It was Military Appreciation Night on Sunday in Anaheim with the Ducks hosting the Calgary Flames, and a very special guest dropped the puck for the ceremonial faceoff.

That's Corporal Nero, a police patrol and explosive detector dog.

He's without a doubt a good boy.

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There is only one reason why the Dallas Stars didn't earn a win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night: Scott Darling.

With the Stars on the power play, Darling made a sensational toe save on Patrick Eaves in overtime to help prolong the extra period and keep things square at three.

As fate would have it, Marian Hossa would fire the game-winner past a screened Kari Lehtonen three minutes later.

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Jesse Puljujarvi may have been absent from the ice on Sunday night, but he certainly made an appearance postgame.

The Edmonton Oilers rookie sat out the team's 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings after taking a knee-on-knee hit during the club's game against the New York Islanders on Saturday, but made an appearance in the dressing room where he was seen eating pizza while captain Connor McDavid conducted interviews with reporters.

Looks like taking the night off comes with its share of perks.

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NEW YORK - J.T. Miller, Jesper Fast, and Pavel Buchnevich scored 4:04 apart late in the second period to lead the New York Rangers over the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Sunday night for their fifth straight victory.

Kevin Hayes and Mats Zuccarello also scored, Kevin Klein and Brandon Pirri had two assists and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 24 shots as New York won for the eighth time in nine games. The Rangers, who lead the NHL with 55 goals and 4.23 per game, have scored at least five in each game of their winning streak.

Patrik Laine and Mark Scheifele scored for Winnipeg, which has lost four of its last five (1-3-1). Connor Hellebuyck started and gave up four goals on 16 shots before he was replaced late in the second period by Michael Hutchinson, who finished with one save.

After a scoreless first half of the second period in which Winnipeg had a 4-1 advantage on shots, the Rangers outscored the Jets 4-1 over the final 10 minutes.

Zuccarello took a pass from Chris Kreider and fired a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle past Hellebuyck for his sixth to put the Rangers up 2-1 just past the midpoint of the period.

Scheifele tied it two minutes later as he pounced on a puck sitting in front of an open net after a shot by Paul Postma was stopped by Lundqvist. It was Scheifele's seventh of the season.

Miller skated up along the right side and fired a wrist shot over Hellebuyck's right shoulder for his fifth, putting the Rangers up 3-2 with 6:59 remaining.

Fast gave New York a two-goal lead with 3:36 left as he tipped a point shot by Klein from the right faceoff circle for his second goal. That chased Hellebuyck and brought on Hutchinson.

Buchnevich made it 5-2 just 41 seconds later as he skated in from the right side, slid the puck from his backhand across to the left side as he crossed in front of Hutchinson and fired it over the sprawled goalie. It was Buchnevich's second of the season and second in two games.

The Jets controlled play in the scoreless third period, outshooting the Rangers 9-1, but couldn't get anything past Lundqvist.

Hayes got the Rangers off to a fast start with his sixth of the season 2:12 into the game. Skating with an extra attacker on a delayed penalty, Klein sent a pass across to Hayes at the right point, and Hayes fired a slap shot from inside the blue line past Hellebuyck. That gave Hayes a goal in four straight games.

Laine tied it with 9:15 left in the first, tipping a point shot by Ben Chiarot for the 18-year-old rookie's eighth of the season. It came on Winnipeg's fifth shot of the game.

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Michael Hutchinson received a rude welcome to Sunday's game against the New York Rangers.

The Winnipeg Jets puck-stopper entered the game in the second period in relief of Connor Hellebuyck, who allowed four goals on 16 shots. Unfortunately, the first shot Hutchinson faced came off the stick of Pavel Buchnevich, who added insult to injury after undressing forward Alex Burmistrov by out-waiting Hutchinson for his second goal of the season.

Goals have been coming fast and furious for the Rangers to start the campaign. With Buchnevich's marker, New York now has 55 goals through 13 games and at least five goals in each of their last five games.

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This is what a $21-million goal looks like.

Chicago Blackhawks' big-time money-makers Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane connected on Sunday as the latter scored a beauty going backhand, shelf on Dallas Stars' Kari Lehtonen.

The goal gives Toews his eighth point of the season, while Kane's 16 now pace the league.

(Video courtesy: NHL.com)

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Michael Cammalleri has scored his first of the year. And his second. And his third.

The veteran winger scored a pair of goals in the second frame of Sunday's game versus the Carolina Hurricanes. Then just 8:30 into the third, Cammalleri added his third of the night to complete the hat trick and put the New Jersey Devils ahead by three.

Grabbing a feed from linemate Beau Bennett, Cammalleri fired the puck over the shoulder of Hurricanes netminder Eddie Lack. Cammalleri now sits at six points on the season.

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DETROIT - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored a go-ahead goal late in the second period on an assist from Connor McDavid, giving the Edmonton Oilers a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday.

Edmonton's Jonas Gustavsson made 22 saves and Tyler Pitlick scored a tying goal for the Oilers late in the first period.

The Pacific Division-leading Oilers have won two straight, playing their first set of back-to-back games this season, after losing three in a row.

Justin Abdelkader put the Red Wings up 1-0 midway through the first period on a power play, and Jimmy Howard made 26 saves.

Detroit has lost five straight after winning six consecutive games.

McDavid made the go-ahead goal happen, starting with a faceoff he won in the left circle. After the draw, the 19-year-old center skated toward the net before finding a spot on the bottom of the right circle. McDavid got the puck back, drew three Detroit players, and threaded a pass between two of them to Nugent-Hopkins on the inside of the left circle, where he shot into an empty net.

Detroit became the first team to score with an extra skater at home against the Oilers, who rank among NHL leaders in penalty killing, when Abdelkader scored 8:53 into the game.

The Red Wings pulled Howard with a minute left and a faceoff in the Edmonton end, but they couldn't score to send the game to overtime.

NOTES: Gustavsson, a former Red Wing, played in just his second game this season to give Cam Talbot a break. ... Detroit F Thomas Vanek missed his sixth game with a lower body injury.

UP NEXT

Oilers: Edmonton plays at Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.

Red Wings: Detroit plays at Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

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Kevin Hayes in on a tear.

The New York Rangers forward pushed his goal-scoring streak to four games, hammering his sixth of the season past Winnipeg Jets netminder Connor Hellebuyck on Sunday night.

The goal also pushed Hayes' point streak to five games, a stretch that has seen him collect nine of his 12 points on the season. Is it any wonder why the Rangers have won four straight?

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The Chicago Blackhawks know what it's like to celebrate a championship, so they made sure to offer some love to their baseball buddies, the Cubs.

Prior to their contest against the Dallas Stars at the United Center on Sunday, the Blackhawks honored the Cubs, who defeated the Cleveland Indians this past Wednesday to win the franchise's first World Series since 1908.

Jason Heyward, Kyle Schwarber, and Mike Montgomery brought out The Commissioner's Trophy and waved the W before the game, as well.

Perhaps the Cubs can repay the favor if the Blackhawks, who've started the season 8-3-1, manage to win their fourth Stanley Cup since 2009-10.

Chicago has won six Cups in team history.

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