NHL roundup: Backlund, Flames burn Wings

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[November 21, 2016]  The Sports Xchange

DETROIT -- Mikael Backlund's goal in the third period broke a tie and gave the Calgary Flames a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night at Joe Louis Arena.

Garnet Hathaway got his first career goal and Matt Stajan also scored for Calgary. Dougie Hamilton had three assists and Chad Johnson stopped 21 shots.

Tomas Tatar and Anthony Mantha scored for Detroit, which lost its fourth straight. Jimmy Howard made 23 saves.

Panthers 3, Rangers 2 (SO)

NEW YORK -- Vincent Trocheck and Aleksander Barkov scored during a shootout to give Florida a victory over New York at Madison Square Garden.

Keith Yandle and Aaron Ekblad had the regulation goals for the Panthers and James Reimer made 33 saves.

Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad scored for the Rangers. Zibanejad suffered a broken leg 51 seconds into overtime. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 28 shots.

Hurricanes 3, Jets 1

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Elias Lindholm scored for the first time this season as Carolina defeated Winnipeg at PNC Arena, extending its winning streak to a season-best four games.

Cam Ward made 28 saves and Victor Rask and Noah Hanifin also scored for the Hurricanes.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 37 shots for the Jets, who got their lone goal from Mark Scheifele.

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Blue Jackets 3, Capitals 2

WASHINGTON -- Alexander Wennberg scored a power-play goal with 53.6 seconds left as Columbus defeated Washington for the second time in five days.

Brandon Dubinsky and Nick Foligno also scored for the Blue Jackets.

Alexander Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom scored for the Capitals.

Kings 3, Ducks 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jeff Carter scored two power-play goals within 1 minute, 14 seconds in the second period to give Los Angeles a win over Anaheim at the Honda Center.

Drew Doughty added a goal and an assist while Peter Budaj stopped 28 shots for his 10th victory.

John Gibson finished with 26 saves for the Ducks, who got goals from Antoine Vermette and Rickard Rakell.

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