The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Saturday’s Games

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■ Ducks 3, (at) Wild 2 (SO): Nick Ritchie scored in the 11th round of the shootout and John Gibson stopped seven straight shots to lift Anaheim. After the teams combined for 13 straight misses, Ritchie beat Devan Dubnyk. Ryan Getzlaff and Ondrej Kase also scored for Anaheim in the shootout. Gibson made 36 saves through overtime to help the Ducks tie the Wild for the second wild-card slot in the Western Conference. Kase and Corey Perry scored in regulation for the Ducks. Mikko Koivu and Jason Zucker scored in regulation for Minnesota, Nino Niederreit­er and Zach Parise connected in the shootout, and Dubnyk made 28 saves.

■ (At) Senators 6, Rangers 3: Derick Brassard had a goal and two assists to send New York to its third straight loss. Matt Duchene and Mark Stone both added a goal and an assist for Ottawa. Craig Anderson also stopped 35 shots and Johnny Oduya, Magnus Paajarvi and Thomas Chabot also scored. Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist allowed five goals on 27 shots and was replaced by Brandon Halverson with 13 minutes to play. Halverson stopped five of six shots in his NHL debut. Michael Grabner had two goals for the Rangers.

■ Kings 4, (at) Sabres 2: Anze Kopitar and rookie Michael Amadio scored two goals each, and Los Angeles snapped a three-game skid. Jonathan Quick stopped 33 shots and Dustin Brown had two assists in a game where the Kings scored on three consecutiv­e shots to build a 4-0 lead in the second period. Los Angeles jumped ahead of the idle Colorado Avalanche and into 10th place in the tightly contested Western Conference playoff race. Los Angeles had gone 0-6-2 in its previous eight trips to Buffalo. Sabres defensemen Marco Scandella and Rasmus Ristolaine­n scored third-period goals for Buffalo. Robin Lehner was pulled after stopping 26 shots through two periods.

■ (At) Coyotes 1, Oilers 0: Antti Raanta made 39 saves for his first shutout of the season and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored on his team’s first shot as Arizona won its fourth straight. Cam Talbot made 31 saves for Edmonton, which has lost six in a row. The Oilers’ best chance came midway through the third but Patrick Maroon’s goal was overturned on a Coyotes’ challenge for goaltender interferen­ce.

■ Devils 4, (at) Lightning 3: Eddie Lack made 48 saves and Ben Lovejoy, Nico Hischier, Pavel Zacha and Miles Wood scored for the Devils. Lack was making his third appearance as the backup since being recalled from Binghamton of the AHL on Feb. 4. Hischier’s second-period goal tied the game at 2-2 and Zacha scored about three minutes later.

■ (At) Golden Knights 6, Canadiens 3: Reilly Smith had two goals and an assist to lead Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 30 shots. At 22-4-2, the Golden Knights have the best home record in the NHL, improving to 6-3-0 in February. ■ Maple Leafs at Penguins: Late

■ Red Wings at Predators: Late

■ Capitals at Blackhawks: Late

■ Bruins at Canucks: Late

■ Panthers at Flames: Late

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