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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal Custom Chicago Blackhawks Jerseys , two assists and the shootout winner as the Florida Panthers recovered after giving up a three-goal lead in the second period and beat the Washington Capitals 6-5 on Friday night for their first victory of the season.In a wacky, back-and-forth game, Florida squandered a 4-1 advantage and allowed the tying goal with 1:25 left. The Panthers couldn’t score in overtime despite a power play but celebrated a win for the first time this season in their fifth game after Huberdeau beat Copley in the fourth round of the shootout.Vincent Trocheck also had a goal and two assists and scored in the shootout for the Panthers. Backup goaltender Michael Hutchinson stopped 10 of the 11 shots he faced in regulation and overtime and made a couple of more saves in the shootout after replacing starter James Reimer.Evgenii Dadonov, Colton Sceviour and Jared McCann also scored for the Panthers, who chased Stanley Cup winning goalie Braden Holtby with four goals on 11 shots. Holtby was hardly to blame as the victim of a handful of inexplicable mistakes and turnovers by his teammates.Following John Carlson’s early goal, the Capitals tied it in the second period when Brett Connolly, Jakub Vrana and Devante Smith-Pelly scored in a span of less than 12 minutes.WILD 3, STARS 1DALLAS (AP) — Ryan Suter scored the winning goal in the third period and had two assists as Minnesota beat Dallas.Dallas goalie Ben Bishop had stopped a shot by Eric Staal, but the puck went into the left corner. Suter sent the puck back in front, and it ricocheted in off the Stars’ Esa Lindell with 7:06 left.Devan Dubnyk made 33 saves for Minnesota in a game that was scoreless until 36 seconds into the third period, when the Stars’ Jason Spezza scored his first of the season. He tipped in Miro Heiskanen’s shot from the left point.Matt Dumba put in a loose rebound past Bishop at 9:37 of the third to tie the score.Bishop also finished with 33 saves www.officialavalanche.com , and Zach Parise scored into an empty net with 1 minute left.PREDATORS 5, FLAMES 3CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Zac Rinaldo scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period to lead Nashville to its fourth straight win.Kevin Fiala and Filip Forsberg each had a goal and an assist, and Ryan Johansen and Craig Smith also scored for the Predators.After Noah Hanifin got caught pinching, Rinaldo broke out on a 2-on-1 with Ryan Hartman and hung onto the puck the whole way before beating Flames goalie Mike Smith on his blocker side with a perfect wrist shot into the top corner at 6:31 of the third to give Nashville a 4-3 lead.Forsberg sealed the win with an empty-netter with 32 seconds left.Pekka Rinne had 15 saves on 18 shots before leaving with just under 15 minutes left in the third. Juuse Saros stopped all nine shots he faced.Elias Lindholm got his team-leading fifth goal for Calgary, and Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett also scored. Smith finished with 25 saves. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Devan Dubnyk made sure the Minnesota Wild didn’t let another three-goal lead slip away, especially not with a chance to keep the rival Chicago Blackhawks reeling.Dubnyk made a season-high 44 saves, Charlie Coyle scored twice and the Wild beat the Blackhawks 3-0 on Saturday night. Mikko Koivu also scored in the first period for Minnesota, which is 9-0-3 in its last 12 home games. It was Dubnyk’s fourth shutout of the season and No. 28 for his career.On Thursday night, the Wild gave up a 3-0 lead to Arizona and lost 4-3 in overtime.”It’s funny we end up 3-0 again Colorado Avalanche T-Shirts Authentic ,” Dubnyk said. ”So, couldn’t have written it any better to give ourselves a chance at a do-over, and we did that.”Jeff Glass made 16 saves for the last-place Blackhawks, who have lost five straight and nine of their past 11.”It’s an environment that we’re not accustomed to and we’re trying to remain positive, looking forward to competing the right way and giving yourself a chance to play with a purpose in a team-structured game,” Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. ”That’s where we’re at and I think that’s what we’re dealing with. Find a way to make a contribution in the right way.”The Wild bounced back nicely from that loss to the Coyotes, with Dubnyk playing a key role as Chicago outshot Minnesota 44-19, including 15-7 in the third period.”I thought Devan was really good,” Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. ”He had to make some really good saves. They shoot the puck from everywhere. Just turn around and throw it at the net. But he was really good. This was like he played the first half of last year today. That’s what it reminded me of anyway.”Coyle had four goals in his first 33 games of the season. But he has found his scoring touch while playing on the third line with Zach Parise and Matt Cullen, picking up four goals in his past six games.He started the scoring at 1:58 of the first when he banked in a shot off Glass from behind the net. Koivu made it 2-0 at 6:31 when he deflected a power-play shot from Matt Dumba from the right circle.”We were playing down low and trying to win battles and controlling the puck and it paid off for us right away to kind of get us going a little bit,” Coyle said. ”That definitely gave us confidence and we just kind of fed off of that and tried to keep it going.”Coyle scored again on the rush in the second Colorado Avalanche Hoodies Authentic , giving him his first multi-goal game of the season.Chicago was shut out for the first time since Nov. 4 at Minnesota and the third time overall this season.The Wild improved to 11-4-1 in their last 16 regular-season meetings with the Blackhawks.Stopping pucks has been more of an issue for the Blackhawks than scoring. Since star goaltender Corey Crawford went down with an upper-body injury in December, Chicago has allowed the sixth-most goals in the league and is 7-10-3 during that stretch.”Well it’s surely getting smaller, we know that,” Toews said of the window to make the playoffs. ”We’re well aware of the situation. As we said all along, we got to focus on your job and that’s what we’re going to keep doing.”NOTES: Minnesota had its biggest crowd of the season with an announced attendance of 19,227. … Chicago D Carl Dahlstrom made his NHL debut. Dahlstrom, a second-round draft pick by the Blackhawks in 2013, had 23 points in 47 games for Rockford of the AHL. … Chicago F Patrick Sharp was scratched for the fifth time in seven games. Sharp has just six goals and seven assists in 47 games this season. … Wild D Viktor Loov was scratched a day after being recalled from the AHL and two days after being acquired in a trade from the New Jersey Devils.UP NEXTBlackhawks: Play at Arizona on Monday.Wild: Host the New York Rangers on Tuesday.