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NHL-Highlights of Thursday's NHL games

Feb 5 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Thursday's National Hockey League games: Blackhawks 5, Coyotes 4 (overtime) Jonathan Toews scored his fifth overtime game-winner of the season with 28.5 seconds remaining as the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Arizona Coyotes 5-4 at Gila River Arena on Thursday. Toews had two goals for the Blackhawks in a game in which eight different players scored. Corey Crawford made 24 saves for Chicago and Louis Domingue had 35 for Arizona. Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane and Michal Rozsival also scored for the Blackhawks, while Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Mikkel Boedker, Jordan Martinook and Shane Doan scored for the Coyotes. Rangers 4, Wild 2 Derick Brassard scored early in the third period to help the New York Rangers complete a two-goal comeback and beat Minnesota at Madison Square Garden. Ryan McDonagh, J.T. Miller and Chris Kreider also scored for the Rangers, who got 16 saves from Henrik Lundqvist. Ryan Carter and Matt Dumba scored for the Wild, while Devan Dubnyk stopped 26 shots. Bruins 3, Sabres 2 (shootout) Ryan Spooner scored in regulation and the shootout to lead Boston over Buffalo. Brad Marchand also scored in regulation for the Bruins while Tuukka Rask made 26 saves. Sam Reinhart and Evander Kane scored in regulation for the Sabres while Chad Johnson made 31 saves. Capitals 3, Islanders 2 Alex Ovechkin scored the go-ahead goal with 2:40 left and Washington defeated the New York Islanders. Andre Burakovsky (five goals in his past four games) and T.J. Oshie also scored for the Capitals and Braden Holtby made 24 saves. Josh Bailey and Mikhail Grabovski scored for the Islanders. Panthers 6, Red Wings 3 First-place Florida won its fifth straight game, defeating Detroit at the BB&T Center. Jaromir Jagr had a goal and two assists, his first three-point game since October. The goal was his 16th of the season, breaking the NHL record for a player age 43 or older, one more than Gordie Howe had in 1979-80. Vincent Trocheck scored twice and Brandon Pirri, Aleksander Barkov and Derek MacKenzie scored the other Panthers goals. Dylan Larkin, a leading candidate for NHL Rookie of the Year honors, scored twice for the Red Wings while Mike Green added a power-play goal. Oilers 7, Senators 2 Edmonton kicked off an important four-game road trip with a convincing victory over sagging Ottawa at Canadian Tire Centre. Jordan Eberle led the Oilers with two goals and an assist. Also scoring for Edmonton were Mark Fayne, Andrej Sekera, Brandon Davidson, Zack Kassian and Leon Draisaitl. Rookie Connor McDavid had two assists for the Oilers in his second game back from a broken collarbone. Replying for the Senators were Mike Hoffman and Mark Stone. Flyers 6, Predators 3 Wayne Simmonds scored two goals, giving him six in the last four games, as Philadelphia dumped Nashville at sold-out Bridgestone Arena. Claude Giroux scored two goals and Matt Read and Brayden Schenn scored one each for the Flyers. Shea Weber, Ryan Johansen and Calle Jarnkrok scored for the Predators. Sharks 3, Blues 1 Joonas Donskoi and Joe Thornton scored in a 3:20 span in the second period to lead San Jose over St Louis. Joe Pavelski assisted on both goals for the Sharks, who also got a goal from Matt Nieto. Jay Bouwmeester scored the Blues lone goal. Maple Leafs 3, Devils 2 (shootout) Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau scored the only goal in a shootout and Toronto toppled New Jersey. The Maple Leafs tied the game late in the third period on a goal by Tyler Bozak to force overtime. Shawn Matthias also scored for Toronto. David Schlemko and Jacob Josefson scored for the Devils. Stars 4, Avalanche 3 (overtime) John Klingberg scores 35 seconds into overtime and Dallas beat Colorado. Jason Spezza, Ales Hemsky and Jason Demers also had goals for the Stars and Antti Niemi had 21 saves. Carl Soderberg and Blake Comeau had a goal and an assist apiece and Nick Holden also scored for the Avalanche, who got 40 saves from Calvin Pickard. Blue Jackets 2, Canucks 1 (shootout) Alexander Wennberg scored in the shootout as Columbus defeated Vancouver. Linden Vey scored on the power play in regulation for the Canucks while Scott Hartnell's third-period, power-play goal for the Blue Jackets forced the overtime. Ducks 4, Kings 2 David Perron scored a goal and two assists, and Ryan Getzlaf scored a goal and an assist as Anaheim defeated Los Angeles. John Gibson stopped 23 Los Angeles shots as the Ducks, who also got goals from Hampus Lindholm and Ryan Garbutt. Alec Martinez and Tyler Toffoli scored for the Kings. (Editing by John O'Brien)