NHL roundup: Ducks top Wild in marathon shootout

Nick Ritchie scored in the 11th round of the shootout to give the Anaheim Ducks a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday afternoon at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn.

John Gibson made 36 saves for the Ducks, who moved into third place in the Pacific Division in the Western Conference with 69 points. Corey Perry and Ondrej Kase scored goals and Hampus Lindholm had two assists for Anaheim, which improved to 4-6 in shootouts this season.

Jason Zucker and Mikko Koivu scored for the Wild while Devan Dubnyk finished with 29 saves.

Anaheim, taking advantage of a holding penalty on Nino Niederreiter, needed only 50 seconds to score the first goal as Perry intercepted a pass from Mikael Granlund back toward his own net and wrapped a shot around Dubnyk's left pad for his 12th goal of the season.

Blackhawks 7, Capitals 1

Jonathan Toews finished with one goal and two assists as Chicago snapped an eight-game losing streak with a blowout victory over Washington.

The Blackhawks went 0-7-1 during their skid. They last won on Jan. 30 vs. Nashville but Chicago's offense dominated this game, outshooting Washington 44-20.

Patrick Kane added a goal and an assist, the 500th of his NHL career. Ryan Hartman and Brandon Saad also had a goal and an assist.

Kings 4, Sabres 2

Michael Amadio and Anze Kopitar scored two goals each as Los Angeles snapped a three-game losing streak with a win over Buffalo at KeyBank Center.

Jonathan Quick made 33 saves for L.A., which notched its second win of a seven-game road trip that ends with a back-to-back Monday in Chicago and Tuesday in Winnipeg. The Kings tied Anaheim for fourth place in the Pacific Division, just a point behind Calgary and Minnesota for the final Western Conference playoff spot.

Los Angeles came out of the gate flying, outshooting the Sabres 19-8 in the first period. Goalie Robin Lehner kept Buffalo in contention with 18 stops in the period, but Amadio beat him at 11:26 for his third goal. He took a pass from Andy Andreoff and shoveled a wrister from the right circle that trickled through Lehner's pads.

Senators 6, Rangers 3

Derick Brassard recorded a goal and two assists as Ottawa beat New York at Canadian Tire Centre.

Brassard had the primary assists on Mark Stone's goal in the first period and Thomas Chabot's tally in the third. The former Ranger center tallied for the fourth straight game late in the second period.

Matt Duchene and Chabot each collected a goal and an assist as Ottawa won its fifth straight home game and for the sixth time in the last nine games overall.

Coyotes 1, Oilers 0

Christian Dvorak's deflection of an Oliver Ekman-Larsson shot 3:26 into the match was the game's only goal and netminder Antti Raanta turned away 40 shots to lead Arizona over Edmonton at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz.

Arizona won its season-best fourth straight game and is now 5-0-1 over its past six matches. The Coyotes also ended a five-game losing streak to Edmonton.

The shutout was the first of the season for Raanta and the ninth of his five-year NHL career.

Golden Knights 6, Canadiens 3

Reilly Smith had two goals and an assist and Jonathan Marchessault tied his career-high for points in a game with three assists as Vegas routed Montreal at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Nate Schmidt, Ryan Carpenter, Brad Hunt and Tomas Nosek also scored goals and Marc-Andre Fleury had 30 saves for the Western Conference-leading Golden Knights, who tied the NHL record for most home wins (22) by a team in its inaugural season set by Gordie Howe and the 1979-80 Hartford Whalers. Vegas improved to 22-4-2 at home, outscoring opponents 103-64.

Charles Hudon, Nikita Scherbak and Jonathan Drouin scored for Montreal, which lost its fifth straight game and for the 11th time in its last 12 road games. The Canadiens, who defeated Vegas, 3-2, in their first meeting on Nov. 7 in Montreal, are an NHL worst 8-19-1 on the road and have won just six games since Christmas.

Penguins 5, Maple Leafs 3

Evgeni Malkin finished with a goal and two assists, eclipsing 900 points for his career, and Pittsburgh extended its home winning streak to 11 games with a victory over Toronto.

Carl Hagelin, Zach Aston-Reese, Olli Maatta and Bryan Rust also scored for Pittsburgh, which has won four straight. Sidney Crosby had a home point streak stopped at 10 games.

Connor Brown, Tyler Bozak and Patrick Marleau had goals for Toronto, which had a five-game winning streak snapped.

Devils 4, Lightning 3

Miles Wood's goal at 1:24 of the third period gave New Jersey a victory over Tampa Bay at Amalie Arena.

Wood's 16th goal of the season gave the Devils an insurmountable 4-2 lead. He one-timed Stefan Noesen's pass from behind the net before Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy could react.

Devils goaltender Eddie Lack stopped 48 of 51 shots for only his second win in the NHL this season. Lack appeared in just his sixth game with the Devils after beginning the campaign with Calgary before a trade. He has also spent time in the minors with Calgary and New Jersey's farm teams.

Red Wings 3, Predators 1

Luke Witkowski scored the first goal of his four-year career, Petr Mrazek made 31 saves and Detroit downed Nashville on the road.

Witkowski, who played his first three seasons with Tampa Bay, was appearing in his 74th career NHL game. He had not recorded a point for the Red Wings in 19 previous outings.

"That was great to see," teammate Gustav Nyquist said of Witkowski's breakthough goal. "I thought he had a great game. He's so strong on the puck."

Nyquist and Darren Helm also scored for the Wings in their road victory. Justin Abdelkader, Anthony Mantha, Nick Jensen, Danny DeKeyser and Frans Nielsen added assists.

Canucks 6, Bruins 1

Former Bruin Loui Eriksson scored two goals, including the first of four opening-period tallies for Vancouver, in a rout of visiting Boston.

Eriksson's ninth and 10th lamp-lighters of the season were accompanied by goals from Daniel Sedin (15), Bo Horvat (15), Sven Baertschi (13) and Nic Dowd (2) for Vancouver. The Canucks had lost two straight and six of seven coming in.

Tim Schaller scored his 10th goal to account for Boston's only tally. Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask gave up four goals on eight shots before being pulled in favor of backup Anton Khudobin, who finished with 13 saves.

Panthers 6, Flames 3

Florida scored three quick goals in the second period to beat host Calgary.

Mike Matheson netted a pair, while Vincent Trocheck, Evgenii Dadonov, Aleksander Barkov and Jared McCann also scored for Florida. Goalie Roberto Luongo recorded 30 saves in his first game in over two months; he suffered a groin injury on Dec. 4 against the New York Islanders.

Dougie Hamilton had a hat trick for Calgary.

--Field Level Media