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OILERS 3, COYOTES 1
EDMONTON — Jujhar Khaira gave Edmonton the lead with his first career goal and the Oilers beat Arizona for their third straight victory.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Leon Draisaitl also scored for the Oilers, who have won five of their last seven games. Cam Talbot had 20 saves.
Radim Vrbata scored for the Coyotes, who have lost 11 of their last 13 games. Mike Smith stopped 24 shots.
SHARKS 5, JETS 2
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joel Ward scored a shorthanded goal and took a hard hit to assist on Timo Meier’s goal, helping San Jose to just its third win in eight games.
Brent Burns and Chris Tierney also scored and Joe Thornton had an empty-netter as the Sharks bounced back nicely from a 4-0 home loss to St. Louis on Saturday. Martin Jones made 26 saves, allowing two late goals after the game had been decided.
Josh Morrissey broke up the shutout with 2:36 to play and Mark Scheifele added a goal in the final minute after Jones tried to shoot the puck toward the empty net but hit Scheifele instead.
Michael Hutchinson made 27 saves for the Jets, who have dropped four in a row.
RED WINGS 1, CANADIENS 0
DETROIT — Thomas Vanek scored in the second period and Jared Coreau earned his second shutout, leading the Red Wings to the victory.
Detroit won consecutive games at home for the first time since starting the season 4-0 at Joe Louis Arena as part of its 6-2 start.The 6-foot-6 Coreau, the tallest goaltender to play for the Red Wings, stopped 18 shots to improve to 5-1-1 in his first season with Detroit.
The Atlantic Division-leading Canadiens had won five of their last seven games.
Montreal star Carey Price made a spectacular save late in the first period, using his glove to deny Andreas Athanasiou on a breakaway, and finished with 19 stops.
Vanek extended his point streak to a season-high six games, redirecting Danny DeKeyser’s shot past Price with 1:36 left in the second.