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Gaudreau extends point streak to 10 as Flames beat Capitals
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist to extend his career-best point streak to 10 games and the Calgary Flames beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Monday night.

Gaudreau scored and assisted on Sean Monahan’s goal, one of two on the power play for Calgary, which has won four of its past five. Mikael Backlund and captain Mark Giordano also scored for the Flames, who got 29 saves from Mike Smith.

DEVILS 4, WILD 3, OT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — John Moore scored 52 seconds into overtime and New Jersey overcame a late letdown to cap a successful road trip with a win against Minnesota.

Rookie defenseman Will Butcher scored for the second straight game and Cory Schneider stopped 33 shots for New Jersey, which led 3-1 before Minnesota’s Mikael Granlund scored twice in the third period.

PREDATORS 5, JETS 3

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kyle Turris, Kevin Fiala and Ryan Johansen each had a goal and an assist to lead Nashville past Winnipeg.

Mattias Ekholm and Nick Bonino also scored, and P.K. Subban, Viktor Arvidsson and Roman Josi added two assists apiece as Nashville won for the seventh time in eight games. Pekka Rinne made 32 saves.

BLUE JACKETS 3, SABRES 2

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made three of his 30 saves on a power play in the final two minutes, and Columbus beat Buffalo for its fourth straight victory.

Rookie Pierre-Luc Dubois, Artemi Panarin and Boone Jenner scored for the Blue Jackets. Markus Nutivaara had two assists.

COYOTES 4,

MAPLE LEAFS 3

TORONTO (AP) — Antti Raanta made 26 saves and Arizona ended Toronto’s winning streak at six games.

Brendan Perlini, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Max Domi and Tobias Rieder scored for the Coyotes, who have won three in a row for the first time this season.

James van Riemsdyk scored for the Maple Leafs. Frederik Andersen had his shutout streak snapped at 1:41:28 when the Coyotes scored in the first period. Andersen, who made 28 saves, had blanked the opponent in back-to-back games.