Best of NHL: Shane Doan sets franchise record in Coyotes' win

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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Shane Doan scored twice and passed Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk for the franchise career goals record and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Thursday night.

Doan's empty-netter with 15.7 seconds left was his 381st career goal.

Doan took Max Domi's feed on a 2-on-1 and beat Connor Hellebuyck midway through the first period to set the record.

Hawerchuk scored 379 goals for the then-Winnipeg Jets in 713 games from 1982-90. It took 1,422 games for Doan to surpass that.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Viktor Tichonov scored power-play goals in the third period and Louis Domingue stopped 35 shots for Arizona.

Adam Lowry scored twice and Hellebuyck made 17 saves for the Jets. Winnipeg had a two-game win streak snapped and has yet to win three in a row this season (see full recap).

Hurricanes end Capitals' 9-game win streak
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Eric Staal broke a tie 51 seconds into the third period and the Carolina Hurricanes went on to beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Thursday night.

Phillip Di Giuseppe, Jeff Skinner and Andrej Nestrasil also scored, and Eddie Lack made 30 saves to help the Hurricanes end the Capitals' winning streak at nine games.

Alex Ovechkin had his 21st goal for Washington, and Nicklas Backstrom also scored.

Staal gave Carolina a 2-1 lead, and Skinner followed with his 15th of the season. Ovechkin cut it to one with 5:44 left, and Nestrasil had an empty-net goal in the final minute (see full recap).

Toews lifts Blackhawks over Avs in OT
DENVER -- Jonathan Toews scored a power-play goal at 3:29 of overtime, Patrick Kane extended his NHL points lead with a goal and two assists and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Thursday night.

Artem Anisimov and Andrew Desjardins also scored for Chicago, which snapped a four-game losing streak to Colorado. Scott Darling, meanwhile, filled in for starter Corey Crawford and had 26 saves.

Colorado erased a 3-1 deficit as Erik Johnson tied the game with less than 5 minutes remaining in regulation.

Toews then answered on a man advantage after the Avalanche were called for too many players on the ice.

Carl Soderberg and Cody McLeod scored for Colorado. Semyon Varlamov had 39 saves for Colorado and suffered his first loss in nine consecutive decisions against Chicago (see full recap).

Kulemin scores in 3rd straight as Isles beat Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Nikolay Kulemin extended his goal streak to three games, Thomas Greiss made 42 saves and the New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Thursday night.

Frans Nielsen scored 9:35 into the second period for the Islanders.

Ryan O'Reilly scored his 15th goal of the season and Linus Ullmark made 31 saves for Buffalo. The Sabres lost their third straight.

Kulemin got his goal 1:07 into the third period with an in-tight score. O'Reilly cut the deficit with 8:42 left off Jack Eichel's needle-threading pass into the slot during a power play.

The Sabres kept pressure on Greiss all night, starting with an early power play. With Matt Martin in the box for interference, Greiss made six saves, including three on Rasmus Ristolainen (see full recap).

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