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 Senators 6, Bruins 4
Ottawa winger Bobby Ryan scored his 18th goal of the season to give
the Senators a winning lead in their 6-4 victory over the Boston
Bruins at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday.
The win was the fifth in a row for the Senators and moved them
within two points of the Bruins in the race for the second wild card
spot in the Eastern Conference.
Senators goalie Andrew Hammond made 31 saves to improve his record
to 12-0-1, while Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask made 26 saves.
The other Ottawa goals were bagged by Kyle Turris, who added an
empty-netter to complete the scoring, David Legwand, Jean-Gabriel
Pageau and Milan Michalek.
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Canadiens 4, Hurricanes 0
Right winger Dale Weise and left winger Max Pacioretty each had a
goal and an assist to lead Montreal past Carolina at the Bell
Centre.
Goaltender Carey Price made 31 saves for Montreal (45-20-7) while
picking up his eighth shutout of the season and 33rd of his career.
Netminder Anton Khudobin stopped 18 shots for the Hurricanes
(26-35-9).
Right winger Brendan Gallagher and center David Desharnais also
scored for the Canadiens, who swept the season series.
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Panthers 3, Red Wings 1
Goalie Roberto Luongo returned from injury and Jaromir Jagr and
Brandon Pirri broke a scoreless tie with second-period goals as
Florida defeated Detroit at the BB&T Center.
Luongo, who had missed six straight games with a right shoulder
injury, made 25 saves and posted his 24th win of the season. The Red
Wings rested starting goalie Jimmy Howard and went instead with
backup Petr Mrazek, who made 29 saves.
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Sharks 4, Maple Leafs 1
Center Joe Thornton joined exclusive company as San Jose defeated
Toronto at Air Canada Centre. Thornton had a pair of assists to
become just the 19th player in NHL history to record 900 career
assists.
Centers Logan Couture and Tommy Wingels along with left winger Tomas
Hertl and right winger Melker Karlsson had the Sharks goals. Antti
Niemi made 27 saves to improve to 5-1-0 in six career starts against
the Leafs.
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Capitals 3, Wild 2
Left winger Alex Ovechkin scored twice and center Evgeny Kuznetsov
added a goal as Washington beat Minnesota for the franchise's first
win at Xcel Energy Center after seven previous defeats at the venue.
Ovechkin's 13th multi-goal game of the season extended Washington's
winning streak to three games. Goalie Braden Holtby made 28 saves in
the win.
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Blue Jackets 6, Canucks 2
Columbus bounced back from a two-goal deficit to beat Vancouver at
Rogers Arena.
With right winger Marko Dano leading the way with a pair, Columbus
scored five goals on a series of 11 shots in the second and third
periods, chasing starting goalie Eddie Lack who was appearing in his
13th straight game.
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Jets 2, Blues 1 (SO)
Left winger Andrew Ladd's shootout goal lifted Winnipeg over St
Louis.
Ladd, the Jets captain, fired a rocket of a wrist shot over the
glove of Blues goalie Brian Elliott to give the Jets a hard-fought
two points.
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Stars 2, Penguins 1
Left winger and Dallas captain Jamie Benn had a goal and an assist
and goalie Kari Lehtonen stopped 31-of-32 shots to propel their team
to a victory against Pittsburgh at American Airlines Center.
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Avalanche 5, Coyotes 2
Eleven different players had points to lead Colorado to a win over
Arizona at Gila River Arena.
The Avalanche earned their 11th win in 15 games, but Colorado
(33-26-11) still trails the Winnipeg Jets by seven points for the
final wild-card spot in the West with 12 games left on its schedule.
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Flames 4, Flyers 1
Left winger Johnny Gaudreau scored once and added two assists to
lead Calgary over Philadelphia at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Defensemen Dennis Wideman and TJ Brodie and center Sean Monahan also
scored for the Flames, who snapped a two-game losing run and moved
back into third place in the Pacific Division.
(Editing by Cameron French)
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