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Boone Jenner broke a tie with 5:07 left and Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves in the Columbus Blue Jackets’ 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night. Nick Foligno and Sam Gagner had power-play goals, and David Savard also scored for the Blue Jackets.

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Patrick Kane had his second hat trick in three games, Scott Darling made 36 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory and 10th in 11 games. Richard Panik also scored to help Chicago pull within three points of first-place Minnesota in the Central Division and Western Conference.

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Cam Atkinson and Alexander Wennberg each scored twice to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots to tie his career high with his 32nd win.

Predators Subban dealing with new injury, feels better daily

P.K. Subban is dealing with something he’s never had before but is seeing daily improvement with the upper-body injury that has kept the Norris Trophy winner out of the Predators’ lineup since Dec. 15. “It’s difficult, but at the same token I’m optimistic,” Subban said Tuesday . “I’ve been pretty lucky my whole career to play in pretty much all the games and just so happens that this is just the way it went for me this time.