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Kevin Fiala and Greg Pateryn also scored goals
for Minnesota, which remained four points behind the Avalanche
for the second Western Conference wild-card spot with four games
remaining for both teams. Dubnyk, playing in his 65th game, a
league high among goalies, hit the 30-win mark for the fourth
straight season while improving to 4-0-1 all-time against the
Golden Knights.
Paul Stastny scored both goals for Vegas while Malcolm Subban
finished with 29 saves to lose for just the second time (13-2-1)
in his career at T-Mobile Arena.
Rangers 4, Blues 2
Jimmy Vesey scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third
period for New York, which stormed back from a two-goal,
first-period deficit and briefly denied visiting St. Louis a
chance to clinch a playoff spot.
The Blues later ended up earning a postseason berth when
Colorado defeated Arizona.
Vesey scored on the rebound of a shot by Brett Howden to cap a
chaotic sequence deep in the Blues' zone. Howden had a
point-blank shot and a backhanded attempt turned away by St.
Louis goalie Jordan Binnington before Vesey swooped in and
tucked over the leg of the sprawled-out Binnington at the 5:47
mark.
Avalanche 3, Coyotes 2 (SO)
Nathan MacKinnon matched a career high with his 39th goal and
provided the lone score in the shootout as surging Colorado
earned a key victory over Arizona in Denver.
The Avalanche seemed headed toward a 2-0 victory as time was
winding down in the third period, but Oliver Ekman-Larsson took
over for Arizona.
The star defenseman sent a wrister from the far board blue line
past Colorado's Philipp Grubauer to get the Coyotes within a
goal with eight minutes left in regulation. Then, with goalie
Darcy Kuemper on the bench and an extra skater on the ice, Ekman-Larsson
struck from the left circle with 50.5 seconds remaining to tie
the game, force overtime and eventually the shootout.
Flames 6, Ducks 1
Sean Monahan scored twice and added two assists as host Calgary
scored six unanswered goals en route to a blowout win over
Anaheim.
Calgary snapped a two-game losing skid. With one win in their
remaining games, the Flames would win a conference title for the
first time since the 1989-90 campaign.
Mark Giordano, Garnet Hathaway, James Neal and Derek Ryan also
scored for Calgary. The game's opening goal came from Ducks
rookie Andy Welinski, the first of his NHL career.
Predators 3, Penguins 1
Nashville scored in each period, and Pekka Rinne made a
season-high-tying 42 saves in a solid win at Pittsburgh.
Craig Smith and P.K. Subban each had a goal and an assist, and
Viktor Arvidsson also scored for Nashville, which won its second
in a row and tied Winnipeg for first place in the Central
Division.
Nick Bjugstad scored a goal, and Matt Murray made 23 saves for
Pittsburgh.
Red Wings 4, Devils 0
Dylan Larkin scored his team-high 31st goal and added an assist
as host Detroit rolled to its fourth consecutive victory by
silencing New Jersey.
Tyler Bertuzzi scored an empty-netter and assisted on two more
goals. Danny DeKeyser and Andreas Athanasiou also scored for
Detroit.
Jake Chelios, son of longtime Red Wings and Chicago defenseman
Chris Chelios, made his NHL debut for Detroit. Chelios, 28, was
an emergency call-up from the American Hockey League's Grand
Rapids Griffins due to injuries. He logged more than 17 minutes
of ice time against the Devils.
--Field Level Media
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