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New York • Derick Brassard, Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes scored in the first period, and the New York Rangers beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Thursday night for their seventh straight victory.

J.T. Miller, Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi also scored for New York, which improved to 12-2-2.

Dmitrij Jaskin, Vladimir Tarasenko and Troy Brouwer scored for St. Louis, which had won three in a row. The Blues fell to 11-4-1.

New York and St. Louis entered ranked first and third, respectively, in the NHL in goals against per game. But the first of their two meetings this season was a wild affair.

By the first intermission, the Rangers led 3-1 and the Blues had made a goaltending change.

Devils 3, Blackhawks 2 • At Chicago, Sergey Kalinin scored a power-play goal with 2:27 left and New Jersey beat Chicago for its second victory over the defending Stanley Cup champions in a week.

Chicago rookie Artemi Panarin scored from a sharp angle with 6:41 left in the third. Patrick Kane assisted on that one and scored a 5-on-3 goal in the first to extend his point streak to 11 games.

Capitals 5, Flyers 2 • At Philadelphia, Jason Chimera had two goals and an assist to lead Washington.

Maple Leafs 2, Predators 1, SO • At Nashville, Tenn., Peter Holland scored the only goal in a five-round shootout to give Toronto a victory.

Stars 6, Jets 3 • At Dallas, Jamie Benn scored the tiebreaking goal on a third-period power play and Dallas beat Winnipeg.

Sabres 3, Panthers 2 • At Sunrise, Fla., Cody Franson scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period, Sam Reinhart added a power-play goal early in the third and Buffalo held off Florida.

Senators 3, Canucks 2 • At Ottawa, Ontario, Bobby Ryan and Chris Wideman had power-play goals, Erik Karlsson also scored and Ottawa beat Vancouver.

Avalanche 3, Bruins 2 • At Boston, Matt Duchene broke a tie in the third period with his sixth goal in five games for Colorado.

Wild 3, Hurricanes 2, OT • At Raleigh, N.C., Jason Zucker scored his second goal of the game with 1:10 left in overtime, giving Minnesota the win. —

NHL standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 17 13 2 2 28 62 33

Ottawa 16 8 5 3 19 50 51

Tampa Bay 18 8 8 2 18 42 43

Detroit 15 8 6 1 17 34 36

Buffalo 16 8 8 0 16 39 44

Boston 15 7 7 1 15 49 48

Florida 16 6 7 3 15 43 41

Toronto 16 4 8 4 12 34 48

Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Rangers 16 12 2 2 26 51 28

Washington 15 11 4 0 22 48 34

Pittsburgh 15 10 5 0 20 35 31

N.Y. Islanders 16 8 5 3 19 44 39

New Jersey 16 9 6 1 19 40 40

Carolina 16 6 9 1 13 32 46

Philadelphia 16 5 8 3 13 30 48

Columbus 16 4 12 0 8 38 59

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Dallas 17 13 4 0 26 62 45

St. Louis 16 11 4 1 23 45 37

Minnesota 15 10 3 2 22 46 40

Nashville 15 9 3 3 21 43 38

Winnipeg 17 8 7 2 18 48 52

Chicago 16 8 7 1 17 41 41

Colorado 16 6 9 1 13 43 44

Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Arizona 16 9 6 1 19 46 44

Vancouver 17 7 5 5 19 50 42

Los Angeles 15 9 6 0 18 37 32

San Jose 15 7 8 0 14 40 40

Anaheim 16 5 7 4 14 28 41

Edmonton 17 6 11 0 12 44 54

Calgary 17 5 11 1 11 41 66

Thursday's games

Toronto 2, Nashville 1, SO

Colorado 3, Boston 2

N.Y. Rangers 6, St. Louis 3

Washington 5, Philadelphia 2

Minnesota 3, Carolina 2, OT

Ottawa 3, Vancouver 2

Tampa Bay 3, Calgary 1

Buffalo 3, Florida 2

New Jersey 3, Chicago 2

Dallas 6, Winnipeg 3

Arizona 4, Edmonton 1

N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, late

Friday's games

Columbus at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Calgary at Washington, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, 8 p.m.