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[November 21, 2015]  The Sports Xchange

NEW YORK -- Jeff Petry collected the first two-goal game of his career on Friday night as the Montreal Canadiens edged the New York Islanders 5-3 at the Barclays Center.

Petry entered with just one goal in the first 20 games of the season and 21 games in 334 career games overall.

Tomas Fleischmann and Nathan Beaulieu also scored for the Canadiens (15-4-2), who moved ahead of the idle New York Rangers for first place in the Eastern Conference and tied the idle Dallas Stars for the most points in the league.

Brendan Gallagher put the game way with an empty-netter with 19 seconds left.

Carey Price, who missed the previous nine games with a lower body injury, made 33 saves in his return.

Brock Nelson scored twice for the Islanders and Travis Hamonic also scored.

Oilers 5, Devils 1

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Anders Nilsson continued his mastery of New Jersey in an Edmonton win.

The Oilers goalie stopped 19 of 20 shots.

Leon Draisaitl, Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Mark Letestu and Oscar Klefbom scored for the Oilers.

Kyle Palmieri scored the Devils' lone goal.

Flames 2, Blackhawks 1 (OT)

CALGARY, Alberta -- Johnny Gaudreau scored at 1:38 of overtime to lead Calgary over Chicago at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Sean Monahan also scored for the Flames, who avenged a 4-1 loss to the Blackhawks five nights earlier in Chicago. Karri Ramo made his 10th straight start for Calgary and made 18 saves.

Artem Anisimov scored for the Blackhawks and Patrick Kane drew an assist on the power-play marker to extend his point streak to a career-high 15 games.

Red Wings 3, Kings 2

DETROIT -- Petr Mrazek made 35 saves and Detroit held on win against Los Angeles at Joe Louis Arena.

Tomas Tatar, Mike Green, Dylan Larkin scored for Detroit. Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader had two assists each.

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Jeff Carter had two goals for Los Angeles. Jhonas Enroth stopped 26 shots.

Maple Leafs 2, Hurricanes 1 (SO)

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Joffrey Lupul scored in the fifth round of the shootout to give Toronto a victory against Carolina at PNC Arena.

Nazem Kadri's power-play goal with 3:33 left in the third period forged a tie for the Maple Leafs while James Reimer finished with 33 saves.

Brad Malone scored in regulation while Cam Ward stopped 24 shots for the Hurricanes.

Blue Jackets 4, Predators 0

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sergei Bobrovsky made 39 saves for his first shutout of the season, leading Columbus over Nashville at Nationwide Arena.

Bobrovsky earned his 12th career shutout. Two of them have come against Nashville.

Ryan Johansen, Boone Jenner, Scott Hartnell and Gregory Campbell scored for the Blue Jackets, who have won three straight and four of their last five games overall.

The Predators, who outshot the Blue Jackets 39-17, were shut out for the second time this season. Pekka Rinne finished with 14 saves.

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