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Dallas • Jamie Benn, Ray Whitney and Cody Eakin each had a goal and an assist to help lead the Dallas Stars to a 5-3 victory to end the Minnesota Wild's seven-game winning streak on Friday.
Erik Cole and Tomas Vincour also scored for Dallas, which moved within one point of the Western Conference's final playoff spot. Jaromir Jagr also earned his 1,000th career NHL assist.
After a 7-4 loss to Minnesota at home on Monday, the Stars had three days off to regroup and rebounded with a strong effort, scoring twice on power plays in the third period.
Kari Lehtonen, who gave up six goals on 41 shots Monday, made 30 saves for the win.
Devin Setoguchi, Jared Spurgeon and Torrey Mitchell scored for Minnesota, which also had its five-game road winning streak end.
Lightning 5, Devils 4 (SO) • At Tampa, Fla., Alex Killorn scored with 15.1 seconds left in the third period and Tampa Bay won in a shootout over New Jersey to give new Lightning coach Jon Cooper a victory in his NHL debut.
The Lightning pulled even at 4 when Killorn scored from the right circle. Teddy Purcell and Victor Hedman scored for Tampa Bay in the shootout.
Cooper was hired as the eighth coach in Lightning history Monday, one day after the team announced the firing of Guy Boucher. Cooper had been coaching Syracuse of the AHL, Tampa Bay's top minor league team.
Steven Stamkos scored his 24th and 25th goals this season and added an assist for the Lightning. Nate Thompson had the other Tampa Bay goal.
The Devils got goals from Andrei Loktionov, Tom Kostopoulos, Andy Greene and Ryan Carter. EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 35 27 8 0 54 121 84
New Jersey 34 15 11 8 38 86 94
Rangers 33 16 14 3 35 78 81
Islanders 34 16 15 3 35 100 110
Phily 33 13 17 3 29 87 103
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 33 21 7 5 47 104 83
Boston 32 21 7 4 46 94 72
Ottawa 34 19 9 6 44 89 72
Toronto 35 19 12 4 42 108 100
Buffalo 34 13 16 5 31 91 107
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg 35 18 15 2 38 88 103
Carolina 32 15 15 2 32 89 96
Wash. 33 15 17 1 31 94 93
Tampa Bay 34 15 18 1 31 110 103
Florida 35 10 19 6 26 85 123
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 33 25 5 3 53 109 73
Detroit 34 17 12 5 39 90 85
St. Louis 33 17 14 2 36 94 93
Columbus 35 14 14 7 35 85 96
Nashville 34 14 14 6 34 87 95
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 34 19 9 6 44 92 86
Minnesota 33 20 11 2 42 93 83
Edmonton 33 13 13 7 33 83 95
Calgary 33 13 16 4 30 93 114
Colorado 33 11 18 4 26 83 108
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 34 23 7 4 50 106 88
L.A. 33 19 12 2 40 97 82
San Jose 33 16 11 6 38 82 82
Dallas 33 16 14 3 35 92 100
Phoenix 34 14 15 5 33 92 98
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Friday's games
Tampa Bay 5, New Jersey 4, SO
Dallas 5, Minnesota 3
Anaheim 2, Chicago 1
Columbus 6, Calgary 4
Saturday's games
Boston at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.
Nashville at Colorado, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Winnipeg, 1 p.m.
Toronto at Ottawa, 5 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 5 p.m.
Washington at Buffalo, 5 p.m.
New Jersey at Florida, 5:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Minnesota, 6 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.