Highlights of Thursday's NHL games
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[December 08, 2017]
(The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Thursday's National
Hockey League games:
Bruins 6, Coyotes 1
David Backes, who recently made a quicker-than-expected return from
colon surgery, scored his first two goals of the season in the
second period, and the Boston Bruins earned their 12th straight win
over Arizona with a 6-1 rout of the Coyotes on Thursday night.
Backes was playing his fourth game since returning after missing a
month recovering from being diagnosed with diverticulitis and the
subsequent surgery.
Brad Marchand, David Krejci, Danton Heinen and Anders Bjork also
scored for the Bruins.
Christian Dvorak scored his first goal in 10 games for the Coyotes.
Penguins 4, Islanders 3 (OT)
Matt Hunwick scored at 1:29 of overtime to give Pittsburgh a win
over New York.
The Penguins' Jake Guentzel scored in the first period, and Jordan
Eberle tied it in the second for the Islanders. After Phil Kessel
and Riley Sheahan scored 32 seconds apart in the third period for a
3-1 Penguins lead, New York's Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson
answered for a tie.

Kris Letang added two assists for the Penguins.
Lightning 5, Avalanche 2
Tampa Bay pulled away with a power-play goal in the third, its
eighth straight game with at least one goal with the man advantage,
in a victory over Colorado.
Alex Killorn got his third goal of the season and his second in the
last 25 games. Lightning center Steven Stamkos had a goal and two
assists, moving ahead of teammate Nikita Kucherov for the NHL lead
with 41 points.
Backup goalie Peter Budaj picked up his second win in five starts
this season, finishing with 28 saves, including 14 in the final
period. Brayden Point, Vladislav Namestnikov and Chris Kunitz also
scored for the Lightning.
Gabriel Landeskog, fresh off a four-game suspension, and Erik
Johnson had the Avalanche goals.
Flames 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)
Sean Monahan scored his second goal of the game at 1:14 of overtime
to give Calgary a win against Montreal, ending a three-game losing
streak.
Garnet Hathaway scored his first of the season for the Flames.
Calgary goaltender David Rittich, making the second start of his
career, made 35 saves.
Daniel Carr (second goal of the season) and Phillip Danault (fifth)
scored for the Canadiens, and Carey Price made 34 saves.
Panthers 6, Jets 4
Florida, despite losing star center Aleksander Barkov to an injury,
rallied to defeat Winnipeg.
With Barkov out, fourth-line left winger Micheal Haley became the
improbable hero. He scored the tiebreaking goal on a deflection with
9:58 left in the third period as the Panthers snapped a three-game
losing streak.

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Stars defenseman Esa Lindell (23) clears the puck past St. Louis
Blues center Brayden Schenn (10) during the second period at
Scottrade Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports

Florida also got two goals from Vincent Trocheck and one each from
Mark Pysyk, Aaron Ekblad and Denis Malgin. The Jets got one goal and
two assists from Patrik Laine as well as scores from Nikolaj Ehlers,
Adam Lowry and Blake Wheeler.
Blues 3, Stars 0
Jake Allen stopped 29 shots, and St. Louis got power-play goals from
Brayden Schenn and Colton Parayko in a win over Dallas.
Vladimir Tarasenko's empty-net goal capped the scoring for the
Blues.
Allen recorded his first shutout of the season and 16th of his
career to extend the Blues' home winning streak over the Stars to
seven consecutive games in the regular season. It was Allen's third
career shutout in 11 games against the Stars.
Sharks 5, Hurricanes 4 (OT)
Brent Burns scored his second goal of the season 22 seconds into
overtime as San Jose beat Carolina.
The Sharks got power-play goals from Logan Couture and Joe Thornton
and short-handed goals from Melker Karlsson and Barclay Goodrow.
Thornton had a goal and two assists to give him 1,410 NHL points,
good for 19th place in NHL history.
Sebastian Aho scored two goals, and Victor Rask and Jeff Skinner
scored one goal each for the Hurricanes.
Kings 4, Senators 3 (OT)
Drew Doughty scored 32 seconds into overtime as Los Angeles defeated
Ottawa for its seventh consecutive win.
Tanner Pearson, Alex Iafallo and Dustin Brown registered the other
Kings goals, and Darcy Kuemper made 37 saves.
The Senators lost their third straight game and 10th in their past
11 (1-9-1). Matt Duchene, Jean-Gabriel and Ryan Dzingel registered
goals. Mike Condon made 34 saves.
Flyers 4, Canucks 1
Shayne Gostisbehere and Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist each
as Philadelphia defeated Vancouver to extend its winning streak to
three games.

Michael Raffl and Wayne Simmonds, into an empty net, also scored for
Flyers, and Jakub Voracek notched three assists. Brock Boeser scored
for the Canucks, who saw their three-game win streak end.
Flyers goaltender Brian Elliott stopped 36 shots for his 200th NHL
victory. Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom made 22 saves.
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