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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Zach Parise hit another milestone in his distinguished career Thursday night. He was more pleased about helping teammate Nico Niederreiter out of a prolonged scoring drought.Parise had a goal and an assist to reach 700 points Michael Ferland Jersey Womens , leading the Minnesota Wild to a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings.Niederreiter scored on the power play and Devan Dubnyk made 27 saves for the Wild, who have won eight of 10. Mikko Koivu had three assists, giving him five in his past two games, and Mikael Granlund added an empty-net goal.Dating back to March last season, Niederreiter had gone 22 regular-season games between goals.“Every scorer has been there,” Parise said. “It’s a tough time. I’m happy for him that he got it over with and he can move on.”Jake Muzzin had a goal and Jack Campbell stopped 21 shots, but the Kings were unable to put together their first three-game winning streak of the season.Parise put the Wild ahead 2-1 at 14:42 of the second period, getting his 700th point in 887 NHL games. Parise is the fifth player born in Minnesota with 700 career points, and his 339 career goals are the most among active American-born players.“It’s always nice to hit milestones William Karlsson Jersey ,” Parise said. “It is rewarding when you put in the hard work for it and then you get the results. It’s a good number to hit.”The Wild tied it at 1 on Niederreiter’s power-play goal at 14:23 of the first period on a wrist shot in the paint off a pass by Parise.“I think he thanked me with his eyes,” Parise said. “He didn’t have to say anything. You could see the relief, got some color back in his face. You never want a teammate to be in that situation, but it was great to see him get one.”Niederreiter let out a yell as he was mobbed by teammates after scoring his first goal since March 24, and Wild coach Bruce Boudreau thought his play improved immediately.“Right after that he looked a lot faster for the rest of the game,” Boudreau said. “It’s obviously weighing on your mind when you’re a scorer and you haven’t scored in a long time.”The Wild have a power-play goal in five of their past six games, going 7 for 23 since Oct. 27.Muzzin’s first goal of the season gave the Kings a 1-0 lead at 4:42. Muzzin took the puck from his own zone all the way down the ice and scored on a wrist shot from the left circle.Alec Martinez got his third assist in two games.Los Angeles got a power play with 1:54 remaining and pulled Campbell for an extra skater with 1:15 to go, but Granlund added an empty-net goal at 19:57.The Kings were 0 for 3 on the power play, ending a streak of six consecutive home games with a power-play goal.“If we put it to the net Alex Ovechkin Jersey Kids , maybe we could have gotten some traffic and some rebounds, but we had our chances to win tonight and did not capitalize on the power plays,” interim coach Willie Desjardins said.There was a moment of silence before the game to honor victims of the mass shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks on Wednesday. Both teams held up signs that said “Enough” and wore stickers on their helmets that said the same.NOTES: Wild C Eric Staal returned to the lineup after not playing against San Jose on Tuesday because of illness. … The Wild scratched RW Matt Read, D Nate Prosser and C Matt Hendricks. Hendricks has not practiced the past two days after playing against the Sharks, when he made his return after missing seven games because of a lower-body injury. … The Kings scratched D Paul LaDue and C Michael Amadio.UP NEXTWild: Continue their seven-game road trip at Anaheim on Friday.Kings: Host the Calgary Flames on Saturday. MONTREAL (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens showed their mettle after their worst performance of the season.Jeff Petry scored twice as the Canadiens defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 6-4 on Thursday night.Matthew Peca, Brendan Gallagher, Artturi Lehkonen and Andrew Shaw also scored for the Canadiens, who have won four of their last five games. Phillip Danault and Kenny Agostino each had two assists.The Canadiens were coming off a season-worst 7-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.“We definitely knew we needed to bounce back after our effort in Minnesota and I thought we came out and played a pretty solid game,” said Carey Price Braden Holtby Jersey , who made 27 saves for his fourth straight victory.“The game’s all about momentum and it seemed like it shifted throughout the course of that third period.”Andrei Svechnikov had two goals, and Jaccob Slavin and Sebastian Aho also scored for the Hurricanes. Petr Mrazek made 34 saves in place of injured Curtis McElhinney.The teams combined for seven goals in a back-and-forth third period.“It was a bit wild,” Petry said. “Not the ideal way you want to approach a third period. Good to get the points here. Big game tonight to kick off a three-game homestand.“We had a solid effort and played pretty well.”Down 2-1, Carolina tied it up 23 seconds into the third period. Svechnikov, with his second of the game, scored off his own rebound and notched the first multi-goal game of his NHL career.Gallagher restored the one-goal lead 22 seconds later when he cut hard to the net and slid the puck between Mrazek’s pads his 14th goal of the year. He is tied with Max Domi with 14 goals.Lehkonen made it 4-2 at 4:22 before Slavin got one back for the Hurricanes at 10:51.The Canadiens went up 5-3 when Shaw scored his ninth of the season on a breakaway at 12:24. That score was his ninth of the season and extended his points streak to six games.“We have to stay right on them,” Slavin said about conceding goals shortly after scoring. “We have to keep our foot on the gas. We can’t take a breath. Roddy (coach Rod Brind’Amour) talks about that all the time. You can’t take breaths right after you score.”Carolina cut the deficit again when Aho beat Price with 4:22 remaining.Petry sealed the win with an empty-net goal with 1:59 left. He has five goals in his last six games.Svechnikov broke a scoreless deadlock with a 4-on-4 goal at 2:53 of the second period. With a burst of speed from center ice, Svechnikov blew past Shea Weber before backhanding the puck high into the net.Peca, a healthy scratch for the last two games Youth Christian Djoos Jersey , tied the score with his second of the season and first goal since Nov. 8. Following a bad giveaway by Haydn Fleury in Carolina’s zone, Peca spun around and fired a no-look shot over Mrazek’s left shoulder at 13:51.The Canadiens took the lead three minutes later when Petry, after a soft clearing attempt by the Hurricanes, skated into the slot and fired a wrist shot past Mrazek.“This is where I have to be careful because I’m not happy,” said Brind’Amour. “We needed much more out of certain guys and didn’t get it tonight, so that’s frustrating. Especially after we fought to get back.”NOTES: The game was the second of three meetings between the Canadiens and ‘Canes this season. … The Hurricanes lead the league in shots per game, but managed just four in a first period dominated by Montreal.UP NEXTHurricanes: Home against Washington on Friday.Canadiens: Home against Ottawa on Saturday.