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Senators 3, Devils 0

NEWARK, N.J.

Mike Condon made 21 saves in recording his fifth shutout of the season, Dion Phaneuf scored on a power play and Ottawa beat New Jersey. Erik Karlsson scored on a point shot that crawled into the net and Kyle Turris shot into an empty net in the final four minutes to give the Senators their third win in four games.

Islanders 4, Rangers 2

NEW YORK

Andrew Ladd scored twice to lead the Islanders to a victory over the crosstown-rival Rangers. Anders Lee and Nikolay Kulemin also scored, and Thomas Greiss stopped 25 shots to help the Islanders improve to 8-0-2 in their last 10 at home. John Tavares had two assists for his 12th multipoint game of the season. The Islanders, who swept the four games between the teams a year ago, beat the Rangers for the second time in three meetings. Nick Holden and Jimmy Vesey scored for the Rangers, whose season-high six-game winning streak was snapped. Henrik Lundqvist finished with 19 saves. Ladd had an empty-netter with 1:10 left, and then nearly got another in the final minute when he hit a goalpost. The Rangers went on a four-minute power play on a high-sticking double-minor on the Islanders’ Josh Bailey in the closing seconds of the second period. However, the Islanders extended their lead to 3-1 with a short-handed goal at 3:03 of the third.

Sabres 2, Avalanche 0

BUFFALO, N.Y.

Sam Reinhart and Evander Kane scored, Robin Lehner made 23 saves and Buffalo beat Colorado. The Sabres moved within three points of Toronto for the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot. They have won consecutive games for the first time since a three-game winning streak from Jan. 20-24. Lehner got his fifth career shutout and second of the season. The Avalanche lacked energy in the fourth of a season-long five-game road trip. Colorado has lost five in a row and 11 straight on the road. This was the Avalanche’s ninth shutout loss.

Blues 4, Canucks 3

ST. LOUIS

Vladimir Tarasenko and Alexander Steen scored third-period power play goals to lift the streaking St. Louis Blues to a win over the Vancouver Canucks. Magnus Paajarvi and Jori Lehtera also scored, and Kevin Shattenkirk had three assists for the Blues, who won their sixth straight game. Jake Allen made 18 saves. St. Louis improved to 7-1 since Mike Yeo took over as coach, which is the best start for a coach in Blues history. Bo Horvat, Henrik Sedin and Brandon Sutter scored for the Canucks, who dropped their third game out of their last four. Jacob Markstrom made 17 saves.

Wild 3, Stars 1

ST. PAUL, MINN.

Darcy Kuemper stopped 34 shots, Erik Haula had a goal and an assist and the Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars. Ryan Suter and Jared Spurgeon also scored for the Western Conference leaders. Minnesota hasn’t lost consecutive games in over two months and extended its point streak against the Stars to seven games. Cody Eakin scored his second goal this season and Kari Lehtonen had 23 saves for the Stars, who have lost seven of eight. The Stars came out firing early, looking determined to build any kind of momentum in what’s been a rough February. The teams appeared headed to the first intermission scoreless before Curtis McKenzie took a goaltender interference penalty with 40 seconds left. Mikko Koivu won a faceoff and got the puck to Jason Pominville, and he zipped it off to Suter for a one-timer over Lehtonen’s glove with less than a second to go.

Associated Press