Erik Karlsson, showstopper.

The Ottawa Senators defenseman ended Thursday's game in Arizona by going top shelf on the Coyotes on a breakaway opportunity.

The goal was his second of the game after he tied it in the third period, and his 13th of the season.

Karlsson added an assist to boost his season point total to 61 through 66 games.

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Three games into his Los Angeles tenure, Jarome Iginla is on the board.

The Kings' deadline acquisition picked up a loose puck Thursday versus Nashville, and neatly deposited his ninth goal of the season, and first with his new club.

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CHICAGO - Jonathan Bernier made 43 saves for his 100th NHL win, and Anaheim Ducks cooled off the Chicago Blackhawks with a 1-0 victory on Thursday.

Corey Perry scored in the second as Anaheim ended Chicago's seven-game winning streak despite being outshot 43-26 on the night. Corey Crawford blocked 25 shots as the Blackhawks lost for only the second time in their last 14.

Bernier's second shutout this season and 14th of his career helped the Ducks pull ahead of idle Edmonton for second place in the Pacific Division. Bernier made his sixth straight start with John Gibson sidelined a lower-body injury.

Perry stopped a 10-game scoring drought with his 12th goal at 17:44. He hadn't connected since scoring twice on Feb. 9 at Buffalo.

The Blackhawks outscored their opponents 53-29 in their previous 13 games, and they held the Ducks without a shot for more than 18 minutes stretching from the first period until early in the second.

But Chicago wasted a chance to overtake Minnesota for the top spot in the Central Division and Western Conference. The Wild lost 4-1 at Tampa Bay.

Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson returned after missing four games with an upper-body injury. He was paired with Swedish countryman Johnny Oduya, who played in his first game since being reacquired on Feb. 28 from Dallas. He had been resting an ankle injury.

Hjalmarsson and Oduya often played together on Chicago's 2013 and 2015 Stanley Cup teams.

The Blackhawks outshot the Ducks 19-2 in a chippy first. Anaheim forward Ryan Getzlaf fought Chicago's Richard Panik late in the first, and the Ducks captain drew an extra minor for instigating and a misconduct on the altercation. Getzlaf entered with just 26 penalty minutes.

The Blackhawks kept dominating into the second, but Bernier stepped up every time he was challenged. His best stops included a point-blank right pad save on Jordin Tootoo in the opening minute, a glove save on Patrick Kane's backhander with 5:05 left in the period and a block of Artem Anisimov's quick shot from the side of the net about a minute later.

Perry scored on the Ducks' 14th shot, just moments after Marian Hossa's drive dribbled off the post to Bernier's left. He beat Crawford on the stick side as he cut across the slot.

Aided by solid defensive support, Bernier preserved the lead in the third.

Bernier had to come up with a sprawling pad save in Artemi Panarin and close-in stop on Jonathan Toews with Crawford on the bench for an extra attacker in the final 1:40.

NOTES: With Gibson out, Bernier was backed up by Jhonas Enroth. Jeff Glass backed up Crawford for a third game. Scott Darling is recovering from an upper-body injury. ... Anaheim's Logan Shaw played in his 100th NHL game. ... With Hjalmarsson and Oduya in the lineup, Ds Michal Kempny and Michal Rozsival were scratched. ... Ducks F Antoine Vermette served the ninth game of a 10-game suspension for slashing linesman Shandor Alphonso. He's eligible to return when Anaheim hosts Washington on Sunday.

UP NEXT:

Ducks: At St. Louis on Friday in second of a two-game Midwest swing.

Blackhawks: At Detroit on Friday in their final visit to the Joe Louis Arena.

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Jannik Hansen is feeling the California love.

In his first game with the San Jose Sharks since being acquired from Vancouver prior to the trade deadline, the winger - who was given an opportunity to start on the top line - made an immediate impression by assisting on a relatively rare goal by Joe Thornton.

The point was Hansen's 14th in 29 games this season.

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A look at Thursday night's result for the Tampa Bay Lightning seems encouraging - a convincing 4-1 win over the Western Conference-leading Minnesota Wild.

The two points - although crucial in Tampa's push toward the postseason - don't nearly tell the whole story, though, as centers Vladislav Namestnikov, Tyler Johnson, and Cedric Paquette all left the game with injuries.

Related - Watch: Lightning's Johnson injured on knee-on-knee hit from Niederreiter

Head coach Jon Cooper said there's no update on any player, and indicated he'll wait for Friday's medical reports before hitting the panic button, but did offer a rather ominous prediction.

