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            The Associated Press                                                                                                17:31 of the third.
            BUFFALO,  New  York  (AP)                                                                                           COYOTES 5, LIGHTNING 3
            —  Nick  Bonino  scored  the                                                                                        TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Oli-
            go-ahead  goal  with  5:29                                                                                          ver  Ekman-Larsson  had  a
            left and the Pittsburgh Pen-                                                                                        goal  and  an  assist  during
            guins  clinched  their  11th                                                                                        Arizona’s  three-goal  third
            straight  playoff  berth  with                                                                                      period,  Louis  Domingue
            a  3-1  win  over  the  Buffalo                                                                                     stopped  36  shots  and  the
            Sabres on Tuesday.                                                                                                  Coyotes damaged Tampa
            Sidney  Crosby  and  Conor                                                                                          Bay’s playoff hopes.
            Sheary  also  scored,  and                                                                                          Arizona,  with  the  NHL’s
            Matt  Murray  made  29                                                                                              second-worst  record,  also
            saves. The Penguins (46-17-                                                                                         got  goals  from  Christian
            9) improved to 8-1-1 in their                                                                                       Fischer,  Christian  Dvorak,
            past 10 and are in the hunt                                                                                         Radim Vrbata and Connor
            to finish with the NHL’s best                                                                                       Murphy.
            record.                                                                                                             Victor   Hedman,     Nikita
            Sam Reinhart scored for a                                                                                           Kucherov  and  Vladislav
            Sabres team that’s sputter-                                                                                         Namestnikov scored for the
            ing on offense. Buffalo has                                                                                         Lightning,  who  remained
            just five goals in regulation                                                                                       four points behind Toronto
            in its past five games.                                                                                             for  the  second  wild  card
            The  score  would’ve  been                                                                                          in the Eastern Conference.
            more lopsided if not for Sa-                                                                                        Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30
            bres  goalie  Robin  Lehner,                                                                                        saves.
            who made 31 saves.                                                                                                  HURRICANES 4, PANTHERS 3
            CAPITALS 4, FLAMES 2                                                                                                SUNRISE, Florida (AP) — Jeff
            WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex                                                                                              Skinner  scored  two  goals,
            Ovechkin  had  a  goal       Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard reacts following a goal by Montreal Canadiens’ Artturi   including the game-winner
            and  two  assists,  T.J.  Oshie   Lehkonen during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Detroit Red Wings, in Mon-  with 3:55 left, to lead Caro-
            scored his 30th of the sea-  treal on Tuesday, March 21, 2017.                                                      lina past Florida.
            son  and  the  NHL-leading                                                                         Associated Press  Sebastian Aho had a goal
            Washington  Capitals  de-    time in 22 games.            in  four  games  against  the  Torey Krug had a goal and   and  an  assist  for  the  Hur-
            feated the surging Calgary   DEVILS 3, RANGERS 2, OT      Rangers this season.         an  assist,  and  David  Krejci   ricanes,  and  Teuvo  Tera-
            Flames.                      NEWARK,  New  Jersey  (AP)  SENATORS 3, BRUINS 2          also scored in Boston’s third   vainen  also  scored.  Cam
            The  top  line  of  Ovechkin,   —  Joseph  Blandisi  scored  BOSTON  (AP)  —  Kyle  Tur-  straight   defeat.   Tuukka   Ward stopped 33 shots.
            Oshie  and  Nicklas  Back-   on  an  odd-man  rush  with  ris scored twice and Craig  Rask made 19 saves for the    Keith  Yandle,  Reilly  Smith
            strom  dominated  the  en-   54.6  seconds  left  on  the  Anderson  made  33  saves  Bruins.                       and  Aleksander  Barkov
            tire game. Ovechkin led all   clock in overtime, and New  as  Ottawa  beat  Boston  to  RED  WINGS  2,  CANADIENS   scored  for  the  Panthers.
            players with a season-high   Jersey handed New York a  end  a  four-game  losing  1, OT                             Reto Berra made 21 saves
            11  shots,  finally  beating   rare road loss.            streak.                      MONTREAL (AP) — Anthony      in  his  first  start  since  being
            Flames goaltender Brian El-  John  Quenneville  set  up  Mike Hoffman had two as-      Mantha  scored  at  4:10  of   recalled  from  the  minors
            liott late in the third period   Blandisi’s  third  goal  of  the  sists  for  the  Senators,  who  overtime to lift Detroit over   March 3. Jaromir Jagr add-
            for his 29th goal.           season,  and  Quenneville  moved six points ahead of  Montreal.                        ed  two  assists  and  has  41
            Evgeny Kuznetsov and Kev-    and Taylor Hall also scored  Boston  for  second  place  Mantha got his 15th goal of   points this season.
            in  Shattenkirk  also  scored,   for  the  Devils.  New  Jersey  in the Atlantic Division with  the  season  on  a  wrist  shot   JETS 3, FLYERS 2
            and  Backstrom  had  three   got just its second win in 14  their  first  win  since  March  from  close  range  to  give   WINNIPEG,  Manitoba  (AP)
            assists  as  the  Capitals   games  (2-10-2)  behind  38  11.                          the  Red  Wings  their  third   — Blake Wheeler and Mark
            snapped Elliott’s franchise-  saves  by  Cory  Schneider,  Tom  Pyatt  also  scored  win in four games.             Scheifele each had a goal
            record winning streak at 11   including  a  stop  on  Kevin  for  Ottawa,  which  never  Justin  Abdelkader  scored   and  two  assists,  and  Win-
            games. Elliott kept his team   Hayes  in  close  just  before  trailed  and  went  up  for  early  in  the  first  period  for   nipeg   edged   Philadel-
            in it by stopping 36 shots as   Blandisi’s winner.        good  on  Turris’  goal  4:04  Detroit.  Artturi  Lehkonen   phia  for  its  third  straight
            Calgary lost for just the fifth   The win was the Devils’ first  into the third period.  tied it for the Canadiens at   victory.q
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