Devan Dubnyk made 23 saves for his third shutout of the season, while Ryan Suter had a goal and two assists against his former team, helping the Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 4-0 on Saturday night.
Mikael Granlund, Jonas Brodin and Thomas Vanek also scored for Minnesota, who had dropped three in a row.
Suter notched his first career goal against the team that he played for his first seven NHL seasons.
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Pekka Rinne made 23 saves for Nashville, who have been outscored 8-0 the past two games. The Predators lost at Columbus on Friday night.
A testy game between Central Division foes featured three fights, and a 10-minute misconduct against Nashville’s Mike Ribeiro.
CANUCKS 6, NLACKHAWKS 3
In Vancouver, Daniel Sedin had three goals and an assist, while twin brother Henrik Sedin added a goal and four assists, leading Vancouver to the win.
Daniel Sedin’s ninth goal of the season snapped a 3-3 tie at 14:35 of the third, and he scored again just two minutes later. Alexandre Burrows added an empty-netter with 38 seconds left as Vancouver stopped a four-game slide.
It was Sedin’s first hat-trick since Dec. 6, 2011, against Colorado. Henrik set a career high for points and matched his career best for assists, accomplished three times previously.
Jonathan Toews had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, while Ryan Garbutt and Artem Anisimov also scored.
Patrick Kane assisted on Anisimov’s tying goal at 12:20 of the third, running his career-best point streak to 16 games. He has 10 goals and 16 assists in the surge.
STARS 0, SABERS 3
In Dallas, Antti Niemi got his second shutout this season and Jamie Benn scored two third-period goals as Dallas beat Buffalo for their fifth straight win.
Niemi made 22 saves to shut down a Sabres team who have only scored four goals in their past four games.
Benn’s first goal was at 7:11 after the Stars failed to score on their first four power plays.
He scored again at 9:04, and Tyler Seguin assisted on both goals.
The Stars have won eight of their past nine games and lead the league with 34 points.
Buffalo’s Chad Johnson made 29 saves, including 15 in the third period.
SHARKS 3, PENGUINS 1
In Pittsburgh, Brent Burns scored twice for San Jose, while Patrick Marleau got his 1,000th career point.
Marleau became the 83rd NHL player to reach 1,000 points with an assist on Burns’ first goal 7:54 into the game. Burns has seven goals this year, and the Sharks have won the first five games of a season-high six-game trip that ended last night against Columbus.
Sharks defenseman Paul Martin scored his first goal of the season and had an assist against his old team.
Phil Kessel scored his seventh of the season for Pittsburgh. Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves.
RED WINGS 3, BLUES 3, OT
In St Louis, Missouri, Teemu Pulkkinen scored 4:41 into overtime, lifting Detroit to victory.
Pavel Datsyuk, Luke Glendening and Dylan Larkin also scored and Jimmy Howard made 30 saves for the Red Wings.
Detroit have won three of their past four, including a 3-2 win at home over Los Angeles on Friday night.
Kyle Brodziak, Jori Lehtera and Vladimir Tarasenko scored for St Louis, while Jake Allen made 28 saves. The Blues have lost four of six.
RANGERS 5, PANTHERS 4, OT
In Sunrise, Florida, Rick Nash scored 2:01 into overtime for his third goal of the game, lifting the Rangers to the road win. Mats Zuccarello and Viktor Stalberg scored in the third period to put the Rangers ahead 4-2.
In other games, it was:
‧ Capitals 7, Avalanche 3
‧ Lightning 5, Ducks 0
‧ Bruins 2, Maple Leafs 0
‧ Senators 4, Flyers 0
‧ Jets 3, Coyotes 2
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