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ST. PAUL Authentic Mats Zuccarello Jersey , Minn. (AP) run by goalie Ben Bishop, the Dallas Stars have surged forward in the Western Conference race.They proved in Minnesota they’re plenty capable of winning without him, too.Radek Faksa, Roope Hintz and Joel L’Esperance scored in a span of 2:22 early in the second period, and the Stars hung on to beat the Wild 4-1 on Thursday night after Bishop got hurt.Anton Khudobin stopped 14 of the 15 shots he faced in relief of Bishop, who made seven saves and established a franchise best by stretching his scoreless streak to 240:53 before exiting with a lower-body injury.“Obviously we didn’t want to see Bish leave the game, but we’ve got all the confidence in the world in Doby, and it didn’t faze us at all,” captain Jamie Benn said.Alexander Radulov added an empty-netter for the Stars, who have won six of their last seven games — five in regulation. Khudobin, who’s on his sixth team in 10 years in the NHL, has given the Stars a solid tandem this season. Bishop missed five games with a lower-body injury in November and six games with an upper-body injury in February, so Khudobin has not lacked for action.Stars coach Jim Montgomery declined to speculate on when Bishop could return.“If he doesn’t get hurt Mika Zibanejad Jersey , maybe he gets another shutout, I don’t know,” Montgomery said. “The goal that went in, he’s big, and it probably doesn’t go anywhere, right? But Khudobin makes saves he can’t. That’s why they make a great duo.”Jason Zucker had the only goal for the Wild, who took another hit in the Western Conference wild-card race with their third straight loss. They’re in ninth place with 74 points and 11 games to go, trailing Arizona by three points for the final spot.The Stars, meanwhile, moved into a tie with St. Louis for third place in the Central Division with 79 points. They have 12 games remaining, as do the Blues.“I loved the way we played,” Montgomery said.The opposite sentiment was expressed down the hall. Wild coach Bruce Boudreau refrained from sharing much insight with reporters, holding back to avoid “ripping players.” They offered plenty of their own critiques Womens Pavel Buchnevich Jersey , though.“It’s got to come from leadership and guys playing the right way and holding guys accountable,” left wing Marcus Foligno said. “Right now we’re just letting things slip away. I wish I had the answers.”At the 4:11 mark of the second period, Blake Comeau sent an off-balance one-timer from right inside the blue line into the slot where Faksa blindly tipped it past Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk as Comeau fell down for his fourth goal in his last 10 games.Hintz, who scored twice Tuesday in a 3-0 win at Buffalo, knocked in a sprawling rebound just 1:14 later that sneaked between Dubnyk’s pads and crept across the goal line. Then a mere 1:08 after that, Benn’s backhand pass from the boards was deflected in by L’Esperance for his first NHL goal.The goalie change immediately followed, except this switch was made by the scoring team. That’s because Bishop, who leads the NHL in save percentage and posted shutouts in each of his last three starts, was injured.Khudobin, a seventh-round draft pick by the Wild in 2004, picked up right where Bishop left off. Zucker ended an 0-for-18 slump by the Wild on the power play over their last six games with his rebound backhand midway through the second period , but that’s all they managed.Minnesota’s five-game homestand started sluggishly with a 3-0 loss to Pacific Division leader San Jose on Monday.This was already going to be a critical response for a team still trying to find some momentum in this sidewinding season dented by the loss to injuries of top-scoring defenseman Matt Dumba and captain and center Mikko Koivu. Throw the standings into the equation, and this matchup became one of the Wild’s most important games of the month. They fell flat again Vladislav Namestnikov Jersey , falling to 1-6-3 in their last 10 home games since Jan. 19.“It’s not a matter of nobody wants to,” left wing Zach Parise said. “It’s just out of sync.”NOTES: Zucker has seven goals in 10 games. … Tyler Seguin, who assisted on Hintz’s goal, has 32 points in 28 career games against the Wild. … Minnesota’s Luke Kunin (upper body) returned from a two-game absence, but fellow center Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body) was scratched. … L’Esperance skated in his 11th NHL game.UP NEXTStars: Return to Dallas to start a five-game homestand, beginning with the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday night.Wild: Host the New York Rangers on Saturday night. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pekka Rinne stopped 42 shots to lead the Nashville Predators to a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night.Rinne was 63 seconds from his fifth shutout of the season when Nick Bjugstad scored for Pittsburgh.Viktor Arvidsson’s 32nd goal of the season – a power-play goal – set a career high and also was the 100th of his NHL career. Craig Smith and P.K. Subban also scored for the Predators, who moved into a first-place tie in the Central Division. Nashville, which clinched its fifth straight playoff berth Monday, has won five of seven after losing four of its previous six.Matt Murray made 23 saves for the Penguins, whose three-game winning streak ended.RED WINGS 4, DEVILS 0DETROIT (AP) — Jonathan Bernier and Jimmy Howard combined for a shutout, Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and two assists and the Red Wings topped the New Jersey Devils for their fourth straight win.Bernier made 21 saves in the first two periods before leaving with an upper-body injury. Howard stopped seven shots in the third period to complete the Red Wings’ sixth victory in their last seven games.Dylan Larkin and Danny DeKeyser each had a goal and an assist, and Andreas Athanasiou also scored for Detroit.AVALANCHE 3 Bobby Ryan Jersey , COYOTES 2, SODENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon’s shootout goal lifted Colorado over the Arizona Coyotes and the Avalanche tightened their grip on the second Western Conference wild-card berth.MacKinnon and Derick Brassard also had power-play goals in regulation for Colorado, which extended its lead over Arizona to three points in the race for the wild-card berth. Both teams have four games remaining.Oliver Ekman-Larsson had both goals for the Coyotes, including the tying goal with 51 seconds remaining in regulation.The Avalanche also got 42 saves from Philipp Grubauer, who also stopped all three shots by Arizona in the shootout.RANGERS 4, BLUES 2NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Vesey scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, helping the Rangers beat the St. Louis Blues.Ryan Strome, Pavel Buchnevich and Chris Kreider also scored, and Alexandar Georgiev made 44 saves for the Rangers, who had lost two in a row.Vladimir Tarasenko and David Perron scored for St. Louis, which clinched a playoff spot when Arizona lost at Colorado. Jordan Binnington stopped 20 shots in only his third regulation loss on the road this season.FLAMES 6, DUCKS 1CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Sean Monahan scored twice to set a single-season career high with 33 goals and also added two assists http://www.officialsenators.com/authentic-adidas-chris-wideman-jersey , leading the Flames to the win.Mark Giordano, James Neal, Derek Ryan and Garnet Hathaway also scored for Calgary, which extended its lead atop the Pacific Division and Western Conference to eight points over San Jose. The Flames are looking for their first division title since the 2005-06 season and first conference title since 1989-90. The Sharks have five games remaining, including a home date with Calgary on Sunday.Andy Welinski scored his first NHL goal for Anaheim.WILD 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2LAS VEGAS (AP) — Devan Dubnyk stopped 35 shots and the Minnesota Wild defeated the Vegas Golden Knights.The Wild, who are four points back of the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference, improved to 5-0-1 all-time against Vegas, including a perfect 3-0-0 at T-Mobile Arena.Minnesota opened the game with a 3-0 lead on goals by Greg Pateryn, Eric Staal and Kevin Fiala.Despite the loss, the Golden Knights clinched their second consecutive playoff berth when Arizona lost in a shootout in Denver. Paul Stastny scored both of Vegas’ goals, and Malcolm Subban made 30 saves.