Pavel Datsyuk scored twice and Danny Cleary had a goal and two assists as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Thursday.
Niklas Kronwall, Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm also scored for the Red Wings, who have won three in a row and seven of 11.
Jimmy Howard made 38 saves.
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Tampa Bay got goals from Victor Hedman and Steve Downie. The Lightning are 5-3-1 during a 12-game homestand.
It was the first time that new Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman faced his old team. He played 22 seasons before spending five more as a vice president with the Red Wings.
PREDATORS 3, CANUCKS 1
In Nashville, Nick Spaling and Mike Fisher scored 49 seconds apart in the second period as Nashville beat Vancouver for its third victory in four games.
Martin Erat had a goal and an assist and Fisher’s goal was his first since he was traded to Nashville a week ago. Pekka Rinne stopped 35 shots, improving to 15-2-1 when his teammates score at least three goals.
Nashville evened the season series at a game apiece. Vancouver, which leads the West, remained the NHL’s top team with 83 points.
Daniel Sedin scored a power-play goal for the Canucks, who were playing their third game in four nights. Kevin Bieksa was a scratch due to a broken bone in his left foot, their sixth defensemen out due to injury.
OILERS 4, CANADIENS 1
In Edmonton, Ales Hemsky scored twice to lead Edmonton over Montreal.
Jordan Eberle and Ryan Jones had third-period goals 15 seconds apart for the Oilers, who have won two straight at home following seven consecutive losses in Edmonton.
Jeff Halpern scored for the Canadiens, who have lost five of six.
The Canadiens have dropped four straight and eight of nine in Edmonton, where they haven’t won since Nov. 22, 2003.
RANGERS 4, KINGS 3, SO
In New York, Henrik Lundqvist knocked Anze Kopitar’s shootout shot over the net to earn his 200th NHL win and give the Rangers a victory over Los Angeles.
Erik Christensen and Mats Zuccarello scored on the Rangers’ first two shootout attempts before Jarret Stoll got a shot past Lundqvist to send the tiebreaker into a third round. Jonathan Bernier poke-checked the puck off Wojtek Wolski’s stick to keep the Kings alive, but Lundqvist turned aside Kopitar to give New York its second straight win after six consecutive losses.
Ryan Callahan had a goal and assist and Marian Gaborik and Artem Anisimov both scored in the third for New York.
Los Angeles captain Dustin Brown scored two goals and Matt Greene had a rare one for the road-weary Kings, who haven’t lost in regulation since Jan. 20.
In other NHL action, it was:
‧ Bruins 6, Islanders 3
‧ Sharks 3, Capitals 2
‧ Coyotes 4, Thrashers 3
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