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NHL

GLANCE EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division	W	L	OL	Pts	GF	GA
N.Y. Rangers	4	0	0	8	12	7
New Jersey	2	0	0	4	4	2
Pittsburgh	1	1	1	3	6	8
N.Y. Islanders	1	1	0	2	6	4
Philadelphia	0	1	0	0	3	4

Northeast Division	W	L	OL	Pts	GF	GA
Montreal	1	0	1	3	7	3
Ottawa	1	1	1	3	8	8
Buffalo	1	0	0	2	2	1
Boston	1	1	0	2	8	8
Toronto	1	1	0	2	4	8

Southeast Division	W	L	OL	Pts	GF	GA
Carolina	2	0	0	4	10	7
Atlanta	1	0	1	3	9	7
Florida	1	1	0	2	7	8
Washington	1	1	0	2	8	9
Tampa Bay	0	2	1	1	5	8

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division	W	L	OL	Pts	GF	GA
Columbus	1	1	0	2	6	7
Detroit	1	1	0	2	5	5
Nashville	1	1	0	2	5	6
St. Louis	1	1	0	2	7	7
Chicago	0	2	0	0	4	8

Northwest Division	W	L	OL	Pts	GF	GA
Vancouver	2	0	0	4	11	4
Minnesota	1	0	0	2	4	3
Calgary	0	1	1	1	4	11
Edmonton	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colorado	0	1	0	0	4	5

Pacific Division	W	L	OL	Pts	GF	GA
San Jose	2	0	0	4	7	2
Phoenix	1	0	0	2	3	1
Dallas	0	1	1	1	5	8
Anaheim	0	1	0	0	1	4
Los Angeles	0	1	0	0	1	3

SATURDAY'S GAMES

Detroit 3, Ottawa 2

Washington 4, Chicago 2

Florida 3, Atlanta 2 (OT)

N.Y. Islanders 5, St. Louis 2

Montreal 6, Toronto 1

N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 3

New Jersey 2, Pittsburgh 1 (OT)

Carolina 4, Tampa Bay 3 (OT)

Nashville 3, Dallas 1

Minnesota 4, Boston 3

San Jose 3, Los Angeles 1

Phoenix 3, Columbus 1

Vancouver 5, Calgary 4 (OT)

YESTERDAY'S GAMES

Phoenix at Anaheim, late

Colorado at Edmonton, late

San Jose at Los Angeles, late

TODAY'S GAMES

St. Louis at Toronto, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 2

Detroit at Carolina, 7

Vancouver at Washington, 7

Montreal at Philadelphia, 7

New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7

Nashville at Chicago, 8:30

TOMORROW'S GAMES

Minnesota at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7

Colorado at Calgary, 9

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30

Columbus at San Jose, 10:30

SATURDAY
CAPITALS 4, BLACKHAWKS 2
Chicago ------------------------- 2

0

0 -- 2

Washington ------------------------- 1

1

2 -- 4

First Period -- 1, Chicago, Versteeg 1 (Toews, Havlat), :26. 2, Chicago, Skille 1 (Bolland, Ladd), 11:41. 3, Washington, Bradley 1 (Steckel, Brashear), 13:26.

Second Period -- 4, Washington, Ovechkin 1 (Poti), 5:07.

Third Period -- 5, Washington, Laich 1 (Semin), 15:33. 6, Washington, Ovechkin 2 (Schultz, Theodore), 18:24.

Shots on goal -- Chicago 10-6-5 -- 21. Washington 6-12-16 -- 34. Power-play opportunities -- Chicago 0 of 5; Washington 0 of 4. Goalies -- Chicago, Khabibulin 0-1-0 (34 shots-30 saves). Washington, Theodore 1-0-0 (21-19). A -- 18,277. T -- 2:22.

RED WINGS 3, SENATORS 2
Detroit ------------------------- 1

0

2 -- 3

Ottawa ------------------------- 1

1

0 -- 2

First Period -- 1, Ottawa, Picard 1 (Kuba, Heatley), 6:22 (pp). 2, Detroit, Filppula 1 (Samuelsson, Cleary), 11:01.

Second Period -- 3, Ottawa, Foligno 1, 18:01.

