![]() ![]() He faked to his left and went right to deke goalie Niklas Backstrom, who lost his third shootout in as many games. Langenbrunner was the only successful shooter as the Devils regained the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Jamie Langenbrunner had the lone shootout tally in New Jersey's victory over Minnesota. Dumont had the lone goal for the Predators. Kevin Dallman and Matt Ellis also scored for the Kings, and J.P. Alexander Frolov scored two goals and rookie goaltender Erik Ersberg made 37 saves to lead Los Angeles past Nashville. Jarome Iginla scored two goals and Daymond Langkow added a short-handed tally and two assists to lead Calgary. It was the Flames' second loss in a row and third in four games. Holik scored the winner with 3:47 left, beating goalie Curtis Joseph. The Thrashers, down 3-0 early in the second period, tied it at 4 on a goal by Chris Thorburn at 10:10 of the third. Calgary remained in a tie for first place in the Northwest Division, but fell to seventh overall in the Western Conference. The loss put a dent in the Flames' playoff chances. Kovalchuk scored into an empty net with 61 seconds left, completing a hat trick and pushing his goal total to 48 this season. ![]() Spezza scored on a power play in the first period before reaching 30 goals for the second straight season with his second of the game early in the second.Īntoine Vermette also scored for Ottawa, which won its third in a row to draw even with Montréal with 87 points, but the Senators took over the Northeast Division lead by virtue of their 40th win, one more than the Canadiens.ĪTLANTA - Bobby Holik scored on a pass from Ilya Kovalchuk in the closing minutes and Atlanta overcame a three-goal deficit to beat Calgary, just the Thrashers' second win in 12 games. MONTRÉAL - Jason Spezza scored two goals and Martin Gerber stopped 28 shots for his second shutout, leading Ottawa past Montréal. Samuelsson was credited with the winning goal just 25 seconds later when defenseman Stéphane Robidas accidentally knocked in the rebound of Samuelsson's shot. Marty Turco stopped 26 shots.ĭatsyuk tied it at 3 just 36 seconds into the third period when he beat Turco with a slap shot from the inside edge of the right circle. Trevor Daley, Jere Lehtinen and Brenden Morrow scored the Stars' goals and Joel Lundqvist had two assists. Nicklas Lidstrom had two assists and Chris Osgood made 16 saves. Johan Franzen had a goal and an assist each for Detroit and Mikael Samuelsson and Valtteri Filppula also scored. Montréal had 100-point seasons from 1975-82. It was the fifth straight win for the NHL-leading Red Wings, who reached 100 points for an league-record tying eighth-straight season. ![]() Karlsson made it 2-0 in the second period on a breakaway at 7:43.ĭETROIT - Pavel Datsyuk had two goals and an assist, and Detroit became the first team to secure a playoff spot by beating Dallas. He let loose a slap shot that was deflected into the net by Halpern to make it 1-0 at 7:41 - just 8 seconds into the power play. Halpern won the faceoff after Peter Schaefer went off for hooking, and the puck went out to the point and over to Filip Kuba. Tim Thomas stopped 23 shots for the Bruins, who have a one-point lead over eighth-place Philadelphia, with idle Buffalo just five points back in the chase for the conference's bottom playoff spots. It was the sixth goal in six games for the Bruins, who are seventh in the Eastern Conference but sliding fast with just one win in seven games. Still, the Lightning remained in last place in the Eastern Conference, with little hope of making the playoffs.īoston didn't score until Chuck Kobasew tipped Marco Sturm's slap shot from the point into the net to make it 2-1 with 12:03 left. Vincent Lecavalier, playing in his 700th NHL game, made it 3-1 on an empty-netter with 7.8 seconds left. Mike Smith stopped 35 shots, and the last-place Tampa Bay Lightning got goals from Jeff Halpern and Andreas Karlsson in a 3-1 victory Thursday over the slumping Boston Bruins. ![]()
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