"It doesn't sound encouraging for any of them," he said, according to Bryan Burns of the club's official website.

Tampa Bay's season likely hangs in the balance, as their depth down the middle may take a major hit. The Lightning sent out pivots Brian Boyle and Valtteri Filppula at the trade deadline, and have been without captain Steven Stamkos since mid-November.

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When he came out of the University of Wisconsin ahead of the 2012-13 season, the Edmonton Oilers thought Justin Schultz was the mobile offensive defenseman they so desperately coveted.

But Schultz never really panned out in Edmonton, and the Oilers shipped him to the Pittsburgh Penguins ahead of last season's trade deadline for a third-round pick. Then Oilers fans watched the reinvigorated blue-liner play a key role for Pittsburgh en route to winning the Stanley Cup.

His former bench boss, at least, is happy to watch the 26-year-old succeed in a new environment.

"He needed an opportunity to go somewhere else and start over and start fresh," Oilers coach Todd McLellan told reporters Thursday. "There was a lot of stress and tension put on him here with the Oilers, whether it's fans, teammates or coaches.

"I'm proud of him," McLellan said. "I'm glad he's that he's having that year."

Schultz makes his return to Edmonton on Friday night. He's crafted a career season with 45 points so far, ranking fourth among all NHL defensemen.

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Alain Vigneault is not seeing eye to eye with NHL officials.

The New York Rangers head coach was not happy about an upheld goal call in Thursday's game against the Carolina Hurricanes. The moment in question was this game-tying power-play goal off the stick of Sebastian Aho wherein Vigneault believed goalie Antti Raanta was clearly interfered with.

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Here's what Vigneault had to say after the eventual 4-3 loss, per Steve Zipay of Newsday.

In all the times I’ve asked for challenges, this one I’m 100 percent sure I’m right. The ref that didn't make the call said it was a good goal because Antti was out of the blue, which I’m looking at (replay), and there’s contact that lifts his mask. Then they told us that Antti’s feet were in the blue, but his head was outside the blue In my opinion, it was the wrong call. Ask the league, they're going to spin it any way so they look alright and that's the way it always is.

The NHL ruled that "no goaltender interference infractions occurred before the puck crossed the goal line." Thus, the original decision stood.

The Rangers lost their timeout, the game, and eventually their cool.

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It was a difficult night for the Tampa Bay Lightning, but the ever-consistent Nikita Kucherov just kept scoring.

The Lightning lost three forwards - Tyler Johnson, Vladislav Namestnikov, and Cedric Paquette - to injuries Thursday, but Kucherov scored twice to help Tampa Bay dismantle the Minnesota Wild 4-1.

Kucherov buried a wrister on the power play to open the scoring in the first period, then added an empty-netter late in the third to seal the victory.

The latter tally was his 30th, tying a career high that he set last season. He now has as many goals and assists as he had in all of 2015-16, accomplishing it in 18 fewer games this time around.

The 23-year-old has scored at least 28 goals in each of his last three seasons, and he's only in his fourth full campaign with the Lightning, who signed him to a three-year contract extension last October.

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Patrik Laine, Auston Matthews, and Sebastian Aho.

That's the complete list of rookies who've hit the 20-goal mark so far this season.

Aho reached the milestone Thursday by scoring a pair of third-period power-play markers that propelled his Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-3 win over the New York Rangers, with the 20th coming off a nice tic-tac-toe passing play.

Aho added an assist in the contest, and has now recorded 38 points through his first 64 NHL games.

What's even more impressive is that Aho had not played hockey in North America prior to 2016-17, developing his game exclusively in Finland. And what he learned over there is certainly paying off.

Of all the players selected over the past two years, only Jack Eichel, Connor McDavid, Laine and Matthews have scored more goals than Aho, who was the 35th pick in 2015.

Aho likely won't garner much in the way of Calder Trophy support, seeing as the NHL is loaded with rookie talent. Still, what's he's accomplished for the Hurricanes to date should not be overlooked.

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Tampa Bay Lightning forward Tyler Johnson was forced to make an early exit from Thursday's game against Minnesota after receiving a knee-on-knee hit from Wild forward Nino Niederreiter.

Johnson was helped off the ice, and it was later announced that both he and Vladislav Namestnikov - who also left the game with a lower-body injury - would not return.

Tampa Bay entered the contest with a slim shot at making the playoffs, and it could be even more of an uphill battle if Johnson's injury is ruled serious.

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