NHL roundup: Panarin hat trick helps 'Hawks sink Rangers

[February 18, 2016]  The Sports Xchange 

NEW YORK -- Artemi Panarin's second goal of game broke a tie with three minutes remaining, then he added an empty-net goal for his first career hat trick as the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the New York Rangers 5-3 at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.

Patrick Kane set up the power-play goal by Panarin with a pass from behind the goal line.

Andrew Shaw and Andrew Desjardins also scored for the Blackhawks, who got 30 saves from Corey Crawford.

Dan Boyle, Derick Brassard and Kevin Hayes scored for the Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 15 shots.

Avalanche 3, Canadiens 2

DENVER -- Jarome Iginla scored twice, including a tiebreaking goal with 2:03 remaining, and Colorado beat Montreal.

Erik Johnson also scored, Matt Duchene had two assists and Semyon Varlamov made 32 saves for the Avalanche, who snapped a four-game losing streak at home.

Lars Eller and Andrei Markov had goals for the Canadiens while Ben Scrivens stopped 25 shots.

Wild 5, Flames 3

CALGARY, Alberta -- Jason Pominville and Erik Haula had a goal and an assist each to lead Minnesota to a win over Calgary at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Nino Niederreiter chipped in with two assists to give the line six points as the Wild won their second straight game under interim head coach John Torchetti.

Mikko Koivu also had a goal and an assist, while Jason Zucker and Charlie Coyle also scored. Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk made 25 saves to record his 20th win of the season.

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