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Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh get the points - Highlights of Thursday's NHL games

ByReuters

Updated 22/01/2016 at 04:20 GMT

Tampa Bay extend their winning streak while the Flyers were run over by a Penguins comeback on Thursday night.

Tampa Bay Lightning

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Lightning 2, Blackhawks 1

In a rematch of last year's Stanley Cup Finals, Tampa Bay extended its winning streak to seven games, while ending Chicago's franchise-record run at 12 with a 2-1 win at Amalie Arena on Thursday.
Nikita Kucherov and Anton Stralman scored for the Lightning while Ben Bishop had 17 saves.
Artem Anisimov scored for the Blackhawks.

Penguins 4, Flyers 3

The Pittsburgh Penguins got two goals from Phil Kessel in a 4-3 comeback win that ended an eight-game losing streak against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist, and Trevor Daley also scored for Pittsburgh.
The Flyers also got goals from Claude Giroux, Brayden Schenn and Jakub Voracek.

Canucks 4, Bruins 2

Daniel Sedin became Vancouver's all-time leading goal scorer with two goals in a win at Boston.
Sedin ended a four-game goal drought and broke a tie with Markus Naslund with his 347th career goal. It was also his 20th goal of the season, giving him his 10th 20-goal season in the NHL.
Sven Baertschi and Alex Burrows also scored for the Canucks.
Jimmy Hayes and Brad Marchand scored for the Bruins.

Devils 6, Senators 3

Travis Zajac tied a career high with four points, all in the first period, to lead New Jersey over Ottawa at the Prudential Center.
Kyle Palmieri scored two goals and added an assist for the Devils, who won their third in a row. Palmieri has a career-high 20 goals.
Rookie Joseph Blandisi finished with a goal and two assists, and Lee Stempniak and Adam Henrique added a goal apiece for New Jersey.
Mika Zibanejad, Mike Hoffman and Cody Ceci scored for the Senators.

Flames 4, Blue Jackets 2

Sam Bennett scored two goals, giving him eight goals in five games, and Calgary pulled away from Columbus at Nationwide Arena.
Johnny Gaudreau and Michael Frolik also scored for the Flames and Mikael Backlund and Mark Giordano each had two assists.
Scott Hartnell and Brandon Dubinsky scored for the Blue Jackets, who have lost four straight at home.

Hurricanes 1, Maple Leafs 0 (OT)

Jordan Staal scored in overtime and Carolina defeated Toronto.
Staal knocked in a rebound at 2:54 of overtime for his 11th goal of the season as the Hurricanes rebounded from a 5-0 loss on Monday to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
James Reimer made 40 saves while Justin Faulk and Brett Pesce assisted on Staal's winner.
Eddie Lack stopped 31 shots to earn his first shutout of the season and the seventh of his career.
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