NHL game roundup: Senators beat Bruins in shootout
By THE SPORTS XCHANGE
BOSTON -- The Ottawa Senators presented new coach Dave Cameron with his first NHL victory on Saturday.
Right winger Bobby Ryan beat Boston's Tuukka Rask with the deciding goal in the shootout, giving the Senators a 3-2 decision over the Bruins.
The win, only the third in the last 11 games for Ottawa, came in Cameron's second game after taking over for Paul MacLean, who was fired.
The loss was the fifth in the last six games for the Bruins.
Center Mika Zibanejad, who scored Ottawa's first goal of the game, opened the shootout with a goal, but Boston left winger Brad Marchand matched that in the second round.
Robin Lehner stopped center Patrice Bergeron before Ryan, stopped by Rask on a semi-breakaway in overtime, scored.
Flyers 5, Hurricanes 1
PHILADELPHIA -- Center Sean Couturier scored less than a minute into the game, and four other Philadelphia players contributed goals in a rout of Carolina.
The Flyers won their second straight game and third in the last four.
Right winger Claude Giroux and center Brayden Schenn each added two assists, and goaltender Steve Mason made 25 saves for Philadelphia.
Carolina center Eric Staal scored his seventh goal of the season as the Hurricanes lost their fifth straight game.
Islanders 3, Blackhawks 2
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- The New York Islanders ended their three-game skid and snapped Chicago's eight-game winning streak on a power-play goal by Lubomir Visnovsky in the third period.
Visnovsky skated through the Chicago defense and buried a wrister top shelf past Chicago goaltender Scott Darling at 11:01 of the third.
Islanders goalie Jaroslv Halak finished with 23 saves and Darling had 38 for the Blackhawks.
Maple Leafs 4, Red Wings 1
TORONTO -- Right winger Richard Panik scored the go-ahead goal on a breakaway late in the second period as Toronto beat Detroit.
The victory gave the Maple Leafs a 3-1-1 record in the season series between the teams. The Leafs have won four in a row.
Left winger James van Riemsdyk, defenseman Morgan Rielly and center Nazem Kadri also scored for Toronto.
Jonathan Bernier -- back in goal for the Maple Leafs after James Reimer played in the shootout win over the Red Wings on Tuesday -- made 27 saves.
Sabres 4, Panthers 3 (OT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Defenseman Nikita Zadorov scored 29 seconds into overtime to lead Buffalo over Florida.
The goal came after some fine work by right winger Tyler Ennis in the Florida end. After Ennis maneuvered to find space, he found Zadorov inside the left circle and the defenseman put a one-timer past Panthers goalie Al Montoya.
Center Cody Hodgson, left winger Marcus Foligno and right winger Brian Gionta also scored for the Sabres . Goalie Jhonas Enroth made 25 saves.
Left winger Sean Bergenheim, right winger Jimmy Hayes and left winger Jussi Jokinen scored for the Panthers.
Ducks 4, Jets 1
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Center Ryan Getzlaf scored a goal and added an assist as Anaheim extended its winning streak to seven games with a victory over Winnipeg.
Getzlaf's even-strength goal was his 10th of the season and he now has a team-leading 33 points.
Anaheim also got a power-play goal from right winger Jakob Silfverberg and shorthanded goals by centers Nate Thompson and Andrew Cogliano. Goalie Frederik Andersen stopped 27 shots in his 18th straight start for the Ducks.
Center Brian Little scored his team-leading 12th goal of the season for Winnipeg.
Blue Jackets 4, Penguins 3 (SO)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky had 33 saves, not including the winning stop in the shootout, as Columbus beat Pittsburgh in a game that featured 88 penalty minutes between the clubs.
The Blue Jackets, who won only six of their first 22 games, have now won six in a row -- a streak that started on Dec. 1.
Left winger Nick Folingo, center Boone Jenner and defenseman Jack Johnson scored goals in regulation for the Blue Jackets, and center Ryan Johansen scored what turned out to be the winner in the second round of the shootout.
The Penguins, playing without star center Sidney Crosby, got two goals in regulation from defenseman Kris Letang, including one with 10.3 seconds remaining to force a 3-3 tie.
Capitals 4, Lightning 2
WASHINGTON -- Center Nicklas Backstrom recorded the first regular-season hat trick of his career and Washington held off a late rally by Tampa Bay.
The win lifted the Capitals to 4-0-1 in their last five games. The loss was the third in four games for the Lightning, who received late goals from center Tyler Johnson and defenseman Matt Carle before Capitals center Eric Fehr sealed it with an empty-netter with 38.1 seconds remaining.
Wild 4, Coyotes 3 (SO)
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Left winger Zach Parise and center Mikko Koivu scored in the shootout to send Minnesota past Arizona.
Left winger Lauri Korpikoski gave the Coyotes a 3-2 lead in the final minute of the second period before Parise scored his 11th goal of the season to tie it at 14:07 of the third period on a power play.
The Coyotes have lost five in a row and eight of nine. It was their ninth consecutive home loss.
Stars 4, Devils 3
DALLAS -- Centers Tyler Seguin and Jason Spezza had a goal and an assist each as Dallas defeated New Jersey.
Dallas left winger Antoine Roussel had two assists and Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen stopped 28 of 31 shots as the Stars finished 1-2-0 in their three-game homestand. Seguin, Spezza, defenseman Trevor Daley and center Shawn Horcoff scored for Dallas.
New Jersey got goals from defensemen Jon Merrill and Eric Gelinas and center Scott Gomez in its second straight loss.
Rangers 5, Canucks 1
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Mats Zuccarello had a pair of goals as New York leaped out to an early lead then embarrassed Vancouver.
The Rangers took control of the game in the first period. New York used odd-man rushes to score three goals on just four shots for a 3-0 lead with under seven minutes gone.
Defenseman Ryan McDonagh, center J.T. Miller and defenseman Marc Staal also scored for New York, who improved their record to 13-10-4 for 30 points. Left winger Rick Nash and centre Derick Brassard had two assists each for the Rangers who are 2-4-1 in their last seven road games.
Center Nick Bonino scored for the Canucks to snap a 15-game goal drought. The loss extends Vancouver's winless streak to four games (0-3-1) and leaves the Canucks with a 18-10-2 record for 38 points.
Blues 3, Avalanche 2 (OT)
DENVER -- Center T.J. Oshie scored 1:03 into overtime and St. Louis beat Colorado.
Defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk had a goal and an assist and defenseman Alex Pietrangelo also scored for the Blues, who have won four straight.
Oshie got the game winner when he got a centering pass from defenseman Barret Jackman and beat goaltender Calvin Pickard with a snap shot. It was Oshie's fifth goal of the season.
Goaltender Jake Allen had 23 saves for the Blues (20-8-2).
St. Louis won in center Paul Stastny's return to Denver. Stastny spent his first eight years with Colorado, where he had 160 goals and 298 assists. He signed a four-year, $28 million contract with St. Louis this summer to return to
the city where he grew up and his parents still live.
Sharks 2, Predators 0
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Antti Niemi and San Jose turned the tables on defensive-minded Nashville for a shutout win at SAP Center.
The San Jose goalie, making his first appearance in four games, stopped 29 shots (18 in the third period) for his second shutout of the season and 28th of his career.
San Jose moved past Calgary into third place in the Pacific Division, and tied Vancouver -- with two games in hand -- in points with 38 apiece. It was the Sharks' sixth straight win at home and seventh victory in eight games overall.
Center Joe Thornton scored into an empty net at 18:26, his eighth goal of the season and 350th of his career.
