There must have been something in the water around the NHL last week.

In the period spanning Jan. 16 - 22, a total of 316 goals were scored in 52 games, an average 6.07 per game.

Pittsburgh finished the week with a perfect 4-0-0 record, scoring 24 goals over the past seven days, six more than second-place Washington. It should come as no surprise, then, that the top-five scorers over the past seven days were all Penguins.

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Altogether, there were eight games in which 10 goals or more were scored (one every night except Friday, including three on Tuesday), and 13 games of eight or more goals.

Here's a look at those that reached double digits:

• Monday - Penguins 8, Capitals 7
• Tuesday - Stars 7 Rangers 6; Senators 6 Blues 4; Blackhawks 6 Avalanche 4
• Wednesday - Red Wings 6 Bruins 5 (SO)
• Thursday - Capitals 7 Blues 3
• Saturday - Oilers 7 Flames 3
• Sunday - Blue Jackets 7 Senators 6 (OT)

The Penguins did their part to make it a clean sweep on Friday, but the Hurricanes didn't hold up their end of the bargain in a 7-1 decision.

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Ryan Miller: Not happy.

After the Vancouver Canucks battled back from a 2-0 deficit six minutes into the third period, scoring twice in 46 seconds, they were burned late by Jonathan Toews, who pounced on a puck that came off the boards and beat Miller to give Chicago the lead, and, eventually, a 4-2 win.

After the game, Miller put the United Center on blast:

Miller played well, stopping 31-of-34 shots. He really wanted at least a point.

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Captain Serious delivered Sunday night.

Chicago Blackhawks forward Jonathan Toews put his team on his back with the Vancouver Canucks in town, contributing one goal and three assists as the Blackhawks prevailed 4-2.

The outburst comes at a big time for the Blackhawks who - with the victory - match the Minnesota Wild for top spot in the Western Conference with 65 points.

For Toews, the four-point output was his largest offensive performance of the year and hopefully a glimpse of what's to come as Toews' offensive numbers have taken a dive this season.

The 28-year-old is on pace to post 47 points this campaign - even after his four-point game - which would set a career low. In fact Toews even hit 48 points during the lockout shortened 2012-13 campaign.

The season has been very uncharacteristic of Toews - who has posted 28 goals in each of his last three seasons, averaging 64 points. One glaring difference this year has been his puck luck.

It seems goaltenders have been getting the better of Toews.

After averaging a career shooting percent of 14.6%, Toews has only managed to connect on 6.9% of his shots this season, which once again is by and away his worst career mark.

Factor in the fatigue from playing significant minutes for Team Canada at the World Cup of Hockey, for the Blackhawks' many deep playoff runs, and his nagging back injury - that caused him to miss nine games earlier in the year - and it's clear there could be many factors in Toews' drop in production.

All this considered, Toews still earned an All-Star nod for next weekend's festivities - whether his inclusion was warranted or not can be debated.

His four points on Sunday were certainly a welcome sight for the Blackhawks and for a club once again vying for a top playoff seed, a further increase in Toews' production would go a long way to ensuring Chicago makes another serious run at Lord Stanley.

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Not many teams go into Minnesota and beat the Wild. Add the Nashville Predators to the list.

The Preds erased a 2-0 deficit Sunday, eventually winning 4-2, as Filip Forsberg scored his fourth game-winning goal in six games.

The Swede is as hot as his team, which is playing the best hockey of its season, winners of six of seven. And Sunday's victory gave head coach Peter Laviolette the 500th victory of his career. He's the 25th head coach in history to reach the milestone.

It'll be a joyous return for the team to Nashville, on its way home after a stellar road trip through Denver, Western Canada, and Minnesota:

The Preds are now ahead of St. Louis by two points, and third in the Central Division. They've made up ground as goaltending has derailed the Blues' season.

It's the opposite in Nashville. The Predators have allowed only 12 goals in their past seven games, winning five tight one-goal decisions.

