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 Penguins 4, Canadiens 0
Beau Bennett scored a goal and added two assists to lead Pittsburgh
to a 4-0 win over Montreal at the Bell Centre.
Steve Downie, Brandon Sutter and Sidney Crosby also scored for
Pittsburgh while goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 27 shots
he faced.
Carey Price made 18 saves for Montreal, who saw their six-game
winning streak snapped.
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Islanders 5, Lightning 2
Cal Clutterbuck, playing on his 27th birthday, scored in the opening
minute of the second period to begin a stretch of four unanswered
goals by the New York Islanders in a win over Tampa Bay at Nassau
Coliseum.
Mikhail Grabovski and Ryan Strome scored later in the second for New
York while defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky made it 4-1 with a
power-play goal in the first minute of the third period.
 Casey Cizikas added a breakaway goal at 8:55 to again extend the
lead to three goals.
Goalie Jaroslav Halak recorded 26 saves for New York, allowing goals
from Alex Killorn and Ondrej Palat. Tampa goalie Evgeni Nabokov made
31 saves.
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Red Wings 5, Blue Jackets 0
Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard celebrated his 300th NHL game in
style, making 28 saves for his 19th career shutout in a 5-0 win over
Columbus at Nationwide Arena.
Tomas Tatar, Gustav Nyquist, Riley Sheahan, Darren Helm and Tomas
Jurco scored for Detroit.
Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky finished with 35 saves in the
losing effort.
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Bruins 2, Blues 0
Goaltender Tuukka Rask got his first shutout of the season as Boston
topped St. Louis.
Rask turned aside 33 shots while Patrice Bergeron and Torey Krug
scored the game's only goals.
St. Louis goaltender Brian Elliott made 15 saves in the loss.
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Sabres 4, Sharks 1
Brian Gionta scored his first two goals as a member of Buffalo to
lead his team past San Jose.
 Brian Flynn and Nicolas Deslauriers also scored for Buffalo while
goalie Jhonas Enroth made 19 saves after replacing Michal Neuvirth
at the start of the second period. Neuvirth made 10 saves before
leaving with a lower-body injury.
Defenseman Brent Burns scored for San Jose (10-9-2) while goalie
Troy Grosenick made 10 saves.
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Predators 9, Maple Leafs 2
Taylor Beck scored two goals and added an assist as Nashville
thrashed Toronto.
Derek Roy, Mike Ribeiro, Filip Forsberg, Calle Jarnkrok, Colin
Wilson, Eric Nystrom and Roman Josi also scored for Nashville while
defenseman Shea Weber added three assists and goaltender Pekka Rinne
stopped 29 shots.
Mike Santorelli and Nazem Kadri scored for Toronto.
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Leafs goaltender James Reimer took over after Jonathan Bernier
allowed three goals in the first period and allowed six goals on 25
shots.
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Jets 3, Devils 1
Winnipeg earned a victory over New Jersey with a strong defensive
game and solid goaltending from backup Michael Hutchinson. The Jets
built a 2-0 lead through two periods, then held on through the
third.
Hutchinson finished with 21 saves, while New Jersey goalie Cory
Schneider stopped 31 shots.
Mathieu Perreault, Mark Scheifele and Michael Frolik scored for
Winnipeg while Patrik Elias scored for New Jersey.
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Hurricanes 6, Stars 4
Carolina captain Eric Staal scored two goals and added an assist as
the Hurricanes defeated the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Tuesday at American
Airlines Center.
Goaltender Cam Ward stopped 23 of 27 shots for Carolina, who also
got goals from Jeff Skinner, Patrick Dwyer, Victor Rask and Jiri
Tlusty.
Tyler Seguin scored twice for Dallas, who also got goals from Jamie
Benn and Cody Eakin.
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Capitals 2, Coyotes 1 (overtime)
Washington winger Eric Fehr scored on a rebound 3:16 into overtime
to lift his team past Arizona at the Gila River Arena.
Jay Beagle scored in regulation for Washington and defenseman Oliver
Ekman-Larsson scored for Arizona.
Goaltender Braden Holtby made 23 saves for Washington while
Arizona's Mike Smith stopped 20.
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Flames 4, Ducks 3 (shootout)
Calgary erased a two-goal third-period deficit to force overtime and
Sean Monahan potted the winner in the shootout against
conference-leading Anaheim.
Jiri Hudler scored once and defenseman Dennis Wideman twice in
regulation for Calgary, who got 24 saves from Jonas Hiller.
Sami Vatanen, Matt Beleskey and Kyle Palmieri scored in regulation
for Anaheim while Frederik Andersen made 16 saves. (Editing By
Cameron French/Peter Rutherford)
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