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You have to love what the Penguins did on Friday as they picked up a top-six forward in David Perron, giving up Rob Klinkhammer and their first round pick in 2015.
Perron will likely force Steve Downie down to the third line. The loss of Pascal Dupuis for the rest of the season with a blood clot in his lung, put the Penguins in a tough position but the acquisition of Perron will certainly help.
Pick up Perron in your fantasy pool if he is still available. Meanwhile, the Oilers will continue to re-build for the 10th straight year.
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FLORIDA 2 BUFFALO 0
Roberto Luongo kicked out all 30 shots for his 15th win of the season as the Panthers shut out the Buffalo Sabres 2-0.
Brad Boyes with his 7th of the season scored the winner just 3:29 into the first period and Nick Bjugstad with his 14th scored on the power play to give the Panthers the victory and move them just a point behind the Rangers for the final playoff spot in the East.
Michal Neuvirth stopped 31 for the Sabres who are 1-6-1 in their last eight games.
CAROLINA 2 PHILADELPHIA 1
Eric Staal’s 10th goal of the season was the winner for the Hurricanes as they rode Cam Ward’s 23 saves for a 2-1 win over the Flyers on Friday.
Brad Malone with his first of the season, opened the scoring and Staal’s second period goal gave the Carolina a 2-0 lead early in the second stanza. Chris VandeVelde cut the lead in half in the third but the Flyers could get no closer.
Steve Mason stopped 24 shots in the loss. Claude Giroux suffered a leg injury in the third period and did not return but the team said he was probable for Saturday’s contest against the Devils. Giroux suffered a cut on the back of his left leg when the skate of Justin Faulk cut him.
The Flyers are 0-3-1 in their last four games on the road after starting an eight game road trip with three straight wins.
MONTREAL 4 NEW JERSEY 2
Michael Bournival scored his first two goals of the season, including the game winner to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-2 win over New Jersey on Friday.
Max Pacioretty with his 15th and Tomas Plekanec with an empty netter, also scored for Montreal who got three assists from defenseman P.K. Subban.
Carey Price turned aside 22 shots and raised his record to 21-9-1.
Michael Cammalleri and Michael Ryder scored for the Devils who had Keith Kinkaid in goal for a rare NHL start. Kincaid made 22 saves as well as he dropped to 1-2-2 this season.
Peter Harrold of the Devils suffered an injury to his face when he was hit by a shot in the first period and did not return.
P.A. Parenteau suffered an undisclosed injury in the second period and did not return as well.
PITTSBURGH 6 TAMPA BAY 3
Sidney Crosby broke out of a long slump as he assisted on four goals while Steve Downie returned from the mumps to score twice and lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 6-3 win over Tampa Bay.
The Lightning outshot the Penguins 35-29 and Thomas Greiss stopped 32 shots as returned after a bout with the mumps to pick up his fourth win of the season.
Ben Bishop got the start in goal for the Lightning but after giving up three goals on only 10 shots, he was pulled and Evgeni Nabokov took the loss as he gave up two goals on 18 shots.
Andrew Ebbett and Evgeni Malkin each had a goal and an assist in the win while Chris Kunitz and Christian Ehrhoff also found the back of the net.
Victor Hedman had a goal and an assist to lead the Lightning as Brian Boyle and Alex Killorn also scored.
The Penguins will get a boost in their next game on Saturday versus the Canadiens as David Perron should be in the lineup.
MINNESOTA 3 TORONTO 1
Darcy Kuemper was the star of the show as he stopped 34 of 35 shots Friday to lead the Wild to a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Minnesota.
Jonathan Bernier was also outstanding as he made several tough saves to keep the Leafs in the game.
Mikko Koivu led the way for Minnesota with a goal and an assist while Jared Spurgeon’s third period goal turned out to be the winner. Kyle Brodziak opened the scoring with his fifth of the season.
Cody Franson on the power play was the only Leaf to beat Kuemper who picked up his 13th win of the season. He has a 2.51 GAA and a .907 save percentage.
Bernier saw his record drop to 15-9-3 as he turned aside 26 shots.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS 2 CALGARY 1
John Tavares scored twice to lead the New York Islanders to a 2-1 win in Calgary.
Jaroslav Halak turned aside 22 shots in the win. He is now an outstanding 21-6-0 this season.
Kyle Okposo assisted on both goals with Ryan Strome picking up his 28th point of the season as he trails only Okposo and Tavares who each have 34.
Johnny Gaudreau cut the Islanders lead in half with 3:25 left in the third period but the Flames could not get the equalizer. Gaudreau has 13 goals this season, his first in the NHL.
Jonas Hiller saw his record drop to 13-11-2 as he made 22 saves.
COLORADO 2 EDMONTON 1 (Shootout)
Matt Duchene and Alex Tanguay scored in the shootout to lead the Avalanche to a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers as Semyon Varlamov stopped both shots.
Varlamov stopped 27 shots to corral his seventh win of the season while Ben Scrivens also made 27 saves in regulation and the overtime to go to 6-13-7 for the hapless Oilers.
Daniel Briere opened the scoring with his seventh of the season as Duchene and Tyson Barrie drew the assists. Barrie’s helper was his 20th assist of the season.
Benoit Pouliot scored in the third to tie it. Pouliot had missed the previous 18 games with a broken foot.
ANAHEIM 4 ST. LOUIS 3
Matt Beleskey’s 16th goal of the season in the third period was the winner as the Ducks defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-3.
Kyle Palmieri. Andrew Cogliano and Ryan Getzlaf with a power play goal, also scored for the Ducks. Getzlaf’s goal was Anaheim’s first power play marker in 22 attempts. Sami Vatanen and Ryan Kesler each had two assists.
Frederik Andersen was stellar in the Ducks cage as he stopped 39 of 42 shots to pick up his 21st win of the season.
His counterpart in goal, Martin Brodeur stopped 29 shots in the St. Louis net while T.J. Oshie, Kevin Shattenkirk and Alexander Steen (on the pp) replied for the Blues.
NIGHTLY LEADERS
GOALS
John Tavares 2
Steve Downie 2
Michael Bournival 2
ASSISTS
Sidney Crosby 4
P.K. Subban 3
SHOTS
Alexander Steen 11
Justin Faulk 5
Tomas Plekanec 5
HITS
Lance Bouma 7
Gabriel Landeskog 6
Deryk Engelland 5
Jiri Tlusty 5
Braydon Coburn 5
PENALTY MINUTES
Clayton Stoner 5
Ryan Reaves 5
Matt Hendricks 5
Cody McLeod 5
PLUS/MINUS
Sidney Crosby 3
BLOCKS
Victor Hedman 5
Mark Fayne 4
Dennis Wideman 4
PLUS/MINUS
Barret Jackman -3
Anton Stralman -3