Sam Gagner continued to rack up the points and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the shootout winner as the Edmonton Oilers beat the league-leading Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Saturday night. Gagner had two goals and an assist one night after his eight-point game in Edmonton’s 8-4 win over Chicago. He also scored in the shootout.
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]]>This was a game the Phoenix Coyotes needed to win. In 12th place in the Western Conference and struggling for a playoff spot, the Coyotes got two goals from Lauri Korpikoski and beat the San Jose Sharks 5-3 Saturday night. With one of the worst home records in the league, Phoenix picked up only its 11th win at home this season — good for 26 points.
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]]>Ryan Miller needed some heroics from his teammates — and some of his own — to become the Buffalo Sabres’ all-time wins leader. Brad Boyes and Jason Pominville scored shootout goals, and Buffalo rallied from an early 3-1 deficit to beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday night. The win gave Miller 235 career victories, breaking a tie with six-time Vezina Trophy winner Dominik Hasek for the…
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]]>James Reimer couldn’t stop smiling — and who could blame him? After watching Jonas Gustavsson start 11 of 12 games in goal for Toronto in January, Reimer made 49 saves for his second straight shutout as the Maple Leafs beat the Ottawa Senators 5-0 on Saturday night. The 23-year-old acknowledged he hadn’t been feeling overly confident about his game following his return from a head injury,…
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]]>Kevin Bieksa played impromptu goalie and goal scorer in the final seconds to save the Vancouver Canucks. Shortly after altering a shot with the net empty, the defenseman flew back down the ice to knock in the tying goal with 34.1 seconds remaining in regulation. From there, Mason Raymond and Roberto Luongo took over.
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]]>Alex Ovechkin could afford to be a bit rusty in his return to the Washington Capitals because goalie Tomas Vokoun was anything but. Vokoun made 30 saves for his third shutout of the season and Alexander Semin scored on the second of Washington’s two penalty shots in the Capitals’ 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
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]]>Marc Andre-Fleury hardly looked like a goalie who had just finished a highly intense third period. Fleury, back in net after getting a night off, made 28 saves and Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal that lifted the Pittsburgh Penguins over the Boston Bruins 2-1 Saturday for their ninth win in 10 games.
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]]>Ilya Kovalchuk’s fists outshined his team’s sparkling special teams. Kurtis Foster scored a pair of power-play goals, and the New Jersey Devils held on for a 6-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Kovalchuk, Dainius Zubrus, Zach Parise and Alexei Ponikarovsky also scored for the Devils, who have won three in a row.
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