Ducks Move Up in West
The Anaheim Ducks are within one point of the first-place St. Louis Blues in the NHL's Western Conference, and they lead the Pacific Division by three points over San Jose following a 3-2 comeback win against Edmonton.
The Ducks scored three unanswered goals in the final period, one game after erasing a 4-0 deficit in a 5-4 win over Winnipeg. Corey Perry knotted the score with his 40th and 41st goals of the season before setting up Francois Beauchemin's (FRAN'-swah BOH'-sheh-mihnz) game-winner with 1:21 remaining.
Elsewhere on ice:
— Tomas Jurco and Gustav Nyquist scored 1:42 apart in the third period to turn the Wings' 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 win over Boston. The Red Wings are seventh in the East with 86 points, three more than Columbus and four clear of Toronto for the final playoff berth. The Bruins ended a team-record nine-game road winning streak and remain one point ahead of St. Louis for the NHL's top record.
— Anze Kopitar (AHN'-zhay KOH-pih-tahr) and Tanner Pearson each had a goal and an assist as Los Angeles blanked Phoenix 4-0, damaging the Coyotes' playoff hopes. Jonathan Quick needed to make just 17 saves for his sixth shutout of the season and 31st of his career.
— Josh Bailey scored a power-play goal and had an assist while playing his 400th game as the New York Islanders downed the Senators 2-1 in Ottawa. Rookie Ryan Strome (strohm) had two assists for the Isles, who are 14-4-2 in their last 20 road games after opening the season 4-13 away from Nassau Coliseum.