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NHL-Highlights of Friday's NHL games

Nov 20 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Friday's National Hockey League games. - - - Canadiens 5, Islanders 3 Montreal defenseman Jeff Petry collected the first two-goal game of his career as the Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 5-3 at the Barclays Center. Petry entered with just one goal in the first 20 games of the season. - - - Blue Jackets 4, Predators 0 Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky had 39 saves for his first shutout of the season as the Blue Jackets scored a 4-0 win over the Nashville Predators at Nationwide Arena. Of Bobrovsky's 12 career shutouts, two of them have come against Nashville. - - - Red Wings 3, Kings 2 Detroit goaltender Petr Mrazek made 35 saves and the Red Wings held on for a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings at Joe Louis Arena. Tomas Tatar, Mike Green and Dylan Larkin scored for Detroit. Captain Henrik Zetterberg and winger Justin Abdelkader had two assists each. - - - Maple Leafs 2, Hurricanes 1 (shootout) Joffrey Lupul scored in the fifth round of the shootout to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 2-1 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena. Peter Holland of Toronto and Riley Nash of Carolina converted earlier in the shootout. The Maple Leafs are 2-3 in shootouts this season, while the Hurricanes were in their first. - - - Oilers 5, Devils 1 Edmonton goaltender Anders Nilsson continued his mastery of New Jersey, stopping 19 of 20 shots as the Oilers beat the Devils 5-1. It was Nilsson's 13th career NHL win, but the fourth over New Jersey. In six appearances against the Devils, Nilsson has never allowed more than two goals in a game, stopping 139 of 146 shots. - - - Flames 2, Blackhawks 1 (overtime) Calgary winger Johnny Gaudreau scored at 1:38 of overtime to lead the Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Gaudreau made a quick move before roofing a shot past Chicago goaltender Scott Darling to the blocker side as the Flames improved to 5-0 this season during three-on-three overtime. - - - (Compiled by Peter Rutherford)