* Patric Hornqvist (2-0—2) posted his fourth multi-goal performance of the season. Hornqvist’s second tally also stood as his third game-winning goal of the season. Blake Comeau (1-1—2) opened the scoring with his 15th goal and added his 13th assist to post his sixth multi-point performance of the season.

* Thomas Greiss made 27 saves to earn his third straight win and improved to 8-3-3 overall this season with a 2.76 goals-against average and a .908 save percentage.

* Pittsburgh has won four straight games against Anaheim.

MINNESOTA EARNS FIFTH STRAIGHT VICTORY IN WIN OVER CAROLINA
The Minnesota Wild earned a 3-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes to record their fifth consecutive win. The Wild, who have earned points in 20 of their last 23 games (18-3-2), improved to 36-22-7 (79 points) overall this season. Minnesota occupies the first Wild Card spot in the Western Conference and moved three points ahead of the idle Winnipeg Jets, who hold the second Wild Card spot with a record of 32-21-12 (76 points).

* Minnesota has won six straight road games in regulation and have earned points in 12 of their last 13 games away from St. Paul (10-1-2). According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the six-game streak is the first time in franchise history that the Wild have won six consecutive road games in regulation. Elias also says that the last time the club won six or more straight games away from Saint Paul including overtime and shootout victories was from Nov. 13-Dec. 10, 2011 when the Wild won seven consecutive road games.

* In his franchise record 23rd straight start, Devan Dubnyk made 37 saves to win his fifth consecutive decision. Dubnyk improved his career-high record to 27-8-3 this season with a 2.09 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage. Dubnyk ranks second among League goaltenders in both categories this season. Since being acquired by Minnesota on Jan. 14, Dubnyk has posted a record of 18-3-1.

* Mikael Granlund (1-1—2) netted his seventh goal and added his 22nd assist to post his eighth multi-point performance of the season. Granlund’s tally also stood as his second game-winning goal of the season, which matched a career-high. Zach Parise (1-1—2) scored his 26th goal and added his 24th assist to record his 13th multi-point game of the season.

* Jason Pominville (0-2—2) posted his seventh multi-assist game of the season.

* Minnesota has earned points in eight of its last 10 games versus Carolina (6-2-2).

OTTAWA RALLIES OVER BUFFALO, HAMMOND’S STRONG PLAY CONTINUES
Facing a 2-0 deficit to begin the second period, the Ottawa Senators scored three unanswered goals to defeat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2. Ottawa has earned points in eight straight games (7-0-1) and improved to 29-23-11 (69 points) this season. The Senators moved within three points of the idle Boston Bruins, who occupy the final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference with a record of 31-22-10 (72 points).

* Andrew Hammond made 24 saves to improve to 7-0-1 this season with a 1.43 goals-against average and a .954 save percentage. Hammond has allowed two or fewer goals in each of his eight career starts, which have been made consecutively. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Hammond is just the second goaltender in the last 75 years to allow two or fewer goals in each of his first eight or more career starts; Martin Jones of the Los Angeles Kings also allowed two or fewer goals in the first eight starts of his career from Dec. 3-21, 2013.

* In fact, only three other goaltenders have accomplished the same feat in addition to Jones. Frank Brimsek of the Boston Bruins allowed two or fewer goals in the first 12 starts of his career from Nov. 3-Dec. 27, 1938, Clarence Dolson of the Detroit Red Wings allowed two or fewer goals in the first 10 starts of his career from Nov. 15-Dec. 13, 1928 and Tiny Thompson of the Boston Bruins allowed two or fewer goals in the first nine starts of his career from Nov. 15-Dec. 9, 1928.

* Mark Stone (1-1—2) scored his 16th goal and added his 26th assist to post his seventh multi-point performance of the season. Stone’s tally also stood as his third game-winning goal of the season. Milan Michalek (0-2—2) recorded his fourth multi-assist game of the season.

* Erik Karlsson (1-0—1) netted his 16th goal of the season just 26 seconds into the second period and extended his point streak to four games (2-3—5).Mika Zibanejad (1-0—1) scored his 17th goal of the season, which established a new career-high and extended his career-high point streak to six games (3-3—6).

* Ottawa has earned six straight home victories over Buffalo.

HUDLER LEADS FLAMES TO THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY IN WIN OVER RED WINGS
Jiri Hudler (2-0—2) recorded his third multi-goal game of the season, which included the game-winner, to power the Calgary Flames to their third straight win with a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. The Flames improved to 36-25-4 (76 points) this season and tied the idle Vancouver Canucks for second in Pacific Division standings points. Although both clubs own equal ROW tiebreakers (VAN: 32, CGY: 32), the Canucks hold one game in hand over the Flames.

* The performance extended Hudler’s point streak to three games (4-2—6). Hudler’s first tally also stood as his fourth game-winning goal of the season, which matched a career-high.

* Sean Monahan (1-1—2) scored his 24th goal of the season on a power-play and added his 22nd assist to post his 10th multi-point performance of the season. The marker also stood as the seventh power-play goal of the season for Monahan, who has scored in three straight games (3-1—4).

* Dennis Wideman (0-2—2) recorded his second consecutive multi-assist game and his seventh overall of the season.

* Jonas Hiller made 33 saves to improve to 20-17-3 this season with a 2.45 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage.