Third Period -- 4, Detroit, Franzen 1 (Zetterberg, Lidstrom), 11:16. 5, Detroit, Franzen 2 (Rafalski, Zetterberg), 18:43.

Shots on goal -- Detroit 17-11-13 -- 41. Ottawa 6-12-4 -- 22. Power-play opportunities -- Detroit 0 of 5; Ottawa 1 of 5. Goalies -- Detroit, Osgood 1-1-0 (22 shots-20 saves). Ottawa, Gerber 0-1-1 (41-38). A -- 20,182. T -- 2:25.

ISLANDERS 5, BLUES 2
St. Louis ------------------------- 1

0

1 -- 2

N.Y. Islanders ------------------------- 4

0

1 -- 5

First Period -- 1, N.Y. Islanders, Comrie 1 (Park, Okposo), 2:18. 2, N.Y. Islanders, Hunter 1 (Weight), 13:47 (pp). 3, N.Y. Islanders, Bergenheim 1 (Hilbert, Gervais), 15:20. 4, St. Louis, Boyes 2 (Kariya, McDonald), 17:23. 5, N.Y. Islanders, Hilbert 1 (Streit, Gervais), 19:14 (sh).

Third Period -- 6, St. Louis, Tkachuk 3 (Kariya, McDonald), 7:47 (pp). 7, N.Y. Islanders, Guerin 1 (Weight), 19:11 (en).

Shots on goal -- St. Louis 6-6-14 -- 26. N.Y. Islanders 15-9-10 -- 34. Power-play opportunities -- St. Louis 1 of 3; N.Y. Islanders 1 of 4. Goalies -- St. Louis, Mason 0-1-0 (33 shots-29 saves). N.Y. Islanders, J.MacDonald 1-1-0 (26-24). A -- 16,234. T -- 2:26.

CANADIENS 6, MAPLE LEAFS 1
Montreal ------------------------- 2

4

0 -- 6

Toronto ------------------------- 0

1

0 -- 1

First Period -- 1, Montreal, Hamrlik 1 (G.Latendresse, Koivu), 11:00. 2, Montreal, Kovalev 1 (Plekanec, O'Byrne), 12:39.

Second Period -- 3, Montreal, S.Kostitsyn 1 (Tanguay, Koivu), 2:50 (pp). 4, Montreal, Tanguay 1 (G.Latendresse, S.Kostitsyn), 4:15 (pp). 5, Montreal, S.Kostitsyn 2 (Tanguay, Markov), 8:18 (pp). 6, Toronto, Blake 1 (Van Ryn, Ponikarovsky), 11:02 (pp). 7, Montreal, G.Latendresse 1 (Koivu, Tanguay), 11:24.

Shots on goal -- Montreal 9-14-11 -- 34. Toronto 8-11-6 -- 25. Power-play opportunities -- Montreal 3 of 8; Toronto 1 of 4. Goalies -- Montreal, Halak 1-0-0 (25 shots-24 saves). Toronto, Toskala 1-1-0 (23-17), Joseph (0:00 third, 11-11). A -- 19,370. T -- 2:40.

PANTHERS 3, THRASHERS 2
Atlanta ------------------------- 1

1

0

0 -- 2

Florida ------------------------- 1

1

0

1 -- 3

First Period -- 1, Atlanta, Kozlov 2 (Kovalchuk, Havelid), 9:12. 2, Florida, Booth 2 (Weiss, Zednik), 11:14.

Second Period -- 3, Florida, Weiss 1 (Zednik, Ballard), :19. 4, Atlanta, Williams 1 (Hainsey, Slater), 16:57.

Overtime -- 5, Florida, Booth 3 (Horton, Ballard), 3:54.

Shots on goal -- Atlanta 16-12-5-0 -- 33. Florida 8-9-18-4 -- 39. Power-play opportunities -- Atlanta 0 of 5; Florida 0 of 5. Goalies -- Atlanta, Lehtonen (1 shot-1 save) Hedberg (7:03 first, 1-1), Lehtonen 1-0-1 (10:48 first, 37-34). Florida, Vokoun 1-1-0 (33-31). A -- 18,401. T -- 2:27.

