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Highlights of Thursday's NHL games

[December 23, 2016] Dec 22 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of National Hockey League games on Thursday:

Blue Jackets 7, Penguins 1

Scott Hartnell scored three goals and the Columbus Blue Jackets extended their franchise-record winning streak to 11 games on Thursday night with a 7-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in a battle at the top of the Metropolitan Division.

Also scoring goals for the Blue Jackets were Cam Atkinson, Brandon Saad, William Karlsson and Boone Jenner. Sergei Bobrovsky finished with 23 saves and boosted his record to 20-5-2.

Sidney Crosby scored Pittsburgh's only goal in the first period. Matt Murray gave up six goals before he was replaced in the third period by Marc-Andre Fleury.

Bruins 3, Panthers 1

Frank Vatrano scored on his season debut as Boston beat Florida on a night when Jaromir Jagr made history.

Jagr recorded an assist with 6:40 left in the game when Michael Matheson's shot bounced off the 44-year-old right winger.

The point was the 1,888th for Jagr in his career, breaking a tie for second with Mark Messier. Wayne Gretzky is the NHL's all-time points leader with 2,857.

Kings 4, Predators 0

Peter Budaj stopped 28 shots for his fourth shutout of the season as Los Angeles dumped Nashville at Bridgestone Arena.

Nic Dowd, Jeff Carter, Devin Setoguchi and Nick Shore scored for the Kings.

Senators 2, Ducks 1 (OT)

Mike Hoffman scored on a one-timer with 56.2 seconds left in overtime to give Ottawa a win over Anaheim at Canadian Tire Centre. It was the fourth win in a row for the Senators.

Ryan Dzingel scored in regulation for the Senators while Jakob Silfverberg replied for the Ducks.

Lightning 5, Blues 2

Alex Killorn scored 5:25 in to the third period as Tampa Bay scored five unanswered goals to defeat St Louis at Amalie Arena.

Jonathan Drouin scored twice and Michael Bournival and Brian Boyle also scored for the Lightning. Victor Hedman finished with three assists and Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 21 saves.

David Perron and Wade Megan scored for the Blues.

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Wild 4, Canadiens 2

Eric Staal scored a short-handed goal early in the third to lift Minnesota to a victory over Montreal at the Bell Centre.

Jordan Schroeder, Jared Spurgeon and Jason Zucker also connected for the Wild while Max Pacioretty and Artturi Lehkonen scored for the Canadiens.

The Wild's ninth straight win matches a franchise mark set in March 2009.

Devils 4, Flyers 0

Playing their most complete game in recent memory, New Jersey snapped a seven-game losing streak with a victory over Philadelphia at the Prudential Center.

P.A. Parenteau and Adam Henrique each had a goal and an assist for the Devils, who also got goals from Miles Wood and Kyle Palmieri.

Hurricanes 3, Sabres 1

Three players scored and Cam Ward made 22 saves to lead Carolina to a win over Buffalo.

Jeff Skinner, Justin Faulk and Sebastian Aho scored for the Hurricanes.

Johan Larsson scored the lone goal for the Sabres and Robin Lehner made 31 saves.

Maple Leafs 6, Avalanche 0

Frederik Andersen had 38 saves for his first shutout of the season, Nazem Kadri had two goals, and Toronto beat reeling Colorado.

James Van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist and rookie Auston Matthews stayed hot with a goal.

Jets 4, Canucks 1

Nikolaj Ehlers scored two third-period goals and collected an assist as Winnipeg defeated Vancouver.

Rookie Patrik Laine and Bryan Little also scored for the Jets, who scored three times in the third period. Markus Granlund scored for the Canucks.

Ryan Miller stopped 21 shots for Vancouver. Michael Hutchinson made 22 saves for Winnipeg.

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