
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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