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Highlights from Thursday's NHL games

[November 18, 2016] Nov 17 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of National Hockey League games on Thursday:

Lightning 4, Sabres 1

Alex Killorn had a goal and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning began life without captain Steven Stamkos with a 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.

Nikita Nesterov, Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point also scored for Tampa Bay, which was playing without Stamkos for the first time since he suffered a knee injury Tuesday. The team announced during the game that Stamkos is expected to miss four months after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus.

Ben Bishop made 32 saves for Tampa Bay.

Cody Franson scored for Buffalo. Robin Lehner made 34 saves.

Flyers 5, Jets 2

One day after blaming himself for costing Philadelphia a point in a shootout loss to Ottawa, goaltender Steve Mason helped earn his team two points with a win over the Winnipeg Jets.

Mason turned aside 30 of 32 shots and received goal support from Sean Couturier, Michael Raffl, Mark Streit, Brandon Manning and Wayne Simmonds to help give the Flyers their second win in three games.

Winnipeg goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, on the other hand, struggled all night, stopping just 17 of 21 shots to suffer his first loss since Nov. 6. Dustin Byfuglien and Blake Wheeler scored for the Jets.

Maple Leafs 6, Panthers 1

Connor Brown scored two first-period goals and added two assists, and Toronto defeated Florida.

Leo Komarov and James van Riemsdyk each had a goal and an assist, and Mitch Marner and Jake Gardiner each added a goal for the Maple Leafs.

Aaron Ekblad scored for the Panthers, who had won their previous two games.

Frederik Anderson stopped 27 shots in the Maple Leafs goal while Panthers goaltender James Reimer made 24 stops in his first game against the Maple Leafs, his former team.

Predators 5, Senators 1

Nashville defeated Ottawa for the second time in nine days at Canadian Tire Centre.

Colton Sissons, Ryan Ellis, Pontus Aberg, James Neal and Mike Ribeiro scored for the Predators.

Derick Brassard replied for the Senators.

Predators goalie Pekka Rinne made 30 saves. Senators goalie Mike Condon stopped 35 shots.

Blues 3, Sharks 2

A power-play goal by David Perron broke a tie in the second period and sent St. Louis over San Jose.

Jaden Schwartz scored the first two goals for the Blues, giving him five goals in his last six games and six for the season. Kevin Lablanc and Logan Couture scored for the Sharks.

Wild 1, Bruins 0

Mikael Granlund's goal with 44.5 seconds remaining in regulation broke a scoreless tie and lifted Minnesota over Boston.

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Granlund, who also scored the Wild's most recent goal at home, attempted to feed Jonas Brodin at the weak-side post but his pass deflected behind Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask to break the Wild's six-period scoreless streak at home.

As expected, though, Rask (28 saves) and Minnesota's Devan Dubnyk (25 saves) were the stars of the show. The shutout is Dubnyk's league-leading fourth of the season.

Stars 3, Avalanche 2

Kari Lehtonen stopped 34 of 36 shots, helping Dallas hold on for a victory against Colorado at American Airlines Center.

Johnny Oduya, Brett Ritchie and Patrick Eaves scored for the Stars, all in the first period.

The Avalanche got a goal and an assist from Nathan MacKinnon and a goal from Mikhail Grigorenko.

Ducks 3, Devils 2

Ryan Kesler scored with 3:40 to play as Anaheim rallied for a win over New Jersey Devils at the Honda Center.

Jakob Silfverberg added a goal and an assist, Rickard Rakell contributed a goal and goalie Jonathan Bernier stopped 27 shots for the Ducks, who earned their fifth win in seven games.

Kyle Quincy had a goal and an assist for the Devils, whose five-game winning streak ended. Goalie Cory Schneider made 20 saves.

Kings 4, Oilers 2

Jeff Carter scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, and Los Angeles ended a three-game skid with a victory over Edmonton at Staples Center.

Devin Setoguichi added an insurance goal, his third of the season, with 6:45 left in the contest as the Kings beat the Oilers for the 10th consecutive time at home. Carter and Tyler Toffoli each had a goal an assist. Derek Forbort also scored for the Kings.

Darnell Nurse and Oscar Klefbom scored for the Oilers.

Canucks 3, Coyotes 2 (OT)

Ben Hutton scored on a penalty shot at 3:34 of overtime to give Vancouver a victory over Arizona.

Hutton was awarded the penalty shot after being hooked by the Coyotes' Dylan Strome on a breakaway. Daniel Sedin had a power-play goal and an assist for the Canucks, who battled back from a 2-0 deficit. Brandon Sutter also scored for Vancouver.

Brad Richardson and Anthony DeAngelo scored for the Coyotes, who lost their fourth straight.

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