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 Predators 5, Canucks 1
Nashville improved to 17-2-1 at home with a 5-1 win over Vancouver,
pulling away with a flurry of goals in the third period.
The Predators blew it open with three goals in a 4:07 span when
Filip Forsberg, Mike Fisher and Craig Smith scored.
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Islanders 3, Rangers 0
Goaltender Jaroslav Halak stopped 27 shots as the New York Islanders
dominated the New York Rangers 3-0 at Madison Square Garden.
The Islanders got goals from Anders Lee, Nikolai Kulemin and Frans
Nielsen.
Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist turned aside 29 of 32 shots and
was removed from the game by coach Alain Vigneault to start the
third period. Cam Talbot made 12 saves in relief.
The Islanders have won six of eight and sit in second place in the
Metropolitan Division. The Rangers had their five-game winning
streak snapped but have won 13 of their last 15 games and remain in
fourth place in the Metropolitan.
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Bruins 4, Lightning 3
David Pastrnak delivered his second straight two-goal game, powering
Boston past Tampa Bay 4-3.
The 18-year-old who had seven shots on goal in his eighth NHL game,
had a couple of prime chances to finish the hat trick but came up
short. Milan Lucic and Brad Marchand also scored for Boston, who got
two assists apiece from David Krejci and Torey Krug.
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Penguins 7, Wild 2
David Perron scored twice for his first multi-goal game with
Pittsburgh as the Penguins beat Minnesota 7-2, sending the Wild to
their seventh consecutive loss.
Chris Kunitz, Marcel Goc, Brandon Sutter, Paul Martin and Kris
Letang also found the back of the net for Pittsburgh.
Sidney Crosby had three assists and Evgeni Malkin added two, while
goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves.
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Hurricanes 3, Avalanche 2 (shootout)
Carolina rookie Victor Rask scored his first career shootout goal
and goalie Anton Khudobin remained brilliant in shootouts as the
Hurricanes topped Colorado 3-2.
Jordan Staal and Patrick Dwyer scored in regulation for Carolina and
Khudobin stopped 28 shots.
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Red Wings 3, Sabres 1
Darren Helm, Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar scored to lead Detroit
to a comfortable 3-1 win over Buffalo.
Goalie Petr Mrazek made 25 saves for Detroit as the Red Wings
improved to 3-2 on their six-game road trip, which ends Thursday
night in St. Louis.
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Blues 4, Oilers 2
Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 24th goal of the season and assisted
on another as St. Louis extended their winning streak to five games
with a 4-2 victory over Edmonton.
David Backes, Jaden Schwartz and Alexander Steen also scored for St.
Louis. Jori Lehtera earned assists on both goals and defenseman
Barret Jackman added two assists.
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Jets 8, Panthers 2
Mathieu Perrault scored the team's second-ever hat trick -- and then
added a fourth goal for good measure -- as Winnipeg overwhelmed
Florida 8-2.
Defenseman Dustin Byfuglign scored twice and Jay Harrison and
Evander Kane once each to round off the Jets' scoring.
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Stars 5, Senators 4
Rookie defenseman John Klingberg scored two goals and backup
goaltender Anders Lindback stopped 34 of 36 shots in relief of Kari
Lehtonen as Dallas held off Ottawa 5-4 at American Airlines Center.
Trevor Daley, Erik Cole and Ales Hemsky scored for Dallas.
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Sharks 3, Coyotes 2
Defenseman Brenden Dilllon scored the game-winning goal in San
Jose's 3-2 victory over Arizona at Gila River Arena.
Joe Pavelski and Tomas Hertl also scored for the Sharks, while
Arizona replied through Mikkel Boedker and Shane Doan. (Compiled by
Cameron French; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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