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Wild 4, Blackhawks 1

ST. PAUL, MINN.

Jared Spurgeon, Erik Haula and Nino Niederreiter scored in the third period to lift surging Minnesota to a victory over the Chicago Blackhawks, stretching the Wild’s season-long winning streak to six games. Marian Hossa had the goal for Chicago, the 499th of his career. The Blackhawks played without their two top defensemen, because of an illness for Brent Seabrook and then a first-period match penalty on Duncan Keith for swinging his stick at Charlie Coyle. Jarret Stoll scored with the first on-target shot of the night for the Wild, who swept the five-game season series from the Blackhawks.

Canadiens 4, Red Wings 3

MONTREAL

Max Pacioretty’s second goal of the night lifted the Montreal Canadiens to a victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Paul Byron and Sven Andrighetto also scored for Montreal, which blew a two-goal lead and trailed 3-2 heading into the final period. Mike Condon had 39 saves. The Canadiens (35-36-6) played the spoiler, with the Red Wings (38-28-11) remaining just out of the second Eastern Conference wild card and one point back of Boston for third in the Atlantic Division. Gustav Nyquist, Anthony Mantha and Mike Green scored in the second for Detroit, which outshot Montreal 42-27.

Maple Leafs 5, Panthers 2

SUNRISE, FLA.

Nazem Kadri scored two of his three goals during second-period power plays and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Florida Panthers. Michael Grabner and Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau also scored for Toronto, and Connor Brown had three assists. Jonathan Huberdeau and Greg McKegg scored for the Panthers. Toronto’s Jonathan Bernier made 32 saves. Roberto Luongo had 24 for Florida. Kadri scored his 15th goal for a 2-1 Toronto lead on a power-play rebound at 10:36 of the second. He added another score on the man-advantage by patiently backhanding in a shot at 18:14.

Islanders 2, Hurricanes 1

NEW YORK

Kyle Okposo scored the only goal of the shootout and the New York Islanders rallied for a victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. Derek Ryan put the Hurricanes ahead 1-0 late in the second period but hit the post on his shootout attempt in Carolina’s NHL-high 16th overtime loss. The Hurricanes have points in four straight games (2-0-2). Thomas Greiss made 26 saves and Anders Lee scored his 13th goal of the season for New York, which won for the third time in four games. Cam Ward had 30 saves for Carolina.

Devils 2, Bruins 1

NEWARK, N.J.

Reid Boucher scored a tiebreaking power-play goal early in the third period, Keith Kinkaid made 39 saves and the New Jersey Devils kept their faint playoff hopes alive with a victory over the struggling Boston Bruins. Boucher also set up a power-play goal by Travis Zajac, helping the Devils stop a two-game losing streak and hand the Bruins their sixth loss in seven games. Brad Marchand scored for the first time in nine games for the Bruins, who outshot New Jersey 40-15 but made the mistake of giving the Devils five power plays, two of which they converted.

Blues 3, Avalanche 1

ST. LOUIS

Brian Elliott made 20 saves and Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 36th goal to lift St. Louis to its fifth straight victory. David Backes and Troy Brouwer also scored for the Blues, who are tied with Dallas atop the Central Division after the Stars beat the Nashville Predators 5-2.

Associated Press