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NEW YORK - Claude Giroux scored at 3:20 of overtime as the Philadelphia Flyers rallied to beat the Islanders 3-2 Sunday night to end New York's three-game winning streak.

Giroux's 11th goal of the season came on pass from defenseman Shayne Gostibehere from behind the net, giving the Flyers a much-needed win after trailing 2-0. Philadelphia was 3-9-3 in its previous 15 since a 10-game winning streak.

Wayne Simmonds scored late in the second period to pull the Flyers within one and Ivan Provorov tied it early in the third. Steve Mason finished with 36 saves.

Nick Leddy and Alan Quine scored for New York, and Thomas Greiss stopped 44 shots.

Before Giroux's winner, Greiss denied Provorov on a point-blank attempt. Mason matched that save, denying John Tavares on a breakaway after Jason Chimera fed him the puck.

The Islanders had two power-play chances midway through the third period without converting. The Flyers had their chance with the man advantage when Cal Clutterbuck was called for tripping with 2:53 left but also failed to score.

The Flyers held a 42-34 shots advantage heading into overtime.

Leddy opened the scoring with 6:35 to go in the first period, snaring a loose puck that had squirted free after a scramble in front of the Flyers net and firing the puck over a fallen Mason.

Tavares rushed in on Mason but neither he nor linemates Josh Bailey or Anders Lee could beat Mason before the puck found its way out to Leddy, who scored his eighth.

The Flyers outshot the Islanders 15-8 in the first but Greiss continued his strong play, stopping all Flyers attempts. The Islanders' starting goalie since Jaroslav Halak was sent to AHL Bridgeport three weeks ago, Greiss continued his stellar play in the second with another 18 saves.

Quine made it 2-0 at 4:47 of the second, flipping the puck over Mason for his fourth goal of the season.

Simmonds finally broke through for the Flyers with 5:50 left in the second period to narrow the deficit to 2-1. The goal ended Greiss' shutout streak at 154:10 following shutout wins at Boston last Monday and at home against Dallas last Thursday night.

Simmonds' goal was his team-leading 19th this season.

Provorov tied it at 1:47 of the third on a dazzling solo effort around the Islanders' defense before beating Greiss for his fourth.

With both teams playing the second game of weekend back-to-backs, the Islanders had more jump early. But the Flyers seemed to find their legs once Simmonds scored late in the second and into the third period.

New York had won two straight games since Doug Weight replaced Jack Capuano as coach last Tuesday. They beat Dallas 3-0 on Thursday and stopped the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Saturday. They also won 3-0 at Boston last Monday in Capuano's last game.

Islanders forward Cal Clutterbuck returned after three-game absence with an undisclosed injury while defenseman Johnny Boychuk also returned after missing two games. Forward Andrew Ladd missed his fourth straight game with an upper body injury.

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Check out that stupid snipe by Patrick Kane.

The Chicago Blackhawks superstar was surrounded by three Canucks, shooting from a tight angle, and Ryan Miller did a pretty decent job of covering his net.

Only problem: Kane doesn't need a lot of room. It's his 15th of the season.

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That's how you receive a pass.

Minnesota Wild forward Mikael Granlund collected a pass - putting the puck between his legs - before out-waiting Pekka Rinne and scoring his 11th goal of the season Sunday night.

The slick tally gives Granlund 39 points on the year, putting him now just a point behind Eric Staal for the team lead.

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This was how a wild week in the NHL had to end.

The Columbus Blue Jackets and Ottawa Senators gave hockey fans another thrilling goal-filled game, the teams combining for 12 goals through 60 minutes, setting up Cam Atkinson's heroics.

The Sens blew a 5-3 lead in the third period, needing a tying goal from Kyle Turris with under eight minutes to play to force 3-on-3 play.

Mike Condon, seemingly not allowed to take a night off, stopped only 22 of 29 shots. He's played in every Ottawa game since Dec. 1, for 22 in a row.

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