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NHL-Highlights of Monday's NHL games

(Adds late games) Nov 25 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's National Hockey League games. - - - Bruins 4, Penguins 3 (overtime) After Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby forced overtime with a goal in the final second of regulation, Boston's rookie defenseman Torey Krug blasted one past Marc-Andre Fleury 34 seconds into OT to give the Bruins a victory. Loui Eriksson, who had a goal and an assist in the first period, assisted on Krug's seventh goal of the season to give the Bruins (16-6-2) their second straight overtime win. James Neal had two goals for Pittsburgh (15-9-1), and Crosby netted his 13th of the season on a final-second shot that had to be reviewed. - - - Blues 3, Wild 0 Alexander Steen scored two goals to end his mini slump and lead St. Louis to victory. Steen, who had not scored in his last four games, has 18 goals and is now one goal behind Washington's Alex Ovechkin for the league lead. St. Louis (17-3-3) goalie Jaroslav Halak recorded his second shutout of the season while stopping all 22 Minnesota (15-6-4) shots. - - - Lightning 5, Rangers 0 Goaltender Ben Bishop made 37 saves for a shutout while Martin St. Louis and Teddy Purcell scored two goals apiece to lead Tampa Bay. Nikita Kucherov, a 20-year-old Russian right winger making his NHL debut, scored on his first shift as the Lightning (15-8-1) cruised past the Rangers (12-12-0). - - - Blue Jackets 6, Maple Leafs 0 Right winger Ryan Johansen scored two goals and added an assist and goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky picked up the shutout as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs. Columbus registered two goals in each period to chase Toronto (14-9-1) goalkeeper James Reimer in the third. - - - Predators 4, Coyotes 2 Scoring all of their goals in the first period, Nashville held off the Phoenix Coyotes over the final 40 minutes to pick up a win. Martin Mazanec made 12 of his 29 saves in the third period for the Predators (12-10-2), who won for the fourth time in five matches. The Coyotes (14-6-4) lost for the second straight game. - - - Panthers 3, Flyers 1 Sean Bergenheim scored two goals -- his first tallies in 19 months -- to lead the Florida Panthers to a win over the Philadelphia Flyers. With the win, the Panthers, who earned five points in their just completed five-game road trip, started their five-game homestand in positive fashion. - - - Jets 3, Devils 1 Goaltender Ondrej Pavelec made 24 saves as the Winnipeg Jets snapped a four-game losing streak. Mark Scheifele, Evander Kane and right winger Devin Setoguchi scored for the Jets (11-11-4). - - - Blackhawks 5, Oilers 1 Andrew Shaw scored a pair of goals and Corey Crawford made 24 saves to lift Chicago past Edmonton. Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane added their 12th and 13th goals respectively for the Blackhawks (17-4-4) who have won three straight. - - - Kings 3, Canucks 2 (Overtime) Anze Kopitar's goal 48 seconds into overtime gave the Los Angeles Kings a comeback win over the Vancouver Canucks. Los Angeles trailed 2-1 in the third period before Mike Richards tied it with under three minutes to go. The Kings (16-6-3) earned their first victory in three games while the Canucks (12-9-5) suffered their seventh loss in eight outings. - - - (Editing by Peter Rutherford/Sudipto Ganguly)