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[January 12, 2015]  Jan 12 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's National Hockey League games:

Ducks 5, Jets 4 (SO)

Ducks defenseman Sami Vatanen decided a six-round shootout and Anaheim came from two goals down in the third period to take a 5-4 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.

Winnipeg goalie Ondrej Pavelec made 39 saves in regulation and overtime. Anaheim goalie Frederik Andersen made 28 saves.

Ducks center Rickard Rakell got his second goal and fourth point of the night at 17:57 of the third period off a feed from left winger Patrick Maroon to tie the score at 4-4.

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Blackhawks 4, Wild 1

Marian Hossa, Brad Richards and Bryan Bickell each had one goal and one assist to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-1 home win over the slumping Minnesota Wild.

Goalie Corey Crawford made 36 saves as Chicago, which had lost four of its previous eight games, improved to 28-13-2.

The Wild have lost five straight and 11 of their last 13 games, falling to 18-18-5.

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Panthers 4, Oilers 2

The Florida Panthers continued their most successful road trip of the season with a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers.

Right winger Jimmy Hayes scored the lone goal of the first period and the Panthers never trailed as they won for the fourth time in five games on their western road swing.

Edmonton lost at home for the 16th time in 24 games. The Oilers were 9-1 in their previous 10 games against Florida. (Editing by Andrew Both)

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