NHL-Highlights of Tuesday's NHL games

Dec 2 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of National Hockey League games on Tuesday. - - Canadiens 2, Blue Jackets 1 Montreal winger Max Pacioretty scored a late power-play goal to give the Canadiens a 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Bell Centre. Paul Byron also scored for the Canadiens (19-4-3) while Nick Foligno replied for Columbus. Montreal goaltender Mike Condon stopped 22 shots, with Sergei Bobrovsky making 24 for the Blue Jackets. - - Flyers 4, Senators 2 The Philadelphia Flyers extended their winning streak to three games by defeating the Ottawa Senators 4-2 at Canadian Tire Centre. Winger Wayne Simmonds scored the winner late in the second period, and Sean Couturier iced it with an empty-netter 1:45 from the final buzzer. Defensemen Shayne Gostisbehere and Evgeny Medvedev had the Flyers' other goals. Zack Smith and Mike Hoffman replied for the Senators. - - Avalanche 2, Devils 1 Colorado winger Matt Duchene and defenseman Tyson Barrie scored in the second period to spark the Avalanche to a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center. Goaltender Reto Berra made 27 saves as the Avalanche (10-14-1) continued the trend of alternating wins and losses in their last six games. The Avalanche have now won five in a row against the Devils, and eight of their last nine meetings. - - Red Wings 5, Sabres 4 (shootout) Detroit's Brad Richards scored the only goal of the shootout to give the Red Wings a 5-4 victory over the Buffalo Sabres at Joe Louis Arena. - - Panthers 3, Blues 1 Derek MacKenzie scored twice in the second period as the Florida Panthers scored a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues to register their first three-game winning streak of the season. MacKenzie had only one previous two-goal game in his NHL career, on March 12, 2011, when he was playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets against the Carolina Hurricanes. - - Predators 5, Coyotes 2 Taking advantage of loose play by Arizona defensemen, the Nashville Predators rallied with four third-period goals for a 5-2 win over the Coyotes at Bridgestone Arena. Nashville (13-7-4) capitalized on giveaways in Arizona's defensive zone, with Mike Ribeiro notching the equalizing goal at 2:33 after a bad pass by Oliver Ekman-Larsson. - - Wild 2, Blackhawks 1 Minnesota defenseman Ryan Suter scored the game-winning goal at 12:04 of the third period to lift the Wild to a 2-1 road victory over the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center. Suter stuffed the puck into the net after Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford had made an initial save on Wild forward Mikael Granlund. - - Flames 4, Stars 3 (shootout) Johnny Gaudreau scored the game-deciding goal in a shootout, leading the Calgary Flames to a 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars. Trailing 3-0 heading into the third period, the Flames waged a furious comeback to force overtime. - - Penguins 5, Sharks 1 The Penguins got two goals from winger Phil Kessel while goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 33 of 34 shots on the way to a 5-1 win over the Sharks. Pittsburgh had gone 13 games in San Jose without a victory. - - Kings 2, Canucks 1 (overtime) Anze Kopitar scored the game-winning goal at 2:02 of overtime as the Los Angeles Kings earned a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks at Staples Center. Kopitar cashed in with his eighth goal of the season, converting an assist from Jeff Carter as the Kings (15-8-1) won for the third time in four games. (Editing by Peter Rutherford)