Red Wings equal NHL record
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 12 years, 11 months AGO
The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
The league mark was set by the Boston Bruins during the 1929-30 season and matched by Philadelphia in 1976. Detroit can break the record with a win Tuesday night over the Dallas Stars at Joe Louis Arena.
Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall also scored for the Red Wings.
Penguins 4, Lightning 2: Evgeni Malkin continued his torrid play, scoring his 31st and 32nd goals of the season as host Pittsburgh rallied past Tampa Bay.
Chris Kunitz and Kris Letang each added a goal and two assists for the Penguins, who have won six straight at home. James Neal chipped in three assists as Pittsburgh kept Tampa Bay star Steven Stamkos in check.
Rangers 3, Capitals 2: Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift host New York over Washington.
Callahan, who notched his second NHL hat trick Saturday with three goals in a 5-2 win at Philadelphia, got the Eastern Conference leaders going in the first period.
Kings 4, Stars 2: Jordan Nolan and Dwight King each scored their first career goal to lead Los Angeles at Dallas.
With the game tied at 2, Nolan skated hard to the net and fired Mike Richards' centering pass by Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen at 11:29 of the third period.
Ducks 5, Blue Jackets 3: At Columbus, Ohio, Corey Perry scored three goals for his fifth career hat trick - and second against Columbus this season - to lead Anaheim.
Bobby Ryan had a goal and an assist and Ryan Getzlaf added three assists for the Ducks.
Panthers 4, Islanders 1: At Uniondale, N.Y., Kris Versteeg, Tomas Fleischmann, Tyson Strachan and Jack Skille scored to lift Florida over New York.
Jose Theodore made 26 saves in his first appearance since Jan. 20 after sustaining a knee injury. Fleischmann and Versteeg each finished with two points.