Mike Smith stopped 21 shots for his 10th straight victory as Phoenix beat Edmonton 3-1 to move clear at the top of the Pacific Division on Saturday night.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Ray Whitney and Shane Doan scored for the Coyotes, who won their fifth straight to jump two points ahead of San Jose, after their loss at Nashville.
Martin Hanzal added two assists for Phoenix.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for the Oilers, who lost for their first time in three games.
Perron moved in on Chris Mason in the fourth round of the shootout and his backhanded shot found the roof of the goal, ruining the Jets’ rally from a two-goal deficit.
Perron and David Backes scored in regulation for St Louis, which led 2-0 after the opening period despite getting outshot 16-6. Jaroslav Halak made 39 saves to pick up the win.
PENGUINS 8, LIGHTNING 1
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Evgeni Malkin scored his ninth career hat-trick and Jordan Staal added two goals as Pittsburgh routed Tampa Bay.
Chris Kunitz, Matt Cooke and Pascal Dupuis also scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves for Pittsburgh, which have won eight of nine home games and leapfrogged the New Jersey Devils in the crowded middle of the Eastern Conference playoff-race pack.
Malkin added an assist, taking over the NHL scoring lead with Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos, who had tied him with 11 points in his previous four games. Stamkos was held scoreless.
Teddy Purcell scored for the Lightning.
AVALANCHE 4, RED WINGS 3
In Detroit, Michigan, Gabriel Landeskog had two goals and Steve Downie added a goal and two assists as Colorado sent Detroit to a second straight home loss after the Red Wings had won 23 straight at Joe Louis Arena.
The Red Wings hadn’t been beaten in regulation in Detroit since Nov. 3. Their winning streak was ended on Thursday night in a shootout loss to Vancouver.
David Jones also scored, Ryan O’Reilly had three assists and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 28 saves for the Avalanche.
Jiri Hudler had two goals and an assist and Valtteri Filppula also scored for Detroit.
RANGERS 3, SABRES 2, OT
In New York, Ryan Callahan scored his 100th NHL goal 2 minutes, 59 seconds into overtime, as the New York Rangers beat Buffalo.
Callahan took a pass from defenseman Ryan McDonagh and flipped a shot over goalie Ryan Miller’s shoulder for his career-best 24th goal of the season.
The Rangers got tying goals from Carl Hagelin in the second period and Marian Gaborik in the third. New York have an Eastern Conference-leading 84 points.
In other NHL play, it was:
‧ Blues 3, Jets 2, SO
‧ Flyers 5, Flames 4, SO
‧ Panthers 3, Hurricanes 2, SO
‧ Capitals 4, Maple Leafs 2
‧ Kings 4, Blackhawks 0
‧ Predators 6, Sharks 2
‧ Bruins 5, Senators 3
A sumo star was born in Japan on Sunday when 24-year-old Takerufuji became the first wrestler in 110 years to win a top-division tournament on his debut, triumphing at the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka despite injuring his ankle on the penultimate day. Takerufuji, whose injury had left him in a wheelchair outside the ring, shoved out the higher-ranked Gonoyama at the Edion Arena Osaka to the delight of the crowd, giving him an unassailable record of 13 wins and two losses to claim the Emperor’s Cup. “I did it just through willpower. I didn’t really know what was going
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Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter is being criminally investigated by the IRS, and the attorney for his alleged bookmaker said Thursday that the ex-Los Angeles Dodgers employee placed bets on international soccer — but not baseball. The IRS confirmed Thursday that interpreter Ippei Mizuhara and Mathew Bowyer, the alleged illegal bookmaker, are under criminal investigation through the agency’s Los Angeles Field Office. IRS Criminal Investigation spokesperson Scott Villiard said he could not provide additional details. Mizuhara, 39, was fired by the Dodgers on Wednesday following reports from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN about his alleged ties to an illegal bookmaker and debts well
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