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01/23/2017 at 6:50am EST

SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
NY Rangers 1, DETROIT 0 (OT)
PITTSBURGH 5, Boston 1
Columbus 7, OTTAWA 6 (OT)
Philadelphia 3, NY ISLANDERS 2 (OT)
CHICAGO 4, Vancouver 2
Nashville 4, MINNESOTA 2

PENGUINS CONTINUE HOME DOMINANCE
The line of Sidney Crosby (1-2—3), Bryan Rust (1-2—3) and Conor Sheary (2-1—3) combined for 4-5—9 as the Penguins extended their home winning streak to a season-high seven games, improving to 13-0-1 in their last 14 home contests and 20-2-2 overall at PPG Paints Arena.



* Evgeni Malkin (0-2—2) posted his 16th multi-point game of the season to extend his point streak to a season-high seven games (6-5—11). With 22-32—54 this season, Malkin sits tied with Crosby (28-26—54) for second place in NHL scoring behind only Connor McDavid (16-40—56).

* Matt Murray made a career-high 44 saves, surpassing his previous mark of 41 set earlier this season (Dec. 14, 2016 vs. BOS). Murray has won four straight games and improved to 17-4-1 overall this season.

LUNDQVIST MAKES HISTORY IN SHUTOUT VS. RED WINGS
Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 21 shots he faced to earn his 20th win and second shutout of the season.

* Per Elias, he became the first goaltender in history to record 20 or more wins in each of his first 12 NHL seasons. Additionally, he became the third goalie in League history to record 12 straight 20-win seasons at any point in his career, joining Martin Brodeur (12, 1995-96 to 2007-08) and Tony Esposito (12, 1969-70 to 1980-81). Lundqvist also extended his franchise record with his 61st career shutout.

TOEWS SHINES, BLACKHAWKS CONTINUE WINNING WAYS
Captain Jonathan Toews (1-3—4) scored the game winner with 1:18 remaining in the third period as the Blackhawks earned their third straight victory and improved to 7-3-0 in their last 10 games.

* Chicago (30-14-5, 65 points) once again equaled Minnesota (30-11-5, 65 points) for the most points in the Western Conference. The Wild, however, hold three games in hand.

* Corey Crawford made 26 saves to become the fourth goalie in franchise history with 200 career wins (Tony Esposito: 418, Glenn Hall: 275 and Ed Belfour: 201).

* Brian Campbell (0-1—1) assisted on the opening goal to record his 500th NHL point.

DID YOU KNOW?
The Blue Jackets and Senators combined to score 13 goals, marking the sixth day of the last seven that a game has featured at least 10 goals. Per Elias, 34 of the 706 games contested this season have featured 10 or more goals (4.8%), compared to 39 of 1,230 games last season (3.2%).

* Sunday featured the fourth consecutive day in which a team scored at least seven goals (Jan. 19 - WSH; Jan. 20 – PIT; Jan. 21 – EDM), marking the first time a team has scored seven or more goals in four straight days since Nov. 17-20, 2010.

LOOSE PUCKS
Flyers captain Claude Giroux scored his second overtime goal of the season to help the Flyers overcome a 2-0 deficit and snap a three-game slide . . . Nashville head coach Peter Laviolette became the 25th coach to win 500 NHL games as the Predators improved to 6-1-0 in their last seven contests . . . Senators forward Kyle Turris scored in his 500th game . . . Wild forward Mikael Granlund (1-7—8 in 7 GP), Senators captain Erik Karlsson (0-7—7 in 6 GP), Canucks captain Henrik Sedin (2-3—5 in 5 GP) and Rangers forward Mats Zuccarello (0-7—7 in 5 GP) each extended point streaks . . . Blue Jackets defenseman Scott Harrington scored his first NHL goal (31 GP).

SNEAK PEEK AT MONDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Los Angeles @ NY Rangers, 7 p.m., TVAS, SN, SN1, MSG, FS-W
Carolina @ Washington, 7 p.m., CSN-DC, FS-CR
Calgary @ Toronto, 7:30 p.m., TSN4, SNW
Anaheim @ Winnipeg, 8 p.m., TSN3, KCOP-13
San Jose @ Colorado, 9 p.m., NBCSN
Florida @ Arizona, 9 p.m., FS-A, FS-F

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