NHL ROUNDUP
Senators 3, Rangers 0
Craig Anderson stopped 27 shots for his first shutout of the season as Ottawa beat the Rangers on Thursday night. Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist. Drake Batherson and Magnus Paajarvi also scored as the Senators won their second consecutive game. It was Anderson's 10th win this season, his first shutout since Dec. 16 and the 41st of his career. Henrik Lundqvist had a rough start but finished with 31 saves for New York. Trailing 2-0, the Rangers thought they had cut the Senators' lead in half near the midpoint of the second period but the goal was waved off because the referee had blown the whistle prior to the puck crossing the goal line. With the Senators dominating most of the action, Colin White nearly made it 3-0 when he rang a shot off the post. Ottawa did go ahead 3-0 late in the second after an impressive passing display that ended with Duchene scoring his team-leading 12th. With an assist on Duchene's goal, Ryan Dzingel picked up his 100th career point. The Senators jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period. Batherson scored his third of the season 2:06 in off a great pass from Duchene. Paajarvi made it 2-0 at 14:35 with his second of the season and first point in 11 games as he slipped a shot under Lundqvist's right arm. Max McCormick was a healthy scratch for the Senators.
Lightning 5, Sabres 4
Cedric Paquette broke a tie with 5:41 left and Tampa Bay ended Buffalo's franchise-record-tying winning streak at 10 games with a victory. Paquette beat Carter Hutton from then top of the left circle. Dan Girardi, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos also scored, and Luis Domingue made saves. Sam Reinhart had two goals for Buffalo, and Zemgus Girgensons and Tage Thompson also scored. After the Sabres took a 4-3 lead on Thompson's goal at 2:29 of the third, Stamkos tied it 1:49 later on a power play.
Coyotes 3, Predators 0
Nick Schmaltz had a goal and an assist, Adin Hill made 29 saves for his first NHL shutout and Arizona beat Nashville. Clayton Keller and Brad Richardson scored the other goals in Arizona's second straight victory. Schmaltz's two points were his first since being acquired Sunday in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks. Nashville has lost three of four. Pekka Rinne finished with 22 saves.
Blue Jackets 4, Wild 2
Riley Nash had a goal and an assist, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots and Columbus beat Minnesota to move ahead of Washington for the Metropolitan Division lead. Nash, who signed as a free agent last summer, got his first goal in 29 games — and first as a Blue Jacket — in the second period and assisted on Markus Hannikainen's first-period tally. Columbus has won two in a row and six out of eight. Cam Atkinson and Artemi Panarin also scored.