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Dan Boyle of the San Jose Sharks skates with the puck past James Neal of the Pittsburgh Penguins during overtime of the NHL game at Consol Energy Center on Wednesday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Sharks defeated the Penguins 3-2 in overtime

Teddy Purcell scored a hat-trick as the Tampa Bay Lightning blazed out of a slump with an 8-3 rout of Phoenix on Wednesday, snapping the Coyotes’ eight-game win streak.
Martin St Louis scored twice and the NHL’s leading goal grabber Steven Stamkos notched his 41st of the season as the Lightning exploded to a 7-0 lead en route to ending their three-game losing streak.
“That was pretty cool,” Purcell told reporters after notching the first hat-trick of his career. “That was my first hat-trick since street hockey when I was 10 or 12 years old probably. To get a hat-trick and then two points, that’s a pretty special night.”
Tampa Bay (35-18-7) matched a season-high with their eight goals, their strong offensive showing helping them widen their lead in the Southeast division to three points over Washington.
In a complete effort for the home side, Stamkos ended a five-game goal drought while St Louis added his 50th assist of the season to record his fifth straight campaign of at least 20 goals and 50 assists.
Vincent Lecavalier and Adam Hall also netted for the Lightning.
Phoenix goaltender Jason Labarbera struggled in place of regular starter Ilya Bryzgalov, who has won eight consecutive starts including two shutouts. Labarbera allowed all eight goals.
“It’s embarrassing, just flat embarrassing,” said Coyotes captain Shane Doan. “I think as a player you feel the worst for a guy like Jason LaBarbera who does nothing but compete for us every single night and does everything he can for us every single day at practice.”
Martin Hanzal, Kyle Turris and David Schlemko scored for the Coyotes (33-20-9) who fell out of first in the Pacific Division and are now one point behind the San Jose Sharks.
Tampa Bay improved to 6-3-2 on their 12-game homestand.
Netminder Dwayne Roloson made 25 saves in the win.
Meanwhile, Phoenix Coyotes forward Scottie Upshall has been suspended two games for an illegal hit delivered to Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Oskars Bartulis, the NHL said on Wednesday.
Upshall, who was also fined $24,000 for the incident, hit an unsuspecting Bartulis early in the second period of Phoenix’s 3-2 victory. Bartulis left the game with a shoulder injury.
Upshall will miss the Coyotes’ next two games—at Tampa Bay on Wednesday and Friday’s game at Columbus.