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Oleksiak breaks 3rd-period tie, leads Stars past Coyotes 3-2

By The Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Vin-
DALLAS (AP) — Jamie Olek- cent Trocheck and Aleksi
siak broke a third-period Saarela each scored sec-
tie with his first goal in 26 ond-period goals off fortu-
games and the Dallas Stars itous rebounds and Florida
held on to beat the Arizona rallied from an early deficit
Coyotes 3-2 on Wednes- to beat Anaheim.
day night. Aleksander Barkov and
Oleksiak stepped up into MacKenzie Weegar also
the top of the slot, took a scored a goal for Florida,
pass from Alexander Radu- while Sergei Bobrovsky
lov and sent a low snap made 35 saves as the Pan-
shot past goalie Adin Hill thers improved to 2-0 on a
with 8:22 remaining. key five-game West Coast
Dallas is 5-0-1 in its last six trip.
games to pull even with Florida won consecutive
Central Division leader St. games in California with
Louis. another at Los Angeles
Ben Bishop made 21 of his on Thursday. The Panthers
season-high 39 saves in the earned a 5-3 victory at San
first period. Jose on Monday.
Corey Perry and Radek Max Jones scored and
Faksa scored power-play John Gibson had 28 saves
goals for Dallas. Dallas Stars left wing Blake Comeau (15) keeps the puck away from Arizona Coyotes center for the Ducks, who dropped
Christian Dvorak (18) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Dallas, Wednesday, Feb.
Taylor Hall had a power- 19, 2019. The Stars won 3-2. the opener of a six-game
play goal for Arizona, Chris- Associated Press homestand. The Ducks
tian Fischer also scored in have lost three of their past
the second period and Hill twice, giving him 25 goals goal on a pass from David Gabriel Landeskog, Andre four games and have lost
stopped 30 shots. to lead NHL rookies. Drake Krejci. He tucked the puck Burakovsky and Joonas three consecutive home
Perry had a goal and an Caggiula also connected between Oilers goalie Mike Donskoi scored to help Col- games.
assist and Denis Gurianov for Chicago, which has Smith’s legs for his 43rd of orado end a three-game WILD 4, CANUCKS 3, SO
had two assists for the Stars. just one win in its last eight the season. skid. VANCOUVER, British Co-
Jordan Oesterle assisted on games (1-5-2). Patrice Bergeron scored The Islanders continued lumbia (AP) — Alex Gal-
both Arizona goals. Duncan Keith set up Kuba- his 27th goal for the Bruins, their offensive struggles in chenyuk scored the tying
RANGERS 6, BLACKHAWKS 3 lik’s first goal for his 500th who have won four straight losing their fourth straight goal and the shootout
CHICAGO (AP) — Chris career assist. and are 10-1-0 in their last despite another strong winner as Minnesota beat
Kreider and Mika Zibane- Igor Shesterkin made 37 11 games. performance by Semyon Vancouver.
jad each had a goal and saves in his return after miss- Sam Gagner had a goal Varlamov. The goaltender, Kevin Fiala and Luke Kunin
two assists as the Rangers ing three games with an for the short-handed Oilers, who spent eight seasons also scored in regulation
scored five times in the third ankle injury. who are expected to be with the Avalanche before for Minnesota, and Mats
period and beat Chicago. Robin Lehner blocked 35 without Connor McDavid signing with New York last Zuccarello had two assists.
Pavel Buchnevich had a shots for the fading Black- for much of the month be- summer, had 26 saves in his Devan Dubnyk stopped 31
goal and assist, and Filip hawks. cause of a leg injury. first game in Denver since shots.
Chytil, Ryan Strome, and BRUINS 2, OILERS 1, OT AVALANCHE 3, ISLANDERS 1 leaving Colorado. J.T. Miller scored twice in
Artemi Panarin scored as EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) DENVER (AP) — Pavel Fran- Brock Nelson scored his the third period and Jay
New York rebounded from — David Pastrnak scored couz made 27 saves and 22nd of the season with Beagle added a goal for
a 3-1 loss to Boston on Sun- the winner 1:14 into over- lost his first NHL shutout with Varlamov off for an extra Vancouver. Quinn Hughes
day to win for the fifth time time to give Boston a vic- just over two minutes re- skater and New York trailing recorded two assists. Ja-
in six games. tory over Edmonton. maining as Colorado beat by three. cob Markstrom made 25
Dominik Kubalik scored Pastrnak was set up for the the Islanders. PANTHERS 4, DUCKS 1 saves.q

NHL teams get jump on deadline

with flurry of early trades

By STEPHEN WHYNO of getting dealt late. sellers, contenders inter-
AP Hockey Writer "I wish I was traded a week ested in the same possibili-
Tom Fitzgerald changed and a half before so I could ties, and reasonable prices
teams twice at the NHL get adjusted a little bit around the league.
trade deadline as a player quicker," he said. "Over (last) weekend, a
and knows how it feels. Greene and Coleman are lot of things started to pick
As interim general manag- among more than a half- up," said Los Angeles Kings
er of the New Jersey Devils, dozen players who are al- GM Rob Blake, who has al-
he didn't wait until dead- ready adjusting to a new ready made three trades
line day to trade captain team because of an early and could still be active.
Andy Greene or forward trading flurry. The deadline "It seems after the All-Star
New Jersey Devils center Blake Coleman (20) blocks as Detroit Blake Coleman. Beating isn't until Monday, but some break, a lot of teams start
Red Wings defenseman Filip Hronek (17) tries to flip the puck to
a teammate during the second period of an NHL hockey game, the buzzer by more than a major moves are already finding their direction on
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Newark, N.J. week, Fitzgerald recalled done thanks to a clear defi- where they're going, what's
Associated Press his own rough experiences nition between buyers and available and prices."q