Mikkel Boedker has been everything the Colorado Avalanche was hoping for. The trade deadline acquisition scored the only goal of the shootout and the Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 Friday night. As the second shooter for Colorado, Boedker made a nifty deke to beat Joni Ortio. That left it up to goalie Semyon Varlamov, and he ended it with a stop on Sean Monahan. Varlamov made 30 saves. "Just coming in with speed and hoping the goaltender bites on your fake shot and brought it to the backhand," Boedker said. "It was one of those things that felt really good and it's going to go a long way confidence wise." Boedker has six points (three goals, three assists) in eight games since joining Colorado from Arizona at the trade deadline. Tyson Barrie and Carl Soderberg also scored for Colorado. The Avalanche move three points ahead of Minnesota for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The Wild have a game in hand. Matt Stajan, Mark Giordano and Freddie Hamilton scored for Calgary. The Flames finish 3-1-2 on their season-long six-game homestand and open a three-game trip in Montreal Sunday. Capitals 4, Predators 1: Daniel Winnik scored his first two goals as a member of the Capitals, Evgeny Kuznetsov had three assists and Washington defeated the Nashville Predators 4-1. T.J. Oshie added his career-high 22nd goal of the season for the Capitals.
Sabres 3, Senators 1: Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Nicolas Deslauriers and defenseman Zach Bogosian also scored for the Sabres (29-33-10). Chad Johnson made 32 saves. Alex Chiasson scored for the Senators (33-31-8). Craig Anderson made 31 saves. Blackhawks 4, Jets 0: Left winger Andrew Ladd stung his former teammates with a third-period goal and the Chicago Blackhawks posted a 4-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. Ladd, dealt to Chicago just before the trade deadline in late February, took a pass from captain Jonathan Toews and slipped in his 20th goal of the season at 3:06 of the third period as the Blackhawks built a 3-0 lead. Oilers 2, Canucks 0: After losing eight of their previous nine games in their final season at Rexall Place, the Edmonton Oilers took another step toward repairing the damage by winning their second game in a row at home. The Oilers dumped the Vancouver Canucks 2-0 Friday, two days after upsetting the St. Louis Blues 6-4. Ducks 4, Bruins 0: Goalie Frederik Andersen stopped 38 shots in his second shutout of the season to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-0 rout of the Boston Bruins in front of 16,707 at the Honda Center. Ryan Kesler, Rickard Rakell, Hampus Lindholm and Jamie McGinn scored for the Ducks (39-22-9), who moved within four points of the first-place Los Angeles Kings and three ahead of the San Jose Sharks in the Pacific Division.
