SUNRISE, Fla. — Jaromir Jagr scored two goals, including the game-winner in the third period, and Al Montoya made 38 saves as the streaking Florida Panthers beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Sunday.
The victory was the ninth in a row for Florida and seventh straight at home, both franchise records. The nine-game winning streak ties Montreal and the New York Rangers for the longest in the NHL this season.
Dmitry Kulikov had two assists for the Panthers (23-12-4). Jonathan Huberdeau and Brandon Pirri each added an assist.
Jason Zucker scored for Minnesota (20-11-7), assisted by Mikko Koivu and Ryan Suter. Devan Dubnyk made 26 saves.
ISLANDERS 6, STARS 5: Kyle Okposo had two goals and an assist, Cal Clutterbuck scored twice and New York beat NHL-best Dallas in New York.
Anders Lee had a goal and an assist, and Mikhail Grabovski also scored to help the Islanders win for the fourth time in six games and improve to 4-0-1 in their last five games against the Stars. Thomas Greiss finished with 36 saves.
New York trailed 2-1 in the first period before scoring the next four goals and then held off Dallas in the third to improve to 12-4-1 against Western Conference teams.
BLACKHAWKS 3, SENATORS 0: Corey Crawford made 26 saves in his NHL-leading sixth shutout this season to lead host Chicago past Ottawa for its third straight win.
Duncan Keith and Artem Anisimov scored for Chicago, which also got an empty-net goal from Andrew Desjardins with 48 seconds left.
NOTES
LIGHTNING: The agent for Tampa Bay forward Jonathan Drouin says the third overall pick in the 2013 NHL draft has requested a trade from the Lightning.
Agent Allan Walsh said in a statement released Sunday – one day after Drouin was assigned to Syracuse of the American Hockey League – that he formally made the request on behalf of the 20-year-old left wing in November.
BLACKHAWKS: Chicago loaned defenseman David Rundblad to the ZSC Lions in Switzerland.
A native of Lycksele, Sweden, Rundblad has two assists in nine games with Chicago this season.
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