National Hockey League Game Capsules

Raleigh, NC (SportsNetwork.com) – Corey Crawford stole two points for Chicago on Monday night. The Blackhawks goaltender made 43 saves, 15 in the third period, to backstop his team to a 3-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Andrew Shaw opened the scoring and added an empty-net goal for Chicago, which was coming off a 4-0 loss to Dallas on Saturday and trails Central Division- leading St. Louis by three points with a game in hand. Two personal milestones were reached by members of the Blackhawks. Captain Jonathan Toews picked up the 500th point of his career with an assist on Shaw’s second tally with 40 seconds remaining, and Joel Quenneville earned his 750th win as a head coach. Anton Khudobin stopped 22 shots for the Hurricanes, who have dropped four straight and seven of their last eight games overall.

Final Score: Los Angeles 3, New Jersey 1

Newark, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) – Anze Kopitar tallied a goal and two assists as the Los Angeles Kings kicked off a five-game road trip with a 3-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Monday. Andrej Sekera and Tyler Toffoli each lit the lamp and Marian Gaborik supplied two assists for the Kings, who continued their playoff push by rebounding from a 4-1 loss to Vancouver on Saturday. Jonathan Quick made 19 saves in the win. Scott Gomez scored and Cory Schneider stopped 30 shots as the Devils dropped their second game in a row following three straight wins.

Final Score: Ottawa 5, San Jose 2

Ottawa, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Ottawa is back in a playoff position for the first time since November 21. The Senators scored four third-period goals to rally past the San Jose Sharks for a 5-2 victory on Monday night and leapfrog the Boston Bruins for the Eastern Conference’s final wild-card spot. Mika Zibanejad had two goals for Ottawa before leaving in the third period after taking a shot off his arm. The team said afterwards that Zibanejad is okay. Mike Hoffman had a goal with two assists and Bobby Ryan collected three assists for the Senators, who have won seven games in a row. Andrew Hammond stopped 29 San Jose shots to improve to 14-0-1 this season. His streak of getting at least one point in the first 15 starts of his career is one shy of Patrick Lalime’s NHL record established in the 1996-97 season. Joe Pavelski and Chris Tierney scored 30 seconds apart in the second period for San Jose, which has dropped four of five and fell to 1-3-0 on its seven-game road trip. Antti Niemi made 32 saves for the Sharks.

Final Score: Minnesota 2, Toronto 1

Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Devan Dubnyk stopped 35 shots to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. Thomas Vanek posted a goal and an assist and Charlie Coyle also scored for the Wild, who have ripped off nine wins in a row on the road. Minnesota stayed a point ahead of Winnipeg for the top wild card spot in the Western Conference. Jake Gardiner scored the only goal of the game for the Maple Leafs, who have lost their last six games. Jonathan Bernier turned aside 30 shots.

Final Score: Dallas 4, Buffalo 3

Dallas, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Cody Eakin scored the winning goal with 3:14 to play to lead the Dallas Stars in a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday. Jamie Benn had two goals and an assist while Patrick Eaves added a goal and a helper for the Stars, who have won six of seven. Kari Lehtonen turned aside 25 shots. Dallas is still in the playoff chase as its recent surge has put the team eight points back of Winnipeg for the final wild card spot in the Western Conference. Brian Gionta had two goals and Matt Moulson added a goal and an assist for the Sabres, who have dropped their last three games. Anders Lindback stopped 35 shots in the loss.

Final Score: Calgary 3, Colorado 2

Calgary, AB (SportsNetwork.com) – Lance Bouma and David Jones each tallied a goal and an assist as the Calgary Flames topped the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Monday. Jiri Hudler also scored and Karri Ramo made 25 saves for the Flames, who bounced back from an overtime loss to Columbus on Saturday and maintained their hold on the third spot in the Pacific Division. Gabriel Landeskog supplied a goal and an assist, Alex Tanguay lit the lamp and Semyon Varlamov allowed all three goals on 26 shots in Colorado’s second straight loss on the heels of a three-game winning streak.

Final Score: Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 1

Edmonton, AB (SportsNetwork.com) – Ondrej Pavelec stopped 33 shots to give the Winnipeg Jets a 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday. Drew Stafford, Lee Stempniak, Tyler Myers and Michael Frolik all scored for the Jets, who have ripped off five straight wins. Winnipeg stayed one point back of Minnesota for the top wild card spot in the Western Conference, and maintained its four-point lead over Los Angeles. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the only goal of the game for the Oilers, who had won two of three coming into the game. Ben Scrivens allowed all four goals on 24 shots in the loss.

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