RANGERS 4, FLYERS 3
N.Y. Rangers ------------------------- 4

0

0 -- 4

Philadelphia ------------------------- 0

2

1 -- 3

First Period -- 1, N.Y. Rangers, Zherdev 2 (Voros, Girardi), 4:12. 2, N.Y. Rangers, Betts 1 (Zherdev, Girardi), 5:15. 3, N.Y. Rangers, Sjostrom 1 (Betts, Orr), 8:30. 4, N.Y. Rangers, Rozsival 1 (Gomez, Naslund), 16:13 (pp).

Second Period -- 5, Philadelphia, Hartnell 1 (Metropolit), 3:13 (sh). 6, Philadelphia, S.Gagne 1 (Briere), 16:09.

Third Period -- 7, Philadelphia, Richards 1 (Briere, Eminger), 5:38.

Shots on goal -- N.Y. Rangers 14-9-4 -- 27. Philadelphia 9-12-7 -- 28. Power-play opportunities -- N.Y. Rangers 1 of 6; Philadelphia 0 of 6. Goalies -- N.Y. Rangers, Valiquette 1-0-0 (28 shots-25 saves). Philadelphia, Biron 0-1-0 (14-10), Niittymaki (16:13 first, 13-13). A -- 19,623. T -- 2:31.

DEVILS 2, PENGUINS 1
New Jersey ------------------------- 0

0

1

1 -- 2

Pittsburgh ------------------------- 1

0

0

0 -- 1

First Period -- 1, Pittsburgh, Satan 1 (Staal, Malkin), 11:52 (pp).

Third Period -- 2, New Jersey, Elias 2, 17:31.

Overtime -- 3, New Jersey, Parise 2 (Zajac, White), 4:22.

Shots on goal -- New Jersey 10-15-20-4 -- 49. Pittsburgh 8-4-2-1 -- 15. Power-play opportunities -- New Jersey 0 of 4; Pittsburgh 1 of 4. Goalies -- New Jersey, Brodeur 2-0-0 (15 shots-14 saves). Pittsburgh, Fleury 1-1-1 (49-47). A -- 17,132. T -- 2:28.

HURRICANES 4, LIGHTNING 3
Carolina ------------------------- 0

1

2

1 -- 4

Tampa Bay ------------------------- 2

1

0

0 -- 3

First Period -- 1, Tampa Bay, Recchi 1 (Carle, Jokinen), 8:20. 2, Tampa Bay, Niskala 1 (Prospal, Heward), 10:27 (pp).

Second Period -- 3, Tampa Bay, Lecavalier 1 (St. Louis, Heward), 9:01 (pp). 4, Carolina, Brind'Amour 2 (Pitkanen, Whitney), 19:51 (pp).

Third Period -- 5, Carolina, Cullen 2 (Brind'Amour, Pitkanen), 1:56 (pp). 6, Carolina, Staal 1 (Seidenberg, Ruutu), 9:56.

Overtime -- 7, Carolina, Staal 2 (Whitney), 4:36.

Shots on goal -- Carolina 12-9-20-5 -- 46. Tampa Bay 16-9-2-2 -- 29. Power-play opportunities -- Carolina 2 of 9; Tampa Bay 2 of 7. Goalies -- Carolina, Leighton 1-0-0 (29 shots-26 saves). Tampa Bay, M.Smith 0-1-1 (46-42). A -- 18,552. T -- 2:35.

PREDATORS 3, STARS 1
Dallas ------------------------- 1

0

0 -- 1

Nashville ------------------------- 2

0

1 -- 3

First Period -- 1, Nashville, Weber 1 (Arnott, Dumont), :46. 2, Dallas, Daley 2 (Morrow, Ott), 2:01. 3, Nashville, Arnott 1 (Dumont, Erat), 10:54 (pp).

Third Period -- 4, Nashville, Arnott 2 (Dumont, Erat), 16:13 (pp).

Shots on goal -- Dallas 6-7-7 -- 20. Nashville 15-9-8 -- 32. Power-play opportunities -- Dallas 0 of 5; Nashville 2 of 7. Goalies -- Dallas, Turco 0-1-1 (32 shots-29 saves). Nashville, Ellis 1-1-0 (20-19). A -- 17,113. T -- 2:29.

