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Highlights of Saturday's NHL games

ByReuters

Published 14/12/2014 at 03:54 GMT

Dec 13 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Saturday's National Hockey League games.

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Islanders 3, Blackhawks 2
The New York Islanders snapped Chicago's eight-game winning streak after a power-play goal by Lubomir Visnovsky in the third period gave them a 3-2 win over the Blackhawks.
Islanders goalie Jaroslv Halak finished with 23 saves and Scott Darling had 38 for the Blackhawks.
Patrick Kane scored his 14th goal of the season for the Blackhawks, who fell to 20-9-1.
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Ducks 4, Jets 1
Ryan Getzlaf scored a goal and added an assist as the Anaheim Ducks extended their winning streak to seven games with a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.
Anaheim (21-6-5) also got a power-play goal from Jakob Silfverberg and shorthanded goals from Nate Thompson and Andrew Cogliano.
Brian Little scored his team-leading 12th goal of the season for Winnipeg (15-10-6).
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Senators 3, Bruins 2 (shootout)
Bobby Ryan beat Boston's Tuukka Rask with the deciding goal in the shootout to give Senators (12-12-5) new coach Dave Cameron his first NHL victory.
The 3-2 win came in Cameron's second game after taking over from the fired Paul MacLean.
The loss was the fifth in the last six games for the Bruins (15-13-2).
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Maple Leafs 4, Red Wings 1
Richard Panik scored the go-ahead goal on a breakaway late in the second period as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4-1.
James van Riemsdyk, Morgan Rielly and Nazem Kadri also scored for Toronto.
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Capitals 4, Lightning 2
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom recorded the first regular-season hat trick of his career as the Capitals held off a late rally by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The win lifted the Capitals (14-10-5) to 4-0-1 in their last five games.
The loss was the third in four games for the Lightning (19-9-3), who got late goals from Tyler Johnson and Matt Carle before Capitals center Eric Fehr sealed it with an empty-netter with 38.1 seconds remaining.
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Flyers 5, Hurricanes 1
Sean Couturier scored less than a minute into the game, and four other Philadelphia Flyers contributed goals in a rout of the Carolina Hurricanes.
Claude Giroux and Brayden Schenn each added two assists, and goaltender Steve Mason made 25 saves for Philadelphia (11-13-5), while the Hurricanes (8-18-3) lost their fifth straight game.
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Sabres 4, Panthers 3
Nikita Zadorov scored 29 seconds into overtime to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers.
Cody Hodgson, Marcus Foligno and Brian Gionta also scored for the Sabres (12-16-2). Goalie Jhonas Enroth made 25 saves.
Sean Bergenheim, Jimmy Hayes and Jussi Jokinen scored for the Panthers (12-8-8).
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Blue Jackets 4, Penguins 3 (SO)
Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky had 33 saves, not including the winning stop in the shootout, as the Blue Jackets beat the Penguins in a game that featured 88 penalty minutes.
The Blue Jackets (12-15-2), who won only six of their first 22 games, have now won six in a row in a streak that started on Dec. 1.
Nick Folingo, Boone Jenner and defenseman Jack Johnson scored goals in regulation for the Blue Jackets. (Compiled by Jahmal Corner; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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