capitals 3
Pittsburgh centers Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby had never gone an
entire season without scoring a point against Washington and they
were not about to make this the first in a 4-3 victory on Wednesday.
Malkin had three assists and Crosby added his 20th goal of the
season to lead the Penguins to a narrow win over the Capitals at the
Verizon Center.
The Penguins (35-17-9) avoided a series sweep and moved three points
ahead of the Capitals (33-19-10) in the Metropolitan Division
standings, a point behind the second-place New York Rangers, who
have games in hand on the Pens and Caps.
 Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 21-of-24 shots to
improve to 28-13-6. Capitals netminder Braden Holtby allowed four
goals on 26 shots to fall to 29-14-9.
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Flames 3, Devils 1
Left winger Curtis Glencross and center Sean Monahan each scored in
a 48-second span over two periods and goaltender Karri Ramo made 26
saves as Calgary defeated New Jersey.
The victory enabled the Flames (33-24-4) to move past idle Minnesota
into eighth place in the Western Conference standings and improve to
1-1 on their current season-long seven-game road trip.
The Devils (25-27-9) saw their four-game winning streak come to an
end. It also derailed the Devils' opportunity of reaching the .500
mark for the first time since Nov. 22.
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Senators 3, Ducks 0
Short on players and even shorter on time to push for the playoffs,
the Ottawa may have found a pearl at the bottom of a sea of
mediocrity.
Goalie Andrew Hammond led them to a win over Anaheim at Honda
Center, moving to 3-0-0 on the season and marking the first time the
Senators have won three straight games since October. (Editing by
Cameron French/Sudipto Ganguly)
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