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Highlights of Saturday's NHL games

ByReuters

Published 01/03/2015 at 03:29 GMT

Feb 28 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Saturday's National Hockey League games:

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Red Wings 4, Predators 3
The Detroit Red Wings rallied with two third-period goals to edge out the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Saturday.
Defenseman Alexey Marchenko tied the contest at 3:56 with his first goal in 13 games and Tomas Tatar supplied the winner at 9:42 for his 25th goal of the season.
Goalie Jonas Gustavsson (3-2-1), called up in place of regular starter Jimmy Howard, made 37 saves as Detroit (35-15-11) handed the Predators (41-15-7) consecutive home losses for the first time this season.
Nashville fell to a league-best 26-5-1 at home.
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Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 0
Goaltender Carey Price made 30 saves for his sixth shutout and league-leading 36th win of the season.
David Desharnais scored twice while Manny Malhotra and Tomas Plekanec added scores for Montreal (41-16-5), who extended their winning streak to four games.
Netminder Jonathan Bernier stopped 20 shots for the Maple Leafs (25-32-5), who have not tasted victory on the road since Dec. 31 in Boston.
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Hurricanes 5, Islanders 3
Jay McClement posted the fourth two-goal game of his career when the Carolina Hurricanes rode a four-goal second period to a win over the New York Islanders.
The Hurricanes (24-30-7) have won three straight and four of their last five.
John Tavares registered his 30th goal of the season for the Islanders (42-20-2), who missed a chance to ensure they would remain alone at the top of the Metropolitan Division.
The Islanders are two points ahead of the New York Rangers, who play the Philadelphia Flyers later on Saturday.
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Bruins 4, Coyotes 1
The Boston Bruins cruised to their second win in 24 hours, defeating the hapless Arizona Coyotes in the finale for both teams before Monday's trade deadline.
Coming on the heels of the Bruins' overtime victory on Friday at New Jersey, the twin wins helped solidify Boston's hold on the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference as they remained four points ahead of Florida.
Goaltender Tuukka Rask, who missed Friday's game because of illness, made 31 saves in the win.
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Panthers 5, Sabres 3
Brandon Pirri returned from a two-week absence (upper-body injury) to score two goals and lead Florida past Buffalo.
Nick Bjugstad, center Derek MacKenzie and right winger Scottie Upshall also scored for the Panthers (27-22-13).
Jaromir Jagr, the 43-year-old former All-Star acquired Thursday from the New Jersey Devils, was scoreless on his Florida debut in 17 minutes of action.
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Devils 2, Blue Jackets 0
Goaltender Cory Schneider had 33 saves for his 16th career shutout, leading the New Jersey Devils to victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Defenseman Andy Greene and Travis Zajac scored goals for the Devils, who withstood a furious rally from the Blue Jackets (26-31-4) in the third.
The Jackets out-shot the Devils (26-27-10) 16-5 in the period but Schneider stood strong. (Compiled by Jahmal Corner; Editing by John O'Brien)
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