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Riding the Zamboni - March 15; Sharks, Kings, Coyotes win and keep West wild

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Los Angeles 4 - Nashville 2

Anze Kopitar celebrated breaking the franchise record for consecutive games played by scoring a goal and adding an assist in helping the Kings climb to fourth in the West. Captain Dustin Brown also had a goal and a helper while Jonathan Bernier stopped 30 shots to earn the win. The Kings didn’t put a lot of shots on goal, but were able to get tough around the net and score. Pekka Rinne stopped just 14 shots in the loss as the Predators failed to gain any ground on the eighth spot in the conference. For the Kings, it wrapped up a four game road trip in which they went 4-0-0 on.

San Jose 6 - Dallas 3

A rough loss for Dallas as they looked to slide up the standings in the West and catch up to the Sharks in the Division. Joe Thornton and Dany Heatley each had a pair of goals (with an empty netter for each of them) while Joe Pavelski had four assists. The Sharks maintain a three point lead on L.A. and Phoenix while Dallas remains in seventh place in the West six points behind San Jose in the division race. Jamie Benn continued to carry the offense for Dallas with a goal and two assists. The goal was his 20th of the season. Antti Niemi made 34 saves in the win.

Phoenix 4 - Calgary 3

The Coyotes are staying hot in the West and delivered a punch to the Flames as they cling to the eighth seed in the West. Lee Stempniak, Keith Yandle, Michal Rozsival, and Eric Belanger each had a goal while Vernon Fiddler had two assists as the Coyotes held off a late flurry by Calgary to win. Ilya Bryzgalov had 24 saves in the win. Calgary leads Nashville by one point and Anaheim by two points for the eighth spot in the West. Phoenix is tied with Los Angeles and in fifth place.

Carolina 1 - Buffalo 0

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Cam Ward was out of his mind tonight stopping 40 shots on his way to earning his third shutout of the season and bringing the Hurricanes to within two points of the Sabres for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference. Brandon Sutter had the game’s lone goal late in the first period as the Sabres were unable to put anything by Ward. With the Rangers win, the Sabres were left alone in eighth place and allowed Carolina to sneak a bit closer to them in the standings. A chance for Buffalo to put some distance between themselves and the pack of teams chasing them went by the wayside tonight with the loss.

New Jersey 4 - Atlanta 2

Philadelphia 3 - Florida 2

It was harrowing at times, but the Flyers were able to stay on top of the Eastern Conference by eking out a win thanks to a two goal game from Jeff Carter. Carter’s two second period goals helped them over come a short-lived 2-1 Panthers lead. Brian Boucher stopped 20 shots in the win. Stephen Weiss and Dmitry Kulikov scored for Florida while Tomas Vokoun stopped 28 shots in the loss.

Boston 3 - Columbus 2 (F/SO)

Rich Peverley’s late short-handed goal tied things up for the Bruins as they struggled with Columbus all night long and helped the overcome Scottie Upshall’s third period goal that put the Jackets ahead for just a few minutes. In the shootout, Tyler Seguin would score the deciding goal to give Boston the win that snapped their four game losing skid. Tuukka Rask was outstanding in goal for Boston stopping 34 shots and everything he saw in the shootout. David Krejci had a goal in regulation for the Bruins as did Grant Clitsome for Columbus. Steve Mason stopped 27 shots in the loss. Boston forward Brad Marchand may be facing league discipline for delivering an elbow to the back of R.J. Umberger’s head. No penalty was called on the play.

Washington 4 - Montreal 2

NY Rangers 6 - NY Islanders 3

Marian Gaborik got the monkey off his back scoring two goals in helping the Rangers gain ground on Buffalo in the Eastern Conference race and take sole possession of seventh place. For Gaborik it gives him 20 goals on the season and perhaps hope that he can keep the offense going the rest of the way. Erik Christensen, Ryan Callahan, and Bryan McCabe each had a goal and an assist as the Rangers peppered both Al Montoya and Nathan Lawson in this game with 47 shots on goal. Matt Moulson scored his 30th goal of the year for the Isles while John Tavares added his 26th of the year. Tavares and Moulson each had two assists as well.

Pittsburgh 5 - Ottawa 1

Safe to say that yes, Ottawa is that bad and the Penguins were more than happy to take advantage of that as they look to keep up in jockeying for position in the East playoffs. Jordan Staal and Tyler Kennedy each had a goal and an assist while Chris Kunitz had three assists and Paul Martin and Dustin Jeffrey had two helpers. Zbynek Michalek scored his third goal in the last four games bringing his season total to... Three. Brent Johnson made 21 saves to earn the win.