NHL roundup: Wild stun Blackhawks at home, win 4-3
WILD 4, BLACKHAWKS 3
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Marco Scandella's slap shot with 1:48 left, the defenseman's first goal this season, lifted Minnesota over Chicago.
Jonas Brodin scored on a power play with 5:39 remaining to tie the game for the Wild, who raised their home record to 12-3-2 and handed the Blackhawks their first loss in their past seven road games.
With Charlie Coyle partially screening Corey Crawford at the edge of the crease, Brodin wound up and sent the puck ricocheting off Blackhawks defenseman Johnny Oduya and past the goalie's outstretched glove.
Crawford made 19 saves.
HURRICANES 5, PREDATORS 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jeff Skinner had a hat trick to lead Carolina to a victory over Nashville.
Skinner has five goals in his past two games.
Justin Faulk and Riley Nash also scored for Carolina, winners of its past two.
Mike Fisher and Viktor Stalberg scored for Nashville, which completed a four-game homestand 0-3-1.
MAPLE LEAFS 3, STARS 2, OT
TORONTO (AP) — Trevor Smith scored at 4:18 of overtime to help Toronto end a five-game skid.
The Maple Leafs won for the first time since Nov. 23 despite being outshot for the 10th consecutive game, this time 50-24.
Nazem Kadri scored twice for the Leafs in his return from a one-game absence to attend his grandfather's funeral. It looked as if his second goal would stand.
But Toronto's best penalty-killer Jay McClement took a tripping penalty late in the third and Shawn Horcoff scored when he tipped Kevin Connauton's shot past Jonathan Bernier at 17:14 to tie it a 2-2.
Bernier finished with 48 saves.
LIGHTNING 3, SENATORS 1
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Martin St. Louis scored two goals, Ben Bishop won his 15th game this season, and Tampa Bay beat Ottawa.
Valtteri Filppula also scored for the Lightning, who were coming off consecutive shutout losses to Columbus (1-0) and Pittsburgh (3-0). Ondrej Palat had two assists.
Ottawa got a goal from Patrick Wiercioch.
St. Louis beat goalie Robin Lehner from just outside the crease to give Tampa Bay a 2-1 advantage 13:19 into the second. The Lightning captain tied Jason Arnott for 91st place on the NHL points list with 938.
Filppula's goal from the left circle made it 3-1 at 10:56 of the third.
BLUES 5, ISLANDERS 1
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Derek Roy and David Backes scored power-play goals 2:31 apart in the second period to lead St. Louis over struggling New York.
St. Louis won for the sixth time in eight games. The Islanders have lost eight straight overall (0-6-2) and eight in a row on the road.
Jay Bouwmeester, Magnus Paajarvi and Brenden Morrow also scored for the Blues, who improved to 12-1-2 at home and tied Boston (12-3-2) for the most home wins in the NHL. Jaroslav Halak made 22 saves and upped his record to 15-4-2.
Andrew MacDonald scored for the Islanders, who are 2-11-2 in their last 15 games.
St. Louis was 3 for 6 on the power play after managing one goal in its previous 10 chances.
PANTHERS 5, JETS 2
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Olsen scored his first NHL goal to help Florida beat Winnipeg.
Jimmy Hayes, Nick Bjugstad, Tomas Fleischmann and Erik Gudbranson also scored for the Panthers. Tim Thomas stopped 29 shots and Scottie Upshall had two assists. Olsen also added an assist.
Olli Jokinen and Andrew Ladd scored for the Jets. Ondrej Pavelec made 21 saves.
The Panthers snapped a three-game losing streak and earned their first points during that span.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Taylor Hall had a hat trick and an assist to help the Edmonton Oilers rebound from a lopsided defeat with an 8-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.
Ales Hemsky, David Perron, Mark Arcobello, Jordan Eberle and Sam Gagner also scored for the Oilers, who replaced a quarter of their lineup after a 6-2 loss to Phoenix on Tuesday.
The Oilers improved to just 4-9-0 at home, but they've won six of nine overall.
Nick Holden and P.A. Parenteau scored for the Avalanche, who had won two in a row and five of six.
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