Blue Jackets, Wild carry win streaks into break

BLUE JACKETS, WILD RIDE WIN STREAKS INTO HOLIDAY BREAK

* The Wild scored five times in the second period, including two goals in a span of 18 seconds in the first minute, en route to establishing franchise records for consecutive wins (10) and games with a point (10-0-1).
* Charlie Coyle (1-3-4), Jason Zucker (1-2-3) and Mikko Koivu (1-2-3) led the Wild offense, which scored five goals in one period during a regular-season road game for the first time. The only other five-goal periods for the Wild: May 5, 2003 at the Vancouver Canucks (5 in 2nd; playoffs), Oct. 19, 2005 against the San Jose Sharks (5 in 3rd) and Feb. 22, 2015 against the St. Louis Blues (6 in 3rd).

DID YOU KNOW?

Elias notes that Minnesota's Bruce Boudreau became the first coach to lead different teams to 10-game win streaks in consecutive seasons. In 2015-16 Boudreau was behind the bench when the Anaheim Ducks won 11 straight from Feb. 13 - March 5.
Elias adds that Boudreau, who also led the Capitals to a 14-game win streak in 2009-10, is the only man to coach three different teams to single-season win streaks of at least 10 games. The only others to achieve the feat with two teams are Scotty Bowman (10 with 1983-84 Buffalo Sabres, 17 with 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins) and Joel Quenneville (10 with 2001-02 Blues, 11 with 2012-13 Chicago Blackhawks and 12 with 2015-16 Blackhawks).

REMINDER: HOLIDAY BREAK

The NHL holiday break begins today and runs through Monday. There are no scheduled practices during this time. Dressing rooms also are closed.

FRIDAY'S RESULTS

Home Team in Caps
NY ISLANDERS 5, Buffalo 1
Minnesota 7, NY RANGERS 4
PITTSBURGH 4, New Jersey 1
WASHINGTON 4, Tampa Bay 0
COLUMBUS 2, Montreal 1
Detroit 4, FLORIDA 3 (SO)
CAROLINA 3, Boston 2 (OT)
Colorado 2, CHICAGO 1 (OT)
DALLAS 3, Los Angeles 2 (OT)
CALGARY 4, Vancouver 1
Toronto 4, ARIZONA 1
SAN JOSE 3, Edmonton 2 (OT)

MATTHEWS HAS ASSIST IN HOMECOMING; MILESTONE NIGHT FOR DOAN

On a milestone night for Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan, it was Arizona native Auston Matthews who helped his team to victory with an assist on the game's opening goal. Matthews, who shares the Toronto Maple Leafs lead and is second among NHL rookies with 16 goals and 26 points in 33 games, found the score sheet just 3:04 into his first NHL game in his home state, after taking the opening faceoff against Doan, his childhood idol. Doan, meanwhile, scored his 400th NHL goal while becoming the

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PENGUINS, HURRICANES CONTINUE HOME-ICE SUCCESS

The Penguins and Carolina Hurricanes extended lengthy home point streaks:
* Sidney Crosby scored for a third straight game to help the Penguins improve to 15-2-2 at PPG Paints Arena and extend their home point streak to nine games (8-0-1). Crosby's League-leading 24th goal of the season was his ninth power-play goal, also tops in the NHL. It was the 110th power-play goal of his NHL career, placing him

behind Mario Lemieux (236) and Evgeni Malkin (112).
* The Hurricanes overcame a 2-0 deficit to set the stage for Teuvo Teravainen's goal in overtime as they extended their home point streak to 10 games (9-0-1), their longest run since a 12-0-0 stretch from Feb. 20 - April 7, 2009. Cam Ward made 31 saves and has been the goaltender of record eight times during the current streak at PNC Arena, going 7-0-1 with a 1.50 goals-against average, .945 save percentage and two shutouts during that span.

LOOSE PUCKS

Braden Holtby made 23 saves and had his 26th NHL shutout and John Carlson scored twice as the Washington Capitals improved to 7-1-2 in their past 10 games. … The Calgary Flames scored four unanswered goals, including the tying and winning goals by captain Mark Giordano, to extend their point streak against the Canucks to six games (5-0-1). … John Tavares was one of five players with a goal in the New York Islanders' victory. … Rookie Kevin Labanc scored twice, including in overtime, to help the Sharks (21-12-1, 43 points) move ahead of the Edmonton Oilers (18-12-6, 42 points) into sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division. … Nathan MacKinnon (1-1-2) and Esa Lindell also scored in overtime for the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars, respectively. … Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jared Coreau made 31 saves and got his first NHL win, in his second game. … Jeff Carter scored both Los Angeles Kings goals, his fourth and fifth goals in the past three games, to move into a share of second in the NHL with 19 goals this season. … Florida Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr (0-1-1) had his 1,134th NHL assist to move within one of tying Paul Coffey (1,135) for fifth place on the NHL all-time list. … Connor McDavid (1-1-2) had his 13th multipoint game of the season to extend his lead in the League scoring race (13-29-42 in 36 GP). … Blue Jackets forward Cam Atkinson (0-1-1) had his 200th NHL point to extend his NHL career-high point streak to nine games (7-7-14). … Blackhawks forward Artemi Panarin (5-8-13) and Wild forward Eric Staal (5-5-10) extended their point streaks to seven games. … ICYMI:
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for a recap of Episode 2 in the four-part series chronicling the journeys to the NHL Outdoor Classics. … The postponed game between the Hurricanes and Red Wings has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. ET on Monday, March 27, 2017 at PNC Arena. … Max Domi and Auston Matthews joined a group of youth hockey players on the ice after the Maple Leafs-Coyotes game.

SNEAK PEEK AT TUESDAY'S ACTION

All Times Eastern
Pittsburgh @ New Jersey, 7 p.m., TVAS, MSG+, ROOT, NHL.TV
Washington @ NY Islanders, 7 p.m., MSG+ 2, CSN-DC, NHL.TV
Ottawa @ NY Rangers, 7 p.m., MSG, RDS2, TSN5, NHL.TV
Boston @ Columbus, 7 p.m., SN, FS-O, NESN, NHL.TV
Buffalo @ Detroit, 7:30 p.m., FS-D, MSG-B, NHL.TV
Minnesota @ Nashville, 8 p.m., FS-TN, FS-N, FS-WI, NHL.TV
Winnipeg @ Chicago, 8:30 p.m., CSN-CH, TSN3, NHL.TV
Calgary @ Colorado, 9 p.m., ALT, SNW, NHL.TV
Dallas @ Arizona, 9 p.m., FS-A, FS-SW+, NHL.TV
San Jose @ Anaheim, 10 p.m., SN, PRIME, CSN-CA, NHL.TV