NHL roundup: Blues subdue Ducks

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[March 12, 2016]  The Sports Xchange

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues got their offense going on Friday night as they moved closer to the top spot in the Central Division.

Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice late and Paul Stastny, Jori Lehtera and Patrik Berglund added goals to lead the Blues to a 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks at Scottrade Center.

Jake Allen made 26 saves for St. Louis, which tied its season-long win streak of five games and has won 10 of 13 games. That has helped the Blues move into second place in the Central as well as the Western Conference.

Ryan Getzlaf and Rickard Rakell scored for the Ducks, who lost their third straight game after winning 11 in a row. Frederik Andersen made 18 stops.

Penguins 3, Blue Jackets 2

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Carl Hagelin's second-period goal, his fourth since joining Pittsburgh earlier in the season, led the Penguins over Columbus in Nationwide Arena.

Chris Kunitz and Kris Letang also scored and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury had 25 saves for the Penguins, who are trying to hold off Philadelphia for the second and final wild-card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The win preserved their three-point cushion.

Gregory Campbell and Cam Atkinson scored for the Blue Jackets. Sergei Bobrovsky -- making his first start since Jan. 21 -- finished with 28 saves. He has played in only 28 games this season because of three groin pulls.

Stars 5, Blackhawks 2

DALLAS---Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin and Jason Spezza had a goal and an assist each and Kari Lehtonen stopped 21 of 23 shots for Dallas against Chicago at American Airlines Center.

Antoine Roussel and Ales Hemsky also scored for Dallas. Seguin was credited with the winning goal in the second period.

Teuvo Taravainen and Tomas Fleischmann scored for Chicago.

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Flyers 3, Lightning 1

TAMPA, Fla. -- Sam Gagner scored a power-play goal and Steve Mason had 18 saves as Philadelphia beat Tampa Bay at Amalie Arena.

The Flyers have won six of their past seven games and remain in contention for a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. Matt Read scored a power-play goal at 3:34 of the second period to give the Flyers a two-goal lead. Brayden Schnenn's 23rd goal of the season came on a wraparound at 7:56 of the second period.

Brian Boyle scored for Tampa Bay, which is 0-2-1 in its past three games. Goaltender Ben Bishop had 20 saves in the loss.

Coyotes 4, Flames 1

CALGARY, Alberta -- Brad Richardson scored two third-period goals and Antoine Vermette had one to lift Arizona over Calgary, ending a franchise-record road losing streak at 10 games.

Richardson's second goal of the period into an empty net iced the game with 1:41 left. Boyd Gordon also scored for Arizona and Mikael Backlund had Calgary's goal.

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