NHL-Highlights of Sunday's NHL games
Jan 11 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's National Hockey League games:
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Panthers 2, Oilers 1
The Florida Panthers directed only 14 shots on goal but Jaromir Jagr and Jonathan Huberdeau were still able to find the net in a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.
It was the Panthers 12th straight win -- marking the first time a team has won a dozen games in a row since the Boston Bruins did it during the 2013-14 season.
After just 3:22 of the first, the ageless Jagr scored on a breakaway.
The 43-year-old actually lost control of the puck as he bore down on Oilers goalie Cam Talbot but still managed to slide a shot between the netminder's pads.
It was Jagr's 737th career goal, putting him just four behind Brett Hull for third all-time on the NHL all-time goals list.
Huberdeau scored less than four minutes later before Oilers center Mark Letestu halved the deficit at 12:32 of the first but there were no more goals in a feisty, fight-filled encounter.
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Capitals 7, Senators 1
Alex Ovechkin became the fifth-fastest player to record his 500th NHL goal and added his 501st for good measure, leading the Washington Capitals to a 7-1 rout over the Ottawa Senators.
It was the 30-year-old Ovechkin's 801st NHL game.
Justin Williams, T.J. Oshie, Zach Sill, Tom Wilson and Dmitry Orlov also scored goals for the Capitals.
The Senators' only offense came from Mike Hoffman, who netted his team-high 20th goal of the season in early in the second period.
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Blackhawks 6, Avalanche 3
Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa scored two goals apiece, and Chicago overwhelmed Colorado.
Jonathan Toews scored a goal and added two assists, Brandon Mashinter also scored for the Blackhawks. Matt Duchene led the Avalanche with two goals and Nathan MacKinnon added a goal.
Corey Crawford stopped 34 shots for the Blackhawks and Semyon Varlamov allowed four goals on 20 shots before he was replaced by Calvin Pickard, who stopped 13 of 15 shots in relief for the Avalanche.
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Sabres 4, Jets 2
Marcus Foligno snapped a tie early in the third period with his third goal of the season to help spark Buffalo over Winnipeg.
Sam Reinhart's hat-trick scored three goals for the other Sabres goals.
Blake Wheeler fired his 11th and Mathieu Perreault scored his seventh for the Jets.
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Devils 2, Wild 1
Jon Merrill scored for the first time in 13 months, and New Jersey snapped a three-game losing streak with a victory in a defensive battle with Minnesota.
Cory Schneider did the rest of the work for the Devils, stopping 17 shots for a New Jersey team that has scored just four goals in its past four games. Adam Henrique also scored for the Devils.
Darcy Kuemper returned from an injury to make 15 saves in the loss for the Wild. Zach Parise had the only goal for Minnesota, scoring for the first time against his former team.
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Red Wings 2, Ducks 1
Riley Sheahan scored with 3:44 to play, giving Detroit a victory over Anaheim at the Honda Center.
Petr Mrazek stopped 30 shots to earn his fourth consecutive win for the Red Wings, who now have their longest winning streak of the season: four games. Tomas Tatar scored in the game's opening seconds.
Corey Perry collected his 16th goal for the Ducks, who took their second loss in three games.
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