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[November 21, 2014]  Nov 20 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Thursday's National Hockey League games:

Maple Leafs 5, Lightning 2

James van Riemsdyk scored two goals as the Toronto Maple Leafs snapped a three-game losing streak with a victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Maple Leafs left winger scored twice in a span of 2:44 as Toronto scored three unanswered goals in the second period after the first ended 1-1.

Center Alex Killorn and center Steven Stamkos scored for the Lightning.

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Canadiens 4, Blues 1

Max Pacioretty scored twice to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a win over the St. Louis Blues.

Goalie Carey Price made 31 saves for the Canadiens, who beat St. Louis for the first time since Nov. 16, 2008.

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Blackhawks 4, Flames 3

Defenseman Adam Clendening scored just four minutes into his debut and the Blackhawks scratched out a victory over Calgary.

Patrick Kane scored the game-winner at the 9:12 mark of the third period for the Blackhawks.

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Senators 3, Predators 2

A second-period goal by Ottawa defenseman Jared Cowen stood as the winner in the Senators' victory over the Nashville Predators.

Senators goalie Robin Lehner made 33 saves to pick up his first victory since Oct. 28.

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Red Wings 4, Jets 3

Detroit center Tomas Tatar scored two goals, including the game-winner late in the third period, and the Red Wings pulled off a scrappy, come-from-behind victory over the Winnipeg Jets.

Tatar broke a 3-3 tie with his eighth goal of the season at 15:10 in the third where the Red Wings scored two unanswered goals to win.

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Wild 3, Flyers 2

Jason Zucker scored a tiebreaking goal with 45.4 seconds left in the game to lift the Minnesota Wild to a win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Nino Niederreiter and defenseman Marco Scandella also scored goals and goaltender Darcy Kuemper made 37 saves to help the Wild win their fourth successive game.
 


Claude Giroux scored the tying goal with 3:30 left and defenseman Mark Streit also had a goal for the Flyers, who lost their fourth consecutive game.

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Capitals 3, Avalanche 2

Alex Ovechkin scored at 14:04 of the third period as the Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche.

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Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist and left winger also scored for the Capitals. Goaltender Braden Holtby stopped 27 shots for Washington.

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Stars 3, Coyotes 1

Dallas center Cody Eakin scored one of two goals in the third period as they defeated the Arizona Coyotes.

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Ducks 4, Canucks 3 (shootout)

Jakob Silfverberg and Corey Perry scored in the shootout as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Vancouver Canucks.

Anaheim's Matt Beleskey tied the game at 3-3 to force overtime when he scored at 11:52 of the third.

Anaheim improved their Western Conference-leading record to 12-4-5 for 30 points, while the Canucks dropped to 13-6-1 for 27 points.

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Kings 3, Hurricanes 2

Tanner Pearson scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, and the Los Angeles Kings held off the Carolina Hurricanes for a 3-2 victory.

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick stopped 25 of the 27 shots he faced, allowing Los Angeles (11-5-4) to capture their third consecutive win.

Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward saved 36 of 39 shots as Carolina (6-10-3) lost for the fourth time in five games.

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Panthers 3, Sharks 2 (shootout)

Nick Bjugstad scored in the final round of the shootout to vault the Florida Panthers past San Jose.

Bjugstad also scored both of Florida's (7-5-5) regulation goals to lead the way.

The Sharks (10-9-3) got goals from Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau, who forced overtime when he netted with just 34 seconds left in regulation.

(Compiled by Jahmal Corner; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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