NEWARK, N. J. ( AP) — Martin St. Louis scored three goals and set up another to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday.
Mathieu Garon made 19 saves and set up St. Louis’ first goal as the Lightning snapped a two-game losing streak less than 24 hours after being blown out 8-1 by the Penguins.
Teddy Purcell added three assists for Tampa Bay, which has gone 11-5-2 in its last 18 in making a playoff push.
Ducks 3, Blackhawks 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. ( AP) — Teemu Selanne scored a power-play goal and had an assist to move into 20th place on the NHL’s career scoring list, and Anaheim beat slumping Chicago.
Jonas Hiller made 18 saves in his 21st consecutive start for the Ducks, who won for the ninth time in 12 games during their improbable playoff push. Andrew Cogliano scored his first goal of February for the Ducks, and Sheldon Brookbank also scored as Anaheim avoided a four-game season sweep by Chicago.
Wild 4, Sharks 3
ST. PAUL (AP) — Jed Ortmeyer’s first goal of the season gave the Minnesota Wild the lead with 4:13 left in a 4-3 victory on Sunday, sending the San Jose Sharks home with a tough loss to finish 2-6-1 on a season-long nine-game road trip.
Penguins 4, Blue Jackets 2
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin scored his 37th goal of the season, Brad Thiessen made 21 saves in his NHL debut and Pittsburgh beat Columbus.
Pascal Dupuis, Kris Letang and Joe Vitale also scored for Pittsburgh, which woke up from a slow start to win for the ninth time in their last 10 home games. .
Stars 3, Canucks 2, OT
DALLAS (AP) — Loui Eriksson scored at 3: 52 of overtime to give Dallas its fourth consecutive victory.
Steve Ott carried the puck deep in the Vancouver end and passed to Trevor Daley at the left circle. Eriksson skated to the net and fired Daley’s goal-mouth pass by Roberto Luongo.
Panthers 4, Habs 2
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Stephen Weiss scored two goals and Florida improved to 3-0 against Montreal this season.
The Canadiens have lost six of their past seven games and four straight.
Senators 5, Islanders 2
OTTAWA (AP) — Robin Lehner, making his first start since being recalled from the minor to replace the injured Craig Anderson, made 28 saves for Ottawa.
Milan Michalek, Jason Spezza, Jim O’Brien, Chris Neil, and Kyle Turris scored for the Senators.
Lehner was making his first start since being recalled from Binghamton on an emergency basis after Anderson cut his hand last Thursday while preparing food at home.
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