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COLORADO AVALANCHE right wing Jarome Iginla, top, hits and flies over New York Rangers goalie Cam Talbot after netting a tally during the third period of an NHL hockey game on Thursday in Denver. The Rangers won 6-3.
COLORADO AVALANCHE right wing Jarome Iginla, top, hits and flies over New York Rangers goalie Cam Talbot after netting a tally during the third period of an NHL hockey game on Thursday in Denver. The Rangers won 6-3.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alexander Steen had a goal and two assists to help St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock move into sole possession of fourth place on the NHL wins list in the Blues’ 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night

Hitchcock’s 693rd regularseason win broke a tie with Dick Irvin. The Blues coach only trails Joel Quenneville (739), Al Arbour (782) and Scotty Bowman (1,244), who scouted the game as a Chicago senior adviser.

T.J. Oshie, Dmitrij Jaskin, David Backes, Paul Stastny and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored for the Blues.

Islanders 3, Maple Leafs 2

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Anders Lee scored two goals, including the tiebreaker in the second period, and Jaroslav Halak made 32 saves for his 30th win of the season.

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Lee scored in each of the first two periods, and Casey Cizikas added a goal for the Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders, who have won three straight and four of five.

Ducks 2, Hurricanes 1

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Matt Beleskey had the goahead goal and an assist and the Ducks snapped a threegame losing streak.

Francois Beauchemin and Beleskey scored 2:52 apart in the second period to help the Pacific Division leaders improve to 24-0-7 in one-goal games.

Penguins 5, Senators 4 (SO)

OTTAWA (AP) — David Perron scored the shootout winner to lift the Penguins.

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Sidney Crosby, with two goals, Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin also scored for the Penguins, while Thomas Greiss made 29 saves.

Oilers 4, Habs 3 (OT)

MONTREAL (AP) — Anton Lander scored at 1:47 of overtime to lift Edmonton.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ second goal of the game tied it with 25 seconds left in regulation while Edmonton was playing with an extra attacker.

Predators 3, Jets 1

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rookie Filip Forsberg set a franchise record with his 19th goal this season and also had an assist and the Predators earned their fourth straight win.

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Wild 2, Panthers 1

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jason Pominville and Zach Parise each scored on assists from Mikko Koivu, and Devan Dubnyk made 26 saves. The Wild improved to 9-1-2 in their past 12 games, all with Dubnyk in net.

Nick Bjugstad scored in his return home, but goalie Roberto Luongo fell to 3-10-2 in his career at Xcel Energy Center as the Panthers started a stretch of seven out of eight games on the road.

Rangers 6, Avalanche 3

DENVER (AP) — Kevin Hayes had a goal and two assists and the Rangers survived a third-period rally.

Rick Nash scored his NHL-leading 34th goal and Cam Talbot stopped 26 shots for New York.

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Kings 5, Flames 3

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyler Toffoli scored in all three periods for his first NHL hat trick, Dwight King and Jordan Nolan broke open a tie game with third-period goals.

Mason Raymond had two goals and David Jones also scored for the Flames, who had won their three previous meetings this season.


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