NHL Wrap: Hartnell's hat trick lifts Blue Jackets

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Scott Hartnell had his eighth career three-goal game and the Columbus Blue Jackets rebounded from a two-goal deficit to beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-3 on Tuesday night.

It was the Blue Jackets' fourth win in a row.

Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist, and Nick Foligno also scored for the Blue Jackets. Sergei Bobrovsky made 36 saves -- stopping the final 18 shots after the Ducks took a 3-2 lead.

Ryan Kesler, Andrew Cogliano and Matt Beleskey scored for the Ducks, who have lost the first two games of a five-game road swing. John Gibson had 20 saves (see full story).

Quick, Kings top Rangers again in Cup rematch
NEW YORK -- Marian Gaborik snapped a second-period tie, and Jonathan Quick shook off an opening-minute goal to lift the Los Angeles Kings to a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night in a rematch of last year's Stanley Cup Final.

The Kings, fighting for a chance to defend their title, have won the first two games of a five-game trip on successive nights. Robyn Regehr scored a rare goal in the first period, and Jeff Carter and Jake Muzzin extended the lead in the third. Anze Kopitar had two assists.

Quick made 34 saves.

Los Angeles, which beat the Rangers in five games for the 2014 title, is tied in points with third-place Calgary in the Pacific Division, but the Flames hold the tiebreaker (see full story).

Steen's winner in OT lifts Blues over Pens
PITTSBURGH -- Alexander Steen redirected Zbynek Michalek's shot from the point into the net 35 seconds into overtime, lifting the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.

St. Louis snapped a three-game losing streak. The Blues rallied from a two-goal deficit on scores from former Penguins Robert Bortuzzo and Marcel Goc. Steen got his 24th goal of the season on a pretty deflection of a slick feed from Michalek, who spent two seasons in Pittsburgh earlier in his career.

Jake Allen stopped 22 shots for St. Louis as the Blues remained atop the Central Division at the end of a season-long, six-game road trip.

Blake Comeau and Steve Downie scored for Pittsburgh. Nick Spaling added two assists (see full story).

Lightning rally for win over Panthers
TAMPA, Fla. -- Ryan Callahan and Nikita Kucherov scored in the third period, leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.

Kucherov tied it at 3 with a wraparound for his 27th goal at 1:30. Callahan skated from behind the net and snapped a shot past Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo from the left circle with 2:28 left on the clock.

Brenden Morrow and Tyler Johnson also scored for Tampa Bay, which has won four in a row and eight of 10.

Jussi Jokinen, Brandon Pirri and Jonathan Huberdeau scored for Florida (see full story).

Coyotes outlast Red Wings in OT
DETROIT -- Mark Arcobello scored his second goal of the game in overtime, and Mike Smith made 33 saves to lead the Arizona Coyotes over the banged-up Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Tuesday night.

The win snapped an eight-game losing streak for the Coyotes, who have the worst record in the Western Conference. The Red Wings have lost seven of 10 and are clinging to third place in the Atlantic Division, five points ahead of the surging Ottawa Senators.

Luke Glendening, Justin Abdelkader, Jakub Kindl and Gustav Nyquist scored for the Red Wings. Jimmy Howard stopped 17 shots.

Detroit controlled the majority of the game and finished with a 37-22 advantage in shots on goal.

Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk sat out for the fourth straight game with a lower-body injury, and defenseman Niklas Kronwall was scratched due to a lower-body injury. Right wing Erik Cole exited after the first period with a lower-body injury (see full story).

Parise leads Wild to 10th straight road win
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Zach Parise scored the tying goal midway through the third period, then added another in the shootout to help the Minnesota Wild beat the New York Islanders 2-1 Tuesday night for their 10th straight road win.

Parise's shootout attempt hit the post to the right of Jaroslav Halak and trickled in after it bounced off the goalie's leg.

Devan Dubnyk made 37 saves for the Wild.

John Tavares broke a scoreless tie late in the second when he jammed his team-best 34th goal of the season past Dubnyk at 19:36. Kyle Okposo and Anders Lee assisted. The point was the 300th of Okposo's career.

Tavares, Okposo and Frans Nielsen all failed to convert in the shootout for the Islanders (see full story).

Forsberg's power-play OT goal gives Predators victory
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Filip Forsberg scored a power-play goal at 1:54 of overtime, and the Nashville Predators rallied to beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 Tuesday night in a game between two of the NHL's top teams.

Pekka Rinne made 27 saves in his 39th win. He pulled within a victory of Montreal goalie Carey Price in this showdown between the league's winningest goalies this season.

Mattias Ekholm and Ryan Ellis scored for the Predators, who stayed a point behind first-place St. Louis in the Central Division. Mike Ribeiro had two assists.

Brendan Gallagher and David Desharnais scored in the second period for Montreal, which had won three in a row.

P.K. Subban tripped Forsberg, drawing a penalty 1:09 into overtime. The Predators capitalized quickly with Forsberg's wrister for his 22nd goal this season (see full story).

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