AROUND THE RINKS
Antoine Vermette (shootout-winner) of the Chicago Blackhawks and Marko Dano (game-winner) of the Columbus Blue Jackets each powered their respective clubs to a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers and a 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils.

* Chicago has earned points in 11 of their last 14 games (8-3-3) and improved to 39-21-5 (83 points) overall this season. The Blackhawks moved within two points of the idle St. Louis Blues, who rank second in the Central Division standings with a record of 40-19-5 (85 points).

* Corey Crawford made 46 saves through 65 minutes and then stopped all three shooters in the shootout to improve to 26-14-4 this season with a 2.26 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage. Crawford also improved to 6-2 in shootouts this season, where he has stopped 23 of 29 shooters for a .793 shootout save percentage. The 46 saves and 47 shots against both established new career-highs for Crawford; the totals eclipsed his previous bests of 44 saves and 46 shots against, which were established during the same game on March 11, 2008 in a 3-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.

* Vermette has converted on five of nine shootout attempts this season, with three of the markers standing as game-deciding goals.

* Dano’s tally was his fourth goal of the season, which also stood as the first game-winning goal of his career.

* Brandon Dubinsky (1-1—2) netted his ninth goal and added his 15th assist to record his seventh multi-point game of the season and extended his point streak to three games (2-2—4). Justin Falk (1-1—2) scored his first goal and added his first assist to post his first multi-point performance of the season.

* Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves to improve to 17-16-2 this season with a 2.86 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage.

LOOSE PUCKS
Columbus forward Nick Foligno (0-1—1) extended his point streak to three games (1-2—3)... Columbus forward Mark Letestu skated in the 300th game of his NHL career... New Jersey defenseman Andy Greene (0-1—1) extended his point streak to a season-high three games (1-2—3)... New Jersey goaltender Cory Schneider appeared in the 200th game of his NHL career... Ottawa forward Bobby Ryan (0-1—1) extended his point streak to three games (2-2—4)... Buffalo forward Tyler Ennis (1-0—1) scored his 16th goal of the season, which also stood as the 200th point of his NHL career... Buffalo goaltender Anders Lindback made 34 saves... Calgary forward Mikael Backlund (0-1—1) extended his point streak to four games (1-3—4)... Detroit forward Justin Abdelkader (2-0—2) recorded his second multi-goal game of the season and extended his point streak to three games (3-1—4), which tied a season-high... Detroit forward Henrik Zetterberg (0-2—2) posted his second consecutive multi-assist performance and his ninth overall of the season... In his second game with the club, Detroit forward Erik Cole (0-2—2) recorded his first multi-assist performance of the season... Detroit forward Pavel Datsyuk skated in the 876th game of his NHL career and passed Norm Ullman for sole possession of 10th on the franchise’s all-time games played list... Chicago forward Marian Hossa (0-1—1) has recorded seven points (1-6—7) in three games versus Edmonton this season... Edmonton goaltender Ben Scrivens made 38 saves through 65 minutes and stopped two of three shooters in the shootout... Pittsburgh forward Chris Kunitz (0-1—1) recorded an assist while skating in his 400th career game with the Penguins... TV play-by-play voice of the Anaheim Ducks John Ahlers was behind the microphone for his 2,000th professional hockey game on Friday night.

SNEAK PEEK AT SATURDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Philadelphia @ Boston, 1:00 p.m., NHLN-US, TVA, SN1, CSN-PH, NESN
St Louis @ Toronto, 7:00 p.m., CBC, NHLN-US, FS-MW
Dallas @ Tampa Bay, 7:00 p.m., FS-SW, SUN
NY Islanders @ Florida, 7:00 p.m., MSG+, FS-F
Buffalo @ Washington, 7:00 p.m., MSG-B, CSN-DC
Colorado @ Columbus, 7:00 p.m. ALT2, FS-O
Winnipeg @ Nashville, 7:00 p.m., SN, FS-TN
Montreal @ Arizona, 7:00 p.m., TVA, CITY, FS-A PLUS
Pittsburgh @ Los Angeles, 10:00 p.m., SN, TVA2, ROOT, FS-W
Vancouver @ San Jose, 10:00 p.m., CBC, CSN-CA
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FIVE GAMES HIGHLIGHT NATIONAL SCHEDULE
Five games highlight Saturday’s Hockey Night in Canada telecast: The St. Louis Blues are in Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs (CBC, OMNI); the Canadiens travel to Arizona to face the Coyotes (CITY); the Winnipeg Jets visit the Nashville Predators (SN); the Vancouver Canucks take on the San Jose Sharks (CBC, OMNI); the Pittsburgh Penguins continue their road trip through California with a game in Los Angeles against the Kings (SN).

DEVILS CELEBRATE 20THANNIVERSARY OF THEIR 1995 STANLEY CUP
The New Jersey Devils are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their 1995 Stanley Cup Championship this weekend as more than 20 players and coaches will reunite at Prudential Center. Legends from that Cup winning team will face-off at AmeriHealth Pavilion with proceeds from the game, and an online auction (March 6 – March 16) at NewJerseyDevils.com/95Cup featuring game-worn gear, to benefit the New Jersey Devils Alumni Association. The game will be streamed live at NewJerseyDevils.com/95Cup starting at 3:45 p.m ET.

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