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Kessel got the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and the
Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from an early three-goal deficit for a 7-4 victory
over the Ducks on Friday night, sending Anaheim to its 10th consecutive
loss.Tanner Pearson scored the tying goal midway through the third and added
another with 3:25 left for the Penguins, who roared back for their 10th win in
11 games with a four-goal third period.Evgeni Malkin had a goal and three
assists, while Guentzel scored two goals in the second period and added an
empty-netter to wrap up his second hat trick of the season in a wild opener to
Pittsburgh¡¯s five-game West Coast trip.Jakob Silfverberg scored a go-ahead,
short-handed goal late in the second period, but the Ducks are 0-7-3 since
winning on Dec. 17 at Pittsburgh, going 0-7-3.John Gibson made 29 saves against
his hometown team, but was shredded in the third period along with Anaheim¡¯s
struggling defense.Matt Murray stopped 21 shots for Pittsburgh.Nick Ritchie,
Ryan Getzlaf and Daniel Sprong scored in the first period, but the Ducks
couldn¡¯t maintain their start.HURRICANES 4, SABRES 3RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ¡ª
Sebastian Aho scored two goals off the skates of Buffalo
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to Raleigh.Micheal Ferland had a deflected goal and two assists, Justin Williams
also scored and Teuvo Teravainen added two assists. The Hurricanes scored three
goals in 7:27 of the second period and have won five of six for the first time
this season to move within five points of a playoff spot.Skinner scored his 30th
goal in his first game against Carolina since he was traded to the Sabres. Jason
Pominville also scored and Kyle Okposo pulled Buffalo within one with a
deflected goal of his own with 3:12 remaining.The Sabres have lost five of
seven, going 2-4-1 in that stretch. They had Jack Eichel back in the lineup
after the center with a team-best 49 points missed three games with an
upper-body injury.Curtis McElhinney made 30 saves for Carolina. Carter Hutton
stopped 26 shots for the Sabres but gave up three fluky goals ¡ª including two to
Aho.FLAMES 4, PANTHERS 3CALGARY, Alberta (AP) ¡ª Michael Frolik had a goal and
two assists to lead streaking Calgary to a comeback victory over Florida.Frolik
has eight points (four goals, four assists) in seven games since coach Bill
Peters made the veteran a healthy scratch on Dec. 29.Mark Giordano, Sean Monahan
and Matthew Tkachuk also scored for the Flames (29-13-4). The Western Conference
leaders have won four in a row to improve to 7-1-1 in their last nine.Johnny
Gaudreau had an assist to extend his point streak to seven games (seven goals,
nine assists).Mike Hoffman, Jonathan Huberdeau and Evgenii Dadonov scored for
Florida. The struggling Panthers are winless in their last five, including an
0-2-1 start to a five-game road trip.David Rittich made 24 saves to improve to
17-4-3 for the Flames.Roberto Luongo, tested 23 times, dropped to 8-10-1 for the
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as Winnipeg defeated Detroit.Bryan Little scored the game-winning goal for his
500th career point. Brandon Tanev and Blake Wheeler also scored for the Jets,
and Wheeler added an assist.Laurent Brossoit made his 10th start of the season
and stopped 33 shots for Winnipeg.Luke Glendening had a short-handed goal and
defenseman Dennis Cholowski scored on the power play for Detroit, which lost its
third straight. Jonathan Bernier made 23 saves for the struggling Red Wings, who
are 1-7-2 in their last 10 games. ST. LOUIS ¡ª Reunited and it feels so good.The
return of forward Jaden Schwartz from injury Tuesday means the St. Louis Blues
put him back on a line with Brayden Schenn and David Perron. The pairing
provided immediate dividends in Schwartz¡¯s first game back, a 4-3 victory over
the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, with Perron scoring twice, Schwartz assisting
both times and Schenn assisting once.While players have been in and out of the
lineup, the penalty kill has been consistent. The Blues have killed 18 straight
man advantages heading into their home game against the Colorado Avalanche on
Friday night, a stretch dating back to Dec. 1.Article continues below ...The
Blues¡¯ penalty kill is at 84.8 percent, fourth in the league.¡°Goaltending¡¯s been
great,¡± Blues center Ryan O¡¯Reilly told NHL.com. ¡°There¡¯s been times with some
huge saves, but also our ¡®D¡¯ is making massive blocks. I think we¡¯re on the same
page. I think the coaching staff¡¯s good. I think they¡¯ve been doing a great job
all season of having us prepared and (knowing) what¡¯s going on, but I think one
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line of Schwartz, Schenn and Perron has only played together three times this
season, against Calgary in the third game of the season, at Montreal in October
and Tuesday.Perron had a hat trick against Calgary, with Schenn assisting on all
three goals. Against Montreal, Schenn scored a power play goal with Perron
assisting.¡°You¡¯ve got Schwartz who gets in there skating and forechecking,
creates loose pucks,¡± Blues interim coach Craig Berube told the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch. ¡°Brayden Schenn is a power-type forward too, good forechecker,
physical, he¡¯s around the net a lot, and you¡¯ve got a finisher. David Perron is
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combination all around.¡±Schenn likes playing with Perron and Schwartz.¡°At the
start of the year we had chemistry, then a couple of us got banged up there, and
were unable to be put back together,¡± Schenn told the Post-Dispatch. ¡°There¡¯s a
chance now and through one game we felt we had a good game. We have something to
build on and we just want keep on getting better.¡±The Blues beat the Avalanche
3-2 in overtime at Colorado on Nov. 30.Colorado is coming off a 6-4 loss to the
Edmonton Oilers at home Tuesday and have lost three of their last four.¡°We
touched on the Edmonton game a little bit, we watched video ¡ We did some good
things in that game, obviously the result wasn¡¯t there, but there are definitely
some things we can fix up,¡± Avalanche forward Matt Calvert told NHL.com.¡°We¡¯ve
got a big stretch coming up before we get four days off for Christmas and quite
a bit of those are at home. We¡¯ve got to come out with a better effort in front
of our home crowd, get them involved earlier and have some fun with this before
we get the break.¡±