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Tuukka Rask made 22 saves for Boston.Calle Jarnkrok and Taylor Beck each had a goal and an assist for Nashville. Becks goal 6:48 into the third period pulled the Predators to 4-3, but Rask didnt let anything else by him as Boston won for the third time in four games.CANADIENS 3, ISLANDERS 1UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Carey Price made 37 saves, and Andrei Markov and Brendan Gallagher scored second-period goals as Montreal cooled off New York.Markov, in his 800th NHL game, and Gallagher beat backup goalie Chad Johnson 5:17 apart to erase a 1-0 deficit. Montreal has won five of six, with Price allowing two goals or fewer in each game during that span.David Desharnais scored with 1:11 left to make it 3-1 for the Canadiens, who mustered only 21 shots.Kyle Okposo scored in the first period for the Islanders. Johnson made 18 saves as No. 1 goalie Jaroslav Halak took a maintenance day and didnt dress for the game. New York, which had won four straight overall, fell to 13-4 at home and 10-2 in its last 12 at Nassau Coliseum.JETS 5, BLACKHAWKS 1CHICAGO (AP) — Mathieu Perreault scored two goals while extending his point streak to eight games, and Winnipeg routed the listless Chicago Blackhawks.Bryan Little also had his team-best 13th goal as Winnipeg stopped Chicagos eight-game home winning streak. The Jets are responsible for two of the Blackhawks four regulation home losses, also winning 1-0 at the United Center on Nov. 2 in their first meeting of the season.Winnipeg (18-10-7), one of the NHLs biggest surprises, won for the third time in four games, bouncing back from an overtime loss to Philadelphia on Sunday.It was the Blackhawks worst loss of the season; they have only three losses by more than one goal. Chicago (23-10-2) had won 14 of 17 overall.Marian Hossa scored his seventh goal in the second period, but the Blackhawks struggled to generate quality chances. Jets goalie Michael Hutchinson finished with 38 saves.HURRICANES 2, DEVILS 1, SONEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Chris Terry scored the only goal of the shootout and Anton Khudobin came up big late in winning for the first time this season as the goal-starved Carolina Hurricanes defeated New Jersey.Ron Hainsey scored in the third period to tie the game for Carolina, which won for only the second time in 10 games (2-7-1). The Hurricanes have just 13 goals during that stretch and Hainseys appeeared to go in off his leg on a night when Carolina fired 33 shots at Cory Schneider. Toni Kroos Real Madrid Jersey. Stephen Gionta scored for the Devils, who are 3-8-5 in their last 16 games. Schneider made 32 saves.Khudobin, who had 18 saves, stopped Scott Gomez, Mike Cammalleri and Adam Henrique in the shootout before Terry beat Schneider with a forehand. Khudobin is 1-8-2 in 11 starts.FLYERS 5, WILD 2ST. PAUL, Minn. 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Mike Santorelli finished the scoring with an empty-net goal.Berniers save total was one short of his season high. He has nine career shutouts.RED WINGS 6, SABRES 3DETROIT (AP) — Tomas Tatar had a pair of power-play goals in the third period and Detroit ended a six-game slide with a victory over Buffalo.Tatars 13th goal of the season gave the Red Wings the lead for good with 8:20 to play. Johan Franzen scored a few minutes later to pad the lead for Detroit, which hadnt won since Dec. 7. Tatars second goal came in the final minutes.Stephen Weiss, Danny DeKeyser and Henrik Zetterberg also scored for Detroit, which got 10 saves from Petr Mrazek.Nicolas Deslauriers, Chris Stewart and Andre Benoit had goals for the banged-up Sabres, who were missing eight regulars due to injuries or illness. 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