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 Ovechkin became the fifth-fastest player to record his 500th NHL
goal and added his 501st for good measure, leading the Capitals to a
7-1 rout over Andrew Hammond and the Ottawa Senators. It was
Ovechkin's 801st NHL game.
Justin Williams, T.J. Oshie, Zach Sill, Tom Wilson and Dmitry Orlov
also scored goals for the Capitals.
The Senators' only offense came from Mike Hoffman, who netted his
team-high 20th goal of the season in early in the second period.
Blackhawks 6, Avalanche 3
CHICAGO -- Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa scored two goals apiece,
and Chicago overwhelmed Colorado.
Jonathan Toews scored a goal and added two assists, Brandon
Mashinter also scored for the Blackhawks. Matt Duchene led the
Avalanche with two goals and Nathan MacKinnon added a goal.
Corey Crawford stopped 34 shots for the Blackhawks and Semyon
Varlamov allowed four goals on 20 shots before he was replaced by
Calvin Pickard, who stopped 13 of 15 shots in relief for the
Avalanche.
Sabres 4, Jets 2
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Marcus Foligno snapped a tie early in the
third period with his third goal of the season to help spark Buffalo
over Winnipeg.
Sam Reinhart's hat-trick scored three goals for the other Sabres
goals.
Blake Wheeler fired his 11th and Mathieu Perreault scored his
seventh for the Jets.
Devils 2, Wild 1
SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Jon Merrill scored for the first time in 13
months, and New Jersey snapped a three-game losing streak with a
victory in a defensive battle with Minnesota.
Cory Schneider did the rest of the work for the Devils, stopping 17
shots for a New Jersey team that has scored just four goals in its
past four games. Adam Henrique also scored for the Devils.
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Darcy Kuemper returned from an injury to make 15 saves in the loss
for the Wild. Zach Parise had the only goal for Minnesota, scoring
for the first time against his former team.
Red Wings 2, Ducks 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Riley Sheahan scored with 3:44 to play, giving
Detroit a victory over Anaheim at the Honda Center.
Petr Mrazek stopped 30 shots to earn his fourth consecutive win for
the Red Wings, who now have their longest winning streak of the
season: four games. Tomas Tatar scored in the game's opening
seconds.
Corey Perry collected his 16th goal for the Ducks, who took their
second loss in three games.
Panthers 2, Oilers 1
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Florida directed only 14 shots on goal, but got
goals from Jaromir Jagr and Jonathan Huberdeau beat Edmonton.
It was the Panthers 12th straight win.
Just 3:22 into the first, the ageless Jagr scored on a breakaway.
Huberdeau taped in a pass from Aleksander Barkov to make it 2-0. The
Panthers scored twice on their first three shots of the night.
Mark Letestu scored the lone goal for the Oilers.
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