The two hottest teams in the NHL met Saturday afternoon
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a 5-3 defeat at the hands of the Dallas Stars. The Bruins had won seven games in
a row, including all four on their current road trip.The game featured excellent
skating, substantial goaltending from St. Louis phenom Jordan Binnington and
Bruins veteran Tuukka Rask, and the game was as tight as expected. The Blues
used the goaltending of Binnington to gain the edge, as they pulled out a 2-1
shootout victory.Alex Steen scored for the Blues in the first period, while
Chris Wagner tied it up for Boston in the second. Neither team scored in
overtime.Sharp-shooting Tyler Bozak nailed the first attempt in the shootout,
but the Bruins tied it on a beautiful move by newly acquired Charlie Coyle. The
Blues won it when Sammy Blais out-waited Rask and scored the winner.The
Philadelphia Flyers staged a shocking comeback to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins
4-3 in overtime in Saturday night's outdoor game at Lincoln Financial Field.The
conditions at the home of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles affected the skating and
playmaking, as the rain and wind were impediments throughout most the night.The
Flyers trailed 3-1 late in the third period. James van Riemsdyk scored a tap-in
with slightly more than three minutes to play, and they tied the score whenJakub
Voracek fired a shot from the boards that found its way past Matt Murray with 20
seconds remaining in regulation.Both of those goals came with goalie Brian
Elliott pulled.Claude Giroux fired the winning goal in overtime when he took a
pass from Nolan Patrick skated into the slot and beat Murray with a shot through
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St. Louis Blues saw their 11-game winning streak come to an end when they
dropped a 5-2 decision to the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.The Blues had no
intention of making it two losses in a row even though they had to face the
red-hot Boston Bruins on Saturday. Boston had won seven games in a row,
including the first four of their five-game road trip.Jordan Binnington had 31
saves against the Bruins.Tom Gannam/Associated PressThe Blues and Bruins engaged
in a playoff-style duel, and the home-standing Blues emerged with a 2-1 victory
in a shootout.Sammy Blais, who was recalled by the Blues from San Antonio
Rampage of the American Hockey League on Thursday night, scored the winning goal
in the shootout bywristing a shot into the roof of Tuukka Rask's net.Blais
scored the winner in the sixth round, and he was surprised that head coach Craig
Berube gave him an opportunity."I thought they would choose someone else," Blais
said, per Stats/AP (h/t CBSSports.com). "But it worked out, so I was pretty
happy about that."Goalie Jordan Binnington keyed the victory for the Blues, as
he made 31 saves and improved his record to 14-2-1.Prior to the winning goal,
Tyler Bozak had scored for the Blues in the shootout, while new acquisition
Charlie Coyle scored for the Bruins.Flyers Keep Playoff Hopes Alive with Win
over PenguinsThe Philadelphia Flyers were running on fumes in the final minutes
against the Pittsburgh Penguins.Trailing 3-1 with the clock dwindling, the
Flyers appeared to have little chance of winning the game in the rain at Lincoln
Financial Field. The conditions had slowed down both teams, and the chances for
a comeback were slim.James van Riemsdyk scored a key goal in the Flyers comeback
win over the Penguins.Drew Hallowell/Getty ImagesHowever, a late power-play goal
by James van Riemsdyk got the Flyers close with 3:04 left, and Jakub Voracek
tied it with a shot from the boards that got through Pittsburgh goalie Matt
Murray with 20 seconds remaining.Claude Giroux ended matters when he wristed a
shot by Matt Murray nearly two minutes into the extra session.The Flyers are
still seven points out of the final playoff spot, but the nature of the win
gives them some hope of climbing back into contention.Giroux was happy that his
team was able to get the victory."It was just kind of a relief to finally win an
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games.The game drew a crowd of 69,620, the fifth-largest in NHL history. Sunday
NHL ScheduleNew York Rangers at Washington, 12:30 p.m. ETDallas at Chicago, 3
p.m. ETSan Jose at Detroit, 3 p.m. ETCalgary at Ottawa, 7 p.m. ETSt. Louis at
Minnesota, 7 p.m. ETWinnipeg at Arizona, 9 p.m. ET ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A
fresh start was exactly what the Anaheim Ducks needed.Kevin Boyle made 35 saves
in his first career start and the Ducks beat the Vancouver Canucks 1-0 Wednesday
night in general manager Bob Murray’s first game as interim coach.Jakob
Silfverberg scored to help Anaheim end a seven-game losing streak, a skid which
prompted Murray to fire coach Randy Carlyle on Sunday and take over for the rest
of the season.The 64-year-old Murray had never coached professionally at any
level but got the response he had been looking for, with Silfverberg scoring
6:30 into the first period to give the Ducks their first lead since getting the
opening goal in a 5-1 loss at St. Louis on Jan. 23.“If you look at it, it wasn’t
a clean game from us,” Silfverberg said. “We can always improve, but at the same
time we’ll take a win however it looks right now. Hopefully this will get a huge
load off our back and we can start building off this.”Anaheim didn’t offer much
aesthetically, generating one shot during three power-play opportunities and
often struggling to cleanly get the puck out of its own zone. But the Ducks did
play with a feisty edge throughout the increasingly chippy game, showing the
emotion and pushback Murray believed had been lacking as they dropped 19 of
their previous 21 games to plummet into last place in the Western
Conference.Veteran forward Ryan Kesler got into a fight with Josh Leivo less
than two minutes after Silfverberg scored
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passion in the right way to earn their first victory since a road win over New
Jersey on Jan. 19.“Emotion is something we’ve been kind of missing, but at the
same time you got to do it the right way,” Silfverberg said. “You can’t just go
out there and try to look to run guys over cause then you’re going to be
spending the rest of the game in the penalty box and you’re not going to have
any fun.”Murray certainly seemed to be making the most of his unexpected time on
the bench, offering a sheepish grin when he was shown on camera to start the
game. Despite delegating tasks such as line changes to assistants Mark Morrison
and Marty Wilford, Murray admitted the game was much faster from his new vantage
point after years of watching from up high.“I always told you it’s very easy
upstairs, but it was good,” Murray said. “I enjoyed being around the guys and,
again, tonight everything was positive so it was easier.”It helped that Murray
had the benefit of Boyle, a 26-year-old undrafted rookie, joining John Gibson as
the second Ducks goalie to record a shutout in his first NHL start.Boyle made a
series of difficult saves and caught a break when Canucks rookie Elias
Pettersson hit the crossbar with a powerful slap shot during a power play in the
first period.“If you didn’t watch what pucks went in the net tonight, you
would’ve been really happy with our game,” Canucks coach Travis Green said.Jacob
Markstrom made 21 saves for Vancouver, which has lost four straight road
games.NOTES: Ducks D Cam Fowler played in his 595th game for Anaheim, passing
Ruslan Salei for most appearances by a defenseman in team history. … Gibson was
placed on injured reserve because of back, neck and head injuries.UP
NEXTCanucks: Visit Los Angeles on Thursday night.Ducks: Host Boston on Friday
night.
