>>Blackhawks Edge Out Coyotes
Brad Richards scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 7:11 left in the third period to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night.
Richards scored near the end of the advantage, putting in a rebound of Kris Versteeg's blocked shot. It was the 900th NHL point for Richards, who entered in ninth place among active players.
The Blackhawks had seven power plays and converted two of them, including Andrew Shaw's first-period goal. Corey Crawford made 17 saves in the win, and Arizona's Mike Smith stopped 43 shots.
The Coyotes had a power play for the last 38.5 seconds of the game, and made it a 6-on-4 skating advantage after pulling Smith, but couldn't force overtime. Tobias Rieder had given Arizona a 1-0 lead early in the first period.
>>St. Louis Beats Philly In Shootout
T.J. Oshie and Vladimir Tarasenko both scored in the shootout, ruining a brilliant 35-save effort by Steve Mason in regulation and overtime, and St. Louis claimed a 1-0 decision over Philadelphia at Scottrade Center.
Brian Elliott turned aside 28 shots to tie a franchise record with his 20th shutout for the Blues, who provided head coach Ken Hitchcock with his 700th win as a head coach.
Mason was credited with his third shutout of the year, but lost his second 1-0 shootout result for the Flyers, who suffered a similar defeat in their last trip to St. Louis back on Apr. 1.
The Philadelphia netminder stopped all 16 shots he faced through two periods, then came up with 19 more through the game's final 25 minutes.
NHL Scoreboard
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Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 (SO)
Pittsburgh 6, Edmonton 4
Dallas 5, Carolina 3
Ottawa 5, Montreal 2
Columbus 3, Detroit 1
Florida 4, Winnipeg 2
Colorado 2, New Jersey 1 (SO)
Los Angeles 4, Vancouver 0
San Jose 2, Nashville 0
