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Highlights from National League games on Thursday: Capitals 5, Blue Jackets 0 Braden Holtby stopped 29 shots for his fourth shutout of the season and the Washington Capitals got goals from five different players as they defeated Columbus 5-0 to snap the Blue Jackets' 16-game winning streak. Columbus failed in its attempt to match the NHL record of 17 straight victories, established in 1993 by the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Blue Jackets had not lost since Nov. 26, when they were defeated in a shootout by the Florida Panthers. Continue to Article

January 06, 2017 3:16:am EST

Patrick Kane scored 56 seconds into overtime, Artem Anisimov had two goals and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Thursday night. Jonathan Toews set up Kane's 12th goal when he forced Anders Nilsson to make a left pad save. The rebound went right to Kane, who knocked it into the open side of net before Nilsson could recover. Continue to Article

January 05, 2017 11:26:pm EST

CHICAGO (AP) -- Buffalo center Ryan O'Reilly is active for the Sabres' game at Chicago after he had an appendectomy during the NHL's holiday break. Continue to Article

January 05, 2017 8:34:pm EST

Highlights from National League games on Wednesday: Rangers 5, Flyers 2 One night after saying his team got outworked badly in a loss to the Buffalo Sabres, New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault turned to goaltender Henrik Lundqvist and was rewarded with a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Lundqvist, who allowed four goals on 19 shots in Tuesday loss in Madison Square Garden, turned aside 30-of-32 shots for his 17th win of the season. Continue to Article

January 05, 2017 3:14:am EST

After getting just their second win in eight games, the Buffalo Sabres credited the victory to a solid team effort. Evander Kane and Justin Bailey scored 1:42 apart around the first intermission, leading the Sabres to a 4-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Zemgus Girgensons and Jack Eichel also scored, and Anders Nilsson stopped 24 shots to help the Sabres improve to 2-4-3 in their last eight. Continue to Article

January 03, 2017 11:21:pm EST