Anderson's 25 save performance was aided by Erik Karlsson, who led
the Senators with two goals. Kyle Turris added the third into an
empty net with 41 seconds remaining.
Curtis McElhinney stopped 26 shots in defeat for the Blue Jackets.
Penguins 4, Avalanche 3
PITTSBURGH -- David Perron, Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz scored in
a span of 2:08 in the second period and Sidney Crosby added a goal
in the third to lead Pittsburgh past Colorado.
It was the second win in a row for Pittsburgh, which has struggled
to score but has four goals in each of the two wins.
Matt Duchesne scored twice and Tyson Barrie once for Colorado.
Stars 3, Capitals 2
WASHINGTON -- Jason Spezza scored the go-ahead goal with 8:50 left
to play and Dallas defeated Washington despite Alex Ovechkin setting
an NHL career goal-scoring mark for Russian-born players.
Ovechkin had tied it when he scored his 484th career goal earlier in
the period, surpassing Sergei Fedorov for the most NHL goals by a
Russian-born player.
Tyler Seguin and Cody Eakin also scored for Dallas, which got 33
saves from Kari Lehtonen. John Klingberg had two assists and Nicklas
Backstrom had a goal and an assist for Washington.
Bruins 4, Wild 2
BOSTON -- Loui Eriksson delivered the third hat trick of his NHL
career, leading Boston over Minnesota.
The hat trick was Eriksson's first since Dec. 31, 2009. Brad
Marchand scored the Bruins' first goal.
Jordan Zucker and Jordan Schroeder scored for the Wild.
Sharks 1, Flyers 0 (OT)
PHILADELPHIA -- San Jose won it with 1:15 left in overtime to top
Philadelphia when Melker Karlsson scored on a 2-on-1 rush off a pass
from Joonas Donskoi.
The Sharks won their fourth straight in the midst of a six-game road
trip, improving to 8-3-0 away from home. San Jose also prolonged its
dominance of Philadelphia, winning for the 13th time over the last
14 meetings.
Meanwhile, the Flyers continued their home futility. Philadelphia
hasn't won in its own building since Oct. 24 and has lost 10 of its
last 12 overall.
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Lightning 2, Rangers 1
TAMPA, Fla. -- Valtteri Filppula scored late to lead Tampa Bay over
the New York Rangers at Amalie Arena.
Alex Killorn gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead in the first period and
carried it until late in the third, when a turnover deep in their
own zone set up a goal by Dominic Moore, who tied the game on his
second goal of the season.
Ducks 3, Panthers 1
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Cam Fowler, Andrew Cogliano and Jakob Silfverberg
scored, and Frederik Andersen ended his slump as Anaheim defeated
Florida at the BB&T Center.
It was just the second win in the past six games for Anaheim.
Meanwhile, Florida, even with the loss, won three of its past five
games.
Aleksander Barkov scored the Panthers goal.
Coyotes 3, Canadiens 2
MONTREAL -- Arizona made the most of its chances to give the club a
win over Montreal at the Bell Centre.
Mike Smith made 32 saves for the Coyotes, who won three straight
road games in Canada to begin a season for the first time since
1981. Mike Condon stopped 17 shots for Montreal.
Martin Hanzal, Shane Doan and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored for
Arizona. Max Pacioretty and Dale Weise connected for the Canadiens.
Blues 3, Sabres 2 (SO)
ST. LOUIS -- Alexander Steen scored the only goal in the shootout to
lift St. Louis over Buffalo.
Kevin Shattenkirk and Vladimir Tarasenko scored power-play goals in
regulation for the Blues. It was only the second time this season
they have scored two power-play goals in a game.
Ryan O'Reilly and Sam Reinhart scored for the Sabres.
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