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Cam Ward holds off Senators

Rod Brind’Amour scored the winning goal, and Cam Ward made 31 saves for the Hurricanes to hand Ottawa its fourth straight loss.

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Hurricanes 4

Rod Brind’Amour scored the winning goal, and Cam Ward made 31 saves for the Hurricanes to hand Ottawa its fourth straight loss.

Tom Kostopoulos, Brett Carson and Eric Staal also scored to help Carolina win consecutive games for the first time since early December.

Chris Kelly scored for Ottawa, and Pascal LeClaire stopped 29 shots.

Lightning 4 at Devils 2

Mike Smith made 33 saves and Tampa Bay finished off the Devils 4-2 in the completion of a game that was suspended two nights earlier because a lighting problem created a safety issue for the players.

Tampa Bay led 3-0 when play was suspended Friday night with 9:12 left in the second period, then killed off the final 29:12 on Sunday to snap a 10-game losing streak against New Jersey. Only about 3,000 fans returned for the completion of the game.

Steven Stamkos scored twice — once Friday and once Sunday — and Steve Downie and Brandon Bochenski added goals in the game in which the players agreed not to protest playing three days in a row. On Saturday night, the Devils won 2-1 in overtime in Montreal, and the Lightning fell 4-1 in Philadelphia.

Travis Zajac and Zach Parise scored for New Jersey.

Ducks 3 at Blackhawks 1

Jonas Hiller made 42 saves, and Corey Perry, Saku Koivu and Teemu Selanne scored to help Anaheim win its fourth straight game.

Hiller has allowed only six goals during the streak, which began Tuesday — two days after a 5-2 loss in Chicago with Jean-Sebastien Giguere in net.

Anaheim had only 12 shots on goal, tying the franchise record for fewest shots, last done on Oct. 22, 1996, against Philadelphia. It also tied Chicago’s record for fewest shots allowed, most recently against the Minnesota North Stars on Dec. 8, 1991.

Duncan Keith had a late power-play goal for Chicago.

Stars 0 at Blue Jackets 2

Mathieu Garon made 26 saves for his second shutout of the season, and Raffi Torres and Antoine Vermette scored for the Blue Jackets.

The Blue Jackets have won three in a row after losing 21 of their previous 24 games. The shutout was the 16th of Garon’s career.