NHL roundup: Wild blast Blackhawks

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[February 22, 2016]  MINNEAPOLIS -- With Minnesota hosting a Stadium Series game for the first time, Jason Pominville and Erik Haula each had a goal and two assist as the Wild won their fourth in a row, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 6-1 at TCF Bank Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus.

Nino Niederreiter, Thomas Vanek, Ryan Carter and Matt Dumba also scored for the Wild, who improved to 4-0-0 under interim head coach John Torchetti. Devan Dubnyk made 31 saves as the Wild won in Minnesota for the first time in 2016.

For Chicago, their fresh air experience didn't seem to help, as the Blackhawks were mostly silent offensively and fell to 1-3-0 all time in outdoor games. They got a goal from Patrick Kane, 19 saves from starting goalie Corey Crawford, and seven more from Scott Darling, who came on in relief after 40 minutes.

Penguins 4, Sabres 3

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Kris Letang had three assists to lead Pittsburgh over Buffalo.

Patric Hornqvist, Scott Wilson, Phil Kessel and Matt Cullen scored for the Penguins. Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves.

Zach Bogosian and Brian Gionta scored for the Sabres. Robin Lehner made 27 saves.

Ducks 5, Flames 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Ryan Kesler had two goals and an assist to lead Anaheim to a rout of Calgary at the Honda Center.

Ryan Getzlaf, Patrick Maroon and Kevin Bieksa contributed goals while John Gibson stopped 22 shots as the Ducks used their fifth consecutive victory and their 12th in 14 games to move within two points of the first-place Los Angeles Kings in the Pacific Division.

Mark Giordano and Mikael Backlund scored for the Flames, who lost four of five. Jonas Hiller, who spent seven seasons in Anaheim, made 28 saves.

Lightning 4, Hurricanes 2

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Steven Stamkos scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 5:43 remaining to send Tampa Bay over Carolina at PNC Arena.

Ryan Callahan scored two goals, including an empty-net tally with 9.8 seconds to play and J.T. Brown also scored for the Lighting.

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Joakim Nordstrom and Michal Jordan scored for the Hurricanes, while Cam Ward made 14 saves, but his streak of outings without a regulation loss ended at 10 games.

Rangers 1, Red Wings 0 (OT)

NEW YORK -- Kevin Klein scored with 3:01 remaining in overtime to give the New York Rangers a victory against Detroit at Madison Square Garden.

Klein snapped the winner home off a 2-on-1 rush, collecting a pass from Kevin Hayes and rifling a shot over the catching glove of Jimmy Howard.

Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves for the Rangers and Howard made 29 saves for the Red Wings.

Canucks 5, Avalanche 1

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Adam Cracknell scored his second goal in as many games, and Vancouver beat Colorado.

Jannik Hansen added two goals to boost his season total to a career-high 19. Radim Vrbata collected his first goal in 15 games, and Chris Tanev scored into an empty net.

Vancouver's Henrik Sedin had four assists, and Daniel Sedin added three assists. Canucks goalie Ryan Miller, who made 37 saves, lost his bid for a shutout when Matt Duchene scored with 42 second to go in the game.

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