WILD 4, BRUINS 3
Boston ------------------------- 1

0

2 -- 3

Minnesota ------------------------- 1

3

0 -- 4

First Period -- 1, Boston, Kessel 2 (P.Bergeron, Sturm), 8:03. 2, Minnesota, Belanger 1 (Gillies, Johnsson), 18:32 (pp).

Second Period -- 3, Minnesota, M.Bergeron 1 (Koivu, Bouchard), 4:01 (pp). 4, Minnesota, Miettinen 1 (Brunette, Koivu), 10:19. 5, Minnesota, Belanger 2 (Bouchard, Nolan), 12:28.

Third Period -- 6, Boston, Savard 2 (Ryder, Axelsson), 11:51. 7, Boston, Savard 3 (Ryder, Axelsson), 18:22.

Shots on goal -- Boston 14-11-12 -- 37. Minnesota 9-12-5 -- 26. Power-play opportunities -- Boston 0 of 4; Minnesota 2 of 3. Goalies -- Boston, Fernandez 0-1-0 (26 shots-22 saves). Minnesota, Backstrom 1-0-0 (37-34). A -- 18,568. T -- 2:30.

SHARKS 3, KINGS 1
Los Angeles ------------------------- 1

0

0 -- 1

San Jose ------------------------- 0

2

1 -- 3

First Period -- 1, Los Angeles, Frolov 1 (Handzus, Preissing), 6:34 (pp).

Second Period -- 2, San Jose, Setoguchi 2 (Vlasic, Thornton), 1:12. 3, San Jose, Plihal 1 (Vlasic, D.Boyle), 17:49 (sh).

Third Period -- 4, San Jose, Pavelski 1 (Cheechoo, Michalek), 1:03.

Shots on goal -- Los Angeles 5-4-4 -- 13. San Jose 14-17-10 -- 41. Power-play opportunities -- Los Angeles 1 of 4; San Jose 0 of 6. Goalies -- Los Angeles, LaBarbera 0-1-0 (41 shots-38 saves). San Jose, Nabokov 2-0-0 (13-12). A -- 17,496. T -- 2:14.

COYOTES 3, BLUE JACKETS 1
Columbus ------------------------- 0

1

0 -- 1

Phoenix ------------------------- 2

1

0 -- 3

First Period -- 1, Phoenix, Jokinen 1 (Turris, Porter), 6:11 (pp). 2, Phoenix, Mueller 1 (Jokinen, Hanzal), 18:13 (pp).

Second Period -- 3, Columbus, Brassard 2 (Backman, Chimera), 4:10 (pp). 4, Phoenix, Yandle 1 (Reinprecht, Hale), 6:44.

Shots on goal -- Columbus 9-11-9 -- 29. Phoenix 15-7-8 -- 30. Power-play opportunities -- Columbus 1 of 4; Phoenix 2 of 7. Goalies -- Columbus, Leclaire 1-1-0 (30 shots-27 saves). Phoenix, Bryzgalov 1-0-0 (29-28). A -- 17,125. T -- 2:28.

CANUCKS 5, FLAMES 4
Vancouver ------------------------- 1

2

1

1 -- 5

Calgary ------------------------- 3

1

0

0 -- 4

First Period -- 1, Vancouver, D.Sedin 1 (H.Sedin), 2:11. 2, Calgary, Roy 1 (Primeau, Prust), 2:49. 3, Calgary, Bertuzzi 1 (Giordano, Langkow), 9:26. 4, Calgary, Bourque 1 (Cammalleri, Phaneuf), 10:03.

Second Period -- 5, Vancouver, Rypien 2 (Johnson, Salo), 9:41. 6, Vancouver, Kesler 1 (Hansen, Edler), 10:43. 7, Calgary, Cammalleri 1 (Bourque, Phaneuf), 14:08.

Third Period -- 8, Vancouver, D.Sedin 2 (H.Sedin, Bernier), 6:10.

Overtime -- 9, Vancouver, Demitra 1 (Burrows), 3:54.

Shots on goal -- Vancouver 7-18-6-3 -- 34. Calgary 11-9-7-2 -- 29. Power-play opportunities -- Vancouver 0 of 5; Calgary 0 of 7. Goalies -- Vancouver, Luongo 2-0-0 (29 shots-25 saves). Calgary, Kiprusoff 0-1-1 (34-29). A -- 19,289. T -- 2:44.