Highlights of Thursday's NHL games
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[March 10, 2017]
March 9 (The Sports Xchange) -
Highlights of Thursday's National Hockey League games:
Lightning 4, Wild 1
The Tampa Bay Lightning, scrapping for every point in a wild-card
logjam, picked up two points Thursday night with one of their more
impressive wins, surprising the Minnesota Wild in a 4-1 victory at
Amalie Arena.
Andrei Vasilevskiy won for the fourth time in five games since
taking over as Tampa Bay's primary goaltender with the trade of Ben
Bishop last week, stopping the first 28 Minnesota shots. He finished
with 32 saves. Nikita Kucherov continued his hot streak, adding two
goals and assist to give him nine goals in his past eight games.
Victor Hedman and Andrej Sustr also scored for the Lightning, while
Marco Scandella scored for the Wild.
Hurricanes 4, Rangers 3
Sebastian Aho scored a pair of third-period, power-play goals as
Carolina overcame New York at PNC Arena.
Jeff Skinner and Valentin Zykov, who was making his NHL debut, also
scored for the Hurricanes, who won for only the second time in the
last seven games.
Mika Zibanejad scored twice for the Rangers, who also received a
goal from Chris Kreider. Derek Stepan was credited with two New York
assists.
Maple Leafs 4, Flyers 2
William Nylander, Tyler Bozak, Mitch Marner and Nazem Kadri each
scored a goal and Toronto defeated Philadelphia for their second
straight win.
Wayne Simmonds and Shayne Gostisbehere scored for the Flyers.
Frederik Andersen made 36 saves in the Toronto goal, while Flyers
netminder Michal Neuvirth stopped 31 shots.
Ducks 1, Blackhawks 0
Corey Perry scored and Jonathan Bernier made 43 saves as Anaheim
snapped Chicago's seven-game winning streak at the United Center.
Perry snapped a scoreless tie with 2:16 remaining in the second
period with his 12th goal of the season and first in 11 games. Perry
found himself a lane and fired a shot through traffic and to Corey
Crawford's stick side that found its way into the back of the net.
Flames 5, Canadiens 0
Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and three assists as Calgary beat
Montreal for their eighth consecutive win.
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Michael Stone and Sean Monahan added a goal and an assist each,
while goalie Brian Elliott made 24 saves for his first shutout of
the season. Micheal Ferland and Mark Giordano also scored for the
Flames.
Al Montoya finished with 33 saves in net for the Canadiens, who had
won six games in a row.
Kings 3, Predators 2 (OT)
Jarome Iginla scored his first two goals since joining Los Angeles,
including the game-winner during a 4-on-3 power play in overtime.
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The Kings pulled within a point of the idle St. Louis
Blues for the second wild card out of the Western Conference. Marian
Gaborik scored at 10:55 of the third to make it 2-2 while Iginla's
goals give him 621 for his career.
Nashville rookie Kevin Fiala, who was a healthy
scratch in a 4-3 shootout loss Tuesday at Anaheim, gave the
Predators a 2-1 lead 1:31 into the third period.
Senators 3, Coyotes 2 (OT)
Erik Karlsson had two goals and an assist, including the game-winner
in overtime on a 2-on-0 break, and Mike Condon made 39 saves as
Ottawa won its fifth straight game with a victory over Arizona at
Gila River Arena.
The win pulled Ottawa within two points of Montreal for first place
in the Atlantic Division. The Senators have two games in hand.
Brendan Perlini and Lawson Crouse scored for the Coyotes, while
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored the other Senators' goal.
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Sharks 4, Capitals 2
Logan Couture scored a pair of power-play goals while Brent Burns
added three assists on his 32nd birthday as San Jose beat
Washington.
Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski also scored for the Sharks while
Daniel Winnik and Brett Connolly scored for the Capitals.
Avalanche 3, Devils 2
Francois Beauchemin scored the tiebreaking goal at 18:46 of the
third period, and Colorado beat New Jersey.
Nathan MacKinnon and Rene Bourque also scored, and Calvin Pickard
made 25 saves for the Avalanche, who have won two straight for just
the fourth time this season.
Taylor Hall and Stefan Noesen had goals for the Devils, and Cory
Schneider stopped 19 shots.
Islanders 4, Canucks 3 (OT)
Andrew Ladd scored with 1:33 gone in overtime to give New York a win
over Vancouver.
Brock Nelson, John Tavares and Anthony Beauvillier scored for the
Islanders. Josh Bailey had three assists. The win leaves the
Islanders one point ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs for the final
wild card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Troy Stecher, Reid Boucher and Sven Baertschi scored for the
Canucks. Vancouver remains six points behind St. Louis in the race
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