PITTSBURGH PENGUINS defenseman Kris Letang (58) slams Florida Panthers right wing Reilly Smith (18) into the boards during an overtime period of an NHL hockey game on Monday in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers won in a shootout, 2-1.
Josh Bailey, Marek Zidlicky and Ryan Strome also scored to help New York win for the fourth time in five games overall and fourth straight at home. Thomas Greiss stopped 28 shots to win his fifth straight start and seventh of his last eight, improving to 16-6-2 on the season.
Pavel Datsyuk scored and Jimmy Howard also finished with 28 saves while falling to 0-5-3 in his last nine starts for the Red Wings, who were coming off a 4-0-1 homestand.
Wild 5, Canucks 2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Jared Spurgeon had a goal and an assist and Minnesota beat Vancouver to snap an eight-game losing streak and make interim head coach John Torchetti a winner in his debut.
Zach Parise, Justin Fontaine, Charlie Coyle and Nino Niederreiter also scored for the Wild, who fired Mike Yeo on Saturday following a 4-2 home loss to Boston that left Minnesota with just one victory in its past 14 games.
Erik Haula and Ryan Suter each added two assists, and Devan Dubnyk finished with 24 saves to snap an 0-6-2 slide.
Henrik Sedin, with a goal and an assist, and Christopher Tanev scored for the Canucks, who have lost two in a row after back-to-back road wins that gave them life in the playoff hunt. Jacob Markstrom stopped 29 shots in the loss.
Ducks 6, Flames 4
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Corey Perry had a goal and an assist, and the Ducks went a perfect 3 for 3 on the power play.
The Flames led 3-2 after an action-packed first period, but with Johnny Gaudreau in the penalty box, Perry banged Cam Fowler’s rebound past Jonas Hiller to tie it early in the second.
The Ducks went right back to the man advantage and needed only 11 seconds to convert, with a rebound deflecting off several players and going in off the skate of Sami Vatanen to put Anaheim into the lead for good.
Panthers 2, Penguins 1
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jussi Jokinen scored the winning goal in a shootout to lead Florida over Pittsburgh.
Nick Bjugstad also scored in the shootout and in regulation for the Panthers. Al Montoya made 31 saves.
The Panthers won for the first time in three games, and beat Pittsburgh for the first time in three games this season.
After Jokinen scored, Montoya stopped Matt Cullen in the fifth round of the shootout to seal the win. Sidney Crosby scored in the shootout for the Penguins.
Chris Kunitz scored in regulation for the Penguins and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 27 shots.
Stars 3, Predators 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mattias Janmark scored at 3:49 of overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 3-2 win over Nashville.
Cody Eakin and Ales Hemsky also scored for Dallas, which has won straight.
In overtime, Tyler Seguin’s shot from the left side was stopped by Nashville goaltender Carter Hutton. Seguin then poked the rebound over to the right side, where Janmark had an easy tap-in for the winner.
Blackhawks 7,
Maple Leafs 2
CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Kane had a goal and three assists, and Chicago stopped a three-game slide with a victory over Toronto.
Andrew Shaw, Brent Seabrook, Artemi Panarin and Teuvo Teravainen each had a power-play goal, helping Chicago salvage the finale of disappointing four-game homestand.
It was the Blackhawks’ first game since they lost Marian Hossa to a left leg injury, likely sidelining the veteran forward for a couple of weeks.
Coyotes 6, Habs 2
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Oliver Ekman-Larsson had a goal and two assists, and Arizona rolled over Montreal to complete a season sweep over the Canadiens for the first time in 36 seasons as a franchise.
Arizona broke out of a scoring slump with an onslaught of goals against Montreal goalie Mike Condon, matching the three previous games combined with a season high in goals.
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