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NHL-Highlights of Sunday's NHL games

Nov 21 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's National Hockey League games: Flames 3, Red Wings 2 Mikael Backlund's goal in the third period broke a tie as the Calgary Flames sent the Detroit Red Wings to a fourth straight loss. Garnet Hathaway got his first career goal and Matt Stajan also scored for Calgary. Dougie Hamilton had three assists and Chad Johnson stopped 21 shots. Panthers 3, Rangers 2 (shootout) Vincent Trocheck and Aleksander Barkov scored during a shootout to give the Florida Panthers victory over the New York Rangers. Keith Yandle and Aaron Ekblad had the regulation goals for the Panthers and James Reimer made 33 saves. Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad scored for the Rangers. Zibanejad suffered a broken leg 51 seconds into overtime. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 28 shots. Hurricanes 3, Jets 1 Elias Lindholm scored for the first time this season as the Carolina Panthers extended their winning streak to a season-high four games with a victory over the Winnipeg Jets. Cam Ward made 28 saves and Victor Rask and Noah Hanifin also scored for the Hurricanes. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 37 shots for the Jets, who got their lone goal from Mark Scheifele. Blue Jackets 3, Capitals 2 Alexander Wennberg scored a power-play goal with 53.6 seconds left as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Washington Capitals for the second time in five days. Brandon Dubinsky and Nick Foligno also scored for the Blue Jackets, while Alexander Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom found the net for the Capitals. Kings 3, Ducks 2 Jeff Carter scored two power-play goals within 1 minute, 14 seconds in the second period to give the Los Angeles Kings a win over the Anaheim Ducks. Drew Doughty added a goal and an assist while Peter Budaj stopped 28 shots for his 10th victory. (Editing by Andrew Both)