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[November 03, 2014]  Nov 2 (Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's games in the National Hockey League:

Red Wings 2, Buffalo 3 (SO)

Center Zemgus Girgensons scored the deciding goal in the shootout to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings.

Girgensons beat Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard with a quick wrist shot high to the blocker side.

Center Tyler Ennis also scored in the shootout for Buffalo. After Detroit right winger Gustav Nyquist evened the shootout at 1-1, left winger Henrik Zetterberg came up short with his forehand attempt.

Center Brian Flynn and right winger Chris Stewart scored in regulation for the Sabres while goalie Michal Neuvirth made 36 saves.

Center Pavel Datsyuk and left winger Thomas Tatar scored in regulation for the Red Wings. Howard made 19 saves in defeat.

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Hurricanes 3, Kings 2

Center Victor Rask's first NHL goal set the tone and goalie Cam Ward helped back it up with another strong game as Carolina defeated Los Angeles.

Left winger Chris Terry and center Elias Lindholm also scored for Carolina.

Center Mike Richards and defenseman Alec Martinez scored the Los Angeles goals.

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Flames 6, Canadiens 2

Rookie right winger Josh Jooris scored twice to lead Calgary to a decisive win over Montreal at the Bell Centre.

Center Markus Granlund, left wingers Curtis Glencross and Lance Bouma and defenseman Mark Giordano also scored for Calgary while goaltender Jonas Hiller made 18 saves.

Left wingers Max Pacioretty and Rene Bourque scored for Montreal while goalie Carey Price stopped 29 shots.

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Coyotes 6, Capitals 5

Arizona earned a come-from-behind victory over Washington at the Verizon Center.

After falling behind 3-1, Arizona scored five unanswered goals -- two by right winger Shane Doan and one each by defenseman Michael Stone, center Sam Gagner, and rookie center Tobias Rieder.

Center Antoine Vermette also scored a goal and picked up two assists.

Washington's goals came from right winger Tom Wilson, defenseman John Carlson, left winger Alex Ovechkin and right wingers Joel Ward and Troy Brouwer.

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Ducks 3, Avalanche 2

Jason LaBarbera made 16 saves while defensemen Hampus Lindholm and Cam Fowler scored less than two minutes apart as Anaheim beat Colorado.

Right winger Corey Perry also had a goal and center Ryan Getzlaf had two assists for Anaheim.

Center Nathan MacKinnon had his fourth goal in the last three games and right winger Dennis Everberg also scored for Colorado while goaltender Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves. (Editing by Simon Evans)

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