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NHL Capsules

CHICAGO -- Nick Bonino and Kyle Palmieri scored in the shootout to help the Anaheim Ducks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Friday night, sending the defending Stanley Cup champions to their third consecutive loss.

Bonino matched Jonathan Toews' goal in the first round of the tiebreaker, and Palmieri beat Antti Raanta with a backhand after Jonas Hiller stopped Patrick Sharp at the other end.

Hiller then made another save on Patrick Kane to give Anaheim the win after it lost its previous two games in a shootout.

Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf scored in regulation for the Ducks, and Hiller finished with 23 saves.

The three-game losing streak for the Blackhawks is their worst regular-season stretch since February 2012.

HURRICANES 5, SHARKS 3

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Elias Lindholm had a goal and two assists to lift Carolina over San Jose.

Jordan Staal, Eric Staal, Riley Nash and Jay Harrison had Carolina's other goals.

Cam Ward made 22 saves for the Hurricanes in his return to the lineup after sitting out Carolina's previous two games.

The Hurricanes have won three games in a row.

Justin Braun, Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Tommy Wingels scored for the Sharks. Joe Thornton extended his point streak to eight games with an assist in the first period.

Backup goalie Alex Stalock made 30 saves and San Jose lost consecutive games in regulation for the first time this season.

RED WINGS 3, DEVILS 1

NEWARK, N.J. -- Johan Franzen and Tomas Tatar scored third-period goals and Detroit beat New Jersey.

Joakim Andersson also scored and Jonas Gustavsson made 10 saves for Detroit, which has won five of six.

Cory Schneider made 18 saves for New Jersey, which has lost three in a row.

The Red Wings finished with 21 shots while the Devils only had 11.

The 11 shots tied a New Jersey franchise record for fewest shots in a home game.

Andy Greene scored for the Devils.

BLUE JACKETS 4, WILD 0

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Cam Atkinson, Nick Foligno, Boone Jenner and R.J. Umberger scored and Curtis McElhinney posted his first shutout since 2011 in leading Columbus over Minnesota.

It was the Blue Jackets' second win in a row, the first time they've won back-to-back games since Oct. 25.

They did it in their first game without last year's Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL's top goalie, Sergei Bobrovsky, who will miss the next month or so with a strained groin.

McElhinney made 20 saves in his first shutout since Feb. 5, 2011, while with the Anaheim Ducks.

Foligno and Umberger each also had assists and Ryan Johansen added two assists to stretch his points streak to four games.