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Johnny Gaudreau powers Flames past Devils 9-4

By The Associated Press to the Sharks in late Febru-
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) ary. Marc-Edouard Vlasic
— Johnny Gaudreau had and Marcus Sorensen also
three goals and three as- scored.
sists, and the Calgary Aaron Dell made 21 saves
Flames scored six times in as San Jose remained un-
the third period on their defeated in March with its
way to a 9-4 victory over sixth straight win.
the New Jersey Devils on Mathieu Perreault had a
Tuesday night. goal and an assist for Win-
Derek Ryan added two nipeg (40-25-4), which
goals for Calgary. Sam Ben- dropped to 12-5-2 against
nett, Elias Lindholm, Mat- the Pacific Division this sea-
thew Tkachuk and Sean son. Andrew Copp, Bryan
Monahan also scored. Little, and Kyle Connor also
The Flames went ahead to scored, and Connor Helle-
stay on Gaudreau's pen- buyck stopped 31 shots.
alty shot 1:01 into the third. COYOTES 3, BLUES 1
Gaudreau finished off his ST. LOUIS (AP) — Richard
hat trick at 12:01, convert- Panik and Vinnie Hinostroza
ing a setup from Monahan. scored to help Arizona to
It was the NHL's first six-point the road win.
game since Dallas' Jamie New Jersey Devils' Stefan Noesen, right, checks Calgary Flames' Johnny Gaudreau during the first Darcy Kuemper made 39
Benn on Nov. 14, 2013, at period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in Calgary, Alberta. saves just one night after
Calgary. Gaudreau be- Associated Press he allowed four goals on 16
came the first Flames play- shots before he was pulled
er to accomplish the feat with his team-leading 35th as the Canadiens (37-26-7) Werenski and Josh Ander- during the second period
since Al MacInnis on March of the season. Phil Kessel stopped a two-game slide. son each had a career- of Arizona's 7-1 loss in Chi-
20, 1994. and Jared McCann both Tomas Tatar had two assists high four points on one cago. He has won 10 of his
Blake Coleman, Travis Za- added a goal and an assist against his former team. goal and three assists. The last 12 starts to improve to
jac, Kyle Palmieri and Ken- for the Penguins, who have Andreas Athanasiou Blue Jackets had lost four 23-16-5 this season.
ny Agostino scored for New won six of eight. scored in the third period of six, but remain in conten- The Coyotes have won 12
Jersey, which is winless in its Jakub Vrana scored twice for Detroit (24-36-10), which tion for a wild card in the of 16 to move one point
last seven (0-6-1). for Washington, and de- has won just once in its past Eastern Conference. ahead of Minnesota for the
PENGUINS 5, CAPITALS 3 fenseman John Carlson 12 games. Jonathan Ber- Brad Marchand had two final Western Conference
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney collected his 11th of the nier stopped 33 shots. goals and an assist for Bos- wild card.
Crosby scored twice dur- season. Alexander Ovech- BLUE JACKETS 7, BRUINS 4 ton, and Patrice Bergeron Jaden Schwartz scored for
ing a furious second-peri- kin picked up an assist to COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — finished with a goal and St. Louis, and Jordan Bin-
od rally and Evgeni Malkin become the 48th player in Boone Jenner scored three an assist. The Bruins stayed nington stopped 19 shots.
picked up two assists to NHL history with 1,200 ca- times for his first career hat in second place behind STARS 2, SABRES 0
reach 1,000 career points, reer points. trick, powering Columbus Tampa Bay in the Atlantic BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Ben
leading Pittsburgh to the CANADIENS 3, RED WINGS 1 to the win. Division. Bishop made 35 saves for
win. MONTREAL (AP) — Carey The Blue Jackets scored five SHARKS 5, JETS 4 his third straight shutout,
Crosby picked up his 32nd Price made 20 saves and unanswered goals to go up WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) leading Dallas to the vic-
and 33rd goals during a became the winningest 5-1 before the Bruins came — Joe Pavelski scored with tory.
three-goal outburst over a goaltender in Canadiens roaring back with three 4.3 seconds left, lifting San Bishop extended his ca-
span of 1:48 as Pittsburgh history. straight in a wild second Jose to the victory in a reer-best shutout streak to
erased a two-goal defi- It was win No. 315 for Price, period. Zach Werenski's first matchup of division lead- 204 minutes, 20 seconds. It's
cit to take the lead on its snapping a tie with Hall of goal in 30 games provided ers. the second-longest run for
way to snapping Washing- Famer Jacques Plante atop Columbus some breathing Gustav Nyquist had two a Stars goaltender behind
ton's seven-game winning the team leaderboard. room, and Jenner's empty- goals for San Jose (43-19- Ed Belfour's streak of 219
streak. Jake Guentzel start- Max Domi had two goals netter completed his hat 8), giving him three in his six minutes, 26 seconds that
ed Pittsburgh's comeback and Brett Kulak also scored trick with 47 seconds left. games since being traded ran from Nov. 17-24, 2000.q