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 Sharks 2, Penguins 1 (shootout)
Tommy Wingels scored on the backhand in the eighth round of a
shootout to give the San Jose Sharks a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh
Penguins on Monday.
Melker Karlsson was the only other Shark to beat Penguins goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury in the shootout.
Sharks goalie Antti Niemi stopped seven of eight Pittsburgh
shooters, including Steve Downie on the visitors' final attempt.
Matt Nieto netted for San Jose (33-26-8) in the first period while
Sidney Crosby converted his 23rd goal of the season in the third to
tie it for Pittsburgh (38-18-10).
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Predators 2, Coyotes 1 (overtime)
Predators winger James Neal banged in a rebound from defenseman Seth
Jones's shot with 2:15 left in overtime, and goalie Pekka Rinne made
27 saves, as Nashville snapped a season-high six-game losing streak.
The win stretched Nashville's lead over St. Louis in the Central
Division to four points, but the Blues have two games in hand. The
Predators (42-19-7) also pulled into a tie with Anaheim for the
Western Conference and NHL lead with 91 points.
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Canucks 2, Ducks 1
Zack Kassian broke a 1-1 tie late in the third period to give the
Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks.
Bo Horvat scored midway through the first period for Vancouver, who
improved their record to 38-24-4 for 80 points.
The Ducks outshot Vancouver 30-16. Canucks goaltender Eddie Lack
made some great saves to keep his team in the game.
Anaheim lead the NHL with a 42-19-7 record for 91 points.
The Ducks are 5-1-0 in their last six road games.
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Islanders 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT)
Islanders captain John Tavares scored the overtime winner as New
York battled back to edge the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3.
Tavares added an assist in the win and now has a league-leading 72
points.
David Booth and Peter Holland gave the Leafs (26-35-6) a 2-0 lead
and Toronto went up 3-1 at 6:06 in the third.
New York (43-21-4) battled back with scores from Frans Nielsen and
Casey Cizikas in a 30-second span.
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Red Wings 5, Oilers 2
Teemu Pulkkinen, Riley Sheahan and Pavel Datsyuk each had a goal and
an assist each to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-2 win over the
Edmonton Oilers.
Niklas Kronwall and Justin Abdelkader also scored for Detroit.
Goaltender Jimmy Howard stopped 36 shots.
Rob Klinkhammer and ail Yakupov scored for Edmonton.
Detroit (37-17-11) completed a season sweep of Edmonton (18-38-11)
and moved within three points of idle Tampa Bay for second place in
the Atlantic Division. (Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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