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Senators 3, Capitals 1

Predators 6, Red Wings 4

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Here is the play, via Comcast Sports Net.

Neil left the game and did not return.

After losing his stick in the neutral zone on Monday night, Washington Capitals forward Mikhail Grabovski did everything he could to make a play to set up his teammate.

It did not go well.

Turris scored his 10th goal of the season early in the second period to give the Senators a 2-1 lead when he took a pass from Ryan through the neutral zone, and then blew between the Capitals defense, beating goaltender Philip Grubauer with a slick move.

• The Rink of Dreams: One Mich. family created an outdoor hockey paradise

• The Rink of Dreams: One Mich. family created an outdoor hockey paradise

• #Buttgoal | Did the officials get the call right?

Nice shot, and a bit of puck luck as the butt end of Craig Anderson’s stick seems to redirect it into the net.

• The Rink of Dreams: One Mich. family created an outdoor hockey paradise

“I don’t like playing flag football,” Burke said at the time. “I like teams that bang.”

Nemisz, a former first-round draft pick by the Flames in 2008, has appeared in just 15 NHL games and recorded one assist. He’s been playing for the Flames’ AHL team in Abbotsford this season and has five goals and four assists in 32 games.

Simmonds has tallied at least two goals in three consecutive games and can become the first player in the history of the Flyers franchise to do so in four straight. Vancouver enters competition allowing the fourth fewest goals against per game this season (2.22 goals against per game average).

• The Rink of Dreams: One Mich. family created an outdoor hockey paradise