Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice late and Paul Stastny, Jori Lehtera
and Patrik Berglund added goals to lead the Blues to a 5-2 victory
over the Anaheim Ducks at Scottrade Center.
Jake Allen made 26 saves for St. Louis, which tied its season-long
win streak of five games and has won 10 of 13 games. That has helped
the Blues move into second place in the Central as well as the
Western Conference.
Ryan Getzlaf and Rickard Rakell scored for the Ducks, who lost their
third straight game after winning 11 in a row. Frederik Andersen
made 18 stops.
Penguins 3, Blue Jackets 2
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Carl Hagelin's second-period goal, his fourth
since joining Pittsburgh earlier in the season, led the Penguins
over Columbus in Nationwide Arena.
Chris Kunitz and Kris Letang also scored and goaltender Marc-Andre
Fleury had 25 saves for the Penguins, who are trying to hold off
Philadelphia for the second and final wild-card playoff spot in the
Eastern Conference. The win preserved their three-point cushion.
Gregory Campbell and Cam Atkinson scored for the Blue Jackets.
Sergei Bobrovsky -- making his first start since Jan. 21 -- finished
with 28 saves. He has played in only 28 games this season because of
three groin pulls.
Stars 5, Blackhawks 2
DALLAS---Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin and Jason Spezza had a goal and an
assist each and Kari Lehtonen stopped 21 of 23 shots for Dallas
against Chicago at American Airlines Center.
Antoine Roussel and Ales Hemsky also scored for Dallas. Seguin was
credited with the winning goal in the second period.
Teuvo Taravainen and Tomas Fleischmann scored for Chicago.
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Flyers 3, Lightning 1
TAMPA, Fla. -- Sam Gagner scored a power-play goal and Steve Mason
had 18 saves as Philadelphia beat Tampa Bay at Amalie Arena.
The Flyers have won six of their past seven games and remain in
contention for a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. Matt Read
scored a power-play goal at 3:34 of the second period to give the
Flyers a two-goal lead. Brayden Schnenn's 23rd goal of the season
came on a wraparound at 7:56 of the second period.
Brian Boyle scored for Tampa Bay, which is 0-2-1 in its past three
games. Goaltender Ben Bishop had 20 saves in the loss.
Coyotes 4, Flames 1
CALGARY, Alberta -- Brad Richardson scored two third-period goals
and Antoine Vermette had one to lift Arizona over Calgary, ending a
franchise-record road losing streak at 10 games.
Richardson's second goal of the period into an empty net iced the
game with 1:41 left. Boyd Gordon also scored for Arizona and Mikael
Backlund had Calgary's goal.
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