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LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 Detroit Red Wings Hoodies Authentic , 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 Detroit Red Wings Hats Authentic ,” 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 Custom Detroit Red Wings Jerseys , 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. WASHINGTON (AP) — Three’s a relief for the St. Louis Blues.Thanks to three goals in under five minutes, St. Louis beat the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals 4-1 Monday night to put together its first three-game winning streak of the season.The Blues were the only team in the NHL not to win three in a row, and after a rough start are now just three points out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.“It took a while,” said winger David Perron, who has five goals and nine assists during his career-best 11-game point streak. “It’s a lot of steps in the right direction www.officialoilers.com , and I think we can start feeling that our games are getting important.”This game featured goals by Ivan Barbashev, Vince Dunn and Perron in a span of 4:42 to bounce back from Alex Ovechkin’s league-leading 33rd goal of the season. Dunn banked the puck in on a double deflection for his first goal since October and assisted on Perron’s goal with a back-handed pass from along the boards.Just as Dunn dealt with some frustrating times during his 33-game goal drought, St. Louis is finally feeling good and getting rewarded. With the victory, the Blues climbed above .500 at 13-11-1 since interim coach Craig Berube took over for Mike Yeo.“We’re really building confidence,” Dunn said. “I think we’re now kind of all buying in together, we’re playing as a team and everyone’s really doing their part.”And the Blues are getting good goaltending. Following the lead of rookie Jordan Binnington, who went 3-0-0 last week, Jake Allen made 28 saves to pick up his first victory since Jan. 3 — which also came against the Capitals.Vladimir Tarasenko scored on the power play in the third period and has eight goals in his past eight games. St. Louis has won six of its past seven on the road, and Allen is among the league’s best goalies away from home.“Ask my magic genie Edmonton Oilers T-Shirts Authentic ,” Allen said. “I guess it’s fun shutting teams down in their own building. I’ll take it.”Ovechkin took over sole possession of sixth in NHL history with his 238th career power-play goal and tied Dave Andreychuk at 14th on the all-time list with the 640th goal of his career. But that was little consolation for the Capitals after a flat performance in their second consecutive loss.“We didn’t play the right way, we didn’t play well and you can see the result,” Ovechkin said. “It was bad play, bad game.”Capitals backup Pheonix Copley allowed four goals on 37 shots in his first game against his former team. Copley got the start over All-Star Braden Holtby, who injured his left eye Saturday when he took a stick to the face through his mask.This game wasn’t as much on Copley as an example of the Blues showing they might be the playoff contender they were supposed to be before the season.“That’s our goal,” center Ryan O’Reilly said. “We’re fighting to get in. We have an opportunity here and that’s what we want.”NOTES: With two assists, O’Reilly now has seven in his past seven games. … Capitals D Brooks Orpik played in his 1,000th regular-season game. Orpik is the first player in NHL history to reach 1,000 with fewer than 20 career goals. … Copley was originally signed by Washington Edmonton Oilers Hoodies Authentic , traded to St. Louis in 2015 and traded back in 2017. … Capitals 2013 draft pick Zach Sanford, who went to the Blues in the 2017 trade between the teams, played his first game against Washington.UP NEXTBlues: Binnington is expected to start in goal when they visit the New York Islanders on Tuesday.Capitals: Look to end their two-game skid when they travel to Nashville to face the Predators on Tuesday.