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Highlights of Thursday's National Hockey League games

[October 28, 2016] Oct 27 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Thursday's National Hockey League games:

Canadiens 3, Lightning 1

The Montreal Canadiens continued to roll, rallying from a third-period deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 Thursday night at the Bell Centre.

Alex Galchenyuk, Max Pacioretty and Torrey Mitchell scored for Montreal, which won its sixth straight. Canadiens goalie Carey Price made 30 saves.

Red Wings 2, Blues 1 (overtime)

Henrik Zetterberg scored in the eighth round of the shootout to give Detroit a win over St. Louis, extending their winning streak to six games.

Alexander Steen of the Blues and Gustav Nyquist of the Red Wings in the first three rounds of the shootout before Zetterberg broke the tie.

Coyotes 5, Flyers 4

Playing in place of injured starter Mike Smith, Arizona backup goaltender Louis Domingue made 28 saves and received goal support from Jamie McGinn, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Martin Hanzal, Brad Richardson and Ryan White in a win over Philadelphia at the Wells Fargo Center.

The Coyotes snapped a five-game losing streak with the win. Both of their wins this season have come against the Flyers. They will not play again this season.

Penguins 4, Islanders 2

Sidney Crosby scored late in the third period for his second goal in as many games since returning from a concussion, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 35 saves as Pittsburgh held off New York.

The Penguins "big three" of Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel each converted in the third period as Pittsburgh improved to 5-0-1 at PPG Paints Arena -- and scored more than three goals for the first time this season. Patric Hornqvist also scored.

Maple Leafs 3, Panthers 2

Tyler Bozak scored twice and Toronto snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over Florida at Air Canada Centre.

James van Riemsdyk had the other Maple Leafs goal. Frederik Andersen made 29 saves to register his second win of the season. Rookie Mitch Marner added three assists for Toronto.

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Wild 4, Sabres 0

Devan Dubnyk made 38 saves to lead Minnesota over Buffalo.

It was the second consecutive shutout victory for Dubnyk and the Wild, who picked up a 5-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.

Ryan Suter had a goal and an assist in the win. Joel Eriksson Ek, Jason Zucker and Mikko Koivu also scored for Minnesota.

Jets 4, Stars 1

Finnish phenom Patrik Laine scored a pair of goals -- his fifth and sixth of the season -- to propel Winnipeg over Dallas at the MTS Centre.

Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck made 38 saves in the win. Tyler Myers and Kyle Connor also scored for the Jets.

Sharks 3, Blue Jackets 1

Goalie Martin Jones made 24 saves and the Sharks struck twice on the power play for a 3-1 win over Columbus at SAP Arena on Thursday.

Jones flirted with his first shutout of the season and 14th of his career before Columbus' Scott Hartnell beat San Jose defenseman Justin Braun to a loose rebound to score at 17:10.

Kings 3, Predators 2 (OT)

For the fourth game in a row, Los Angeles prevailed after going beyond regulation.

Jeff Carter knocked home the game-winning shot with 29 seconds remaining in the extra period, lifting the Kings to a victory over Nashville at Staples Center.

Goalie Peter Budaj recorded 24 saves for the Kings. (Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford; )

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