Tuesday's other games

Devils 5, Blues 3
ST. LOUIS -- Martin Brodeur broke a tie with Hall of Famer Tony Esposito for fifth place on the NHL's career victory list, making 26 saves for New Jersey. Brodeur has 424 victories to pass Esposito on a career list for the second time this month. The New Jersey star recorded his 77th career shutout Jan. 9 against Philadelphia, good for seventh on that list. Brian Gionta scored the game's first two goals, Grant Marshall got the go-ahead goal, John Madden and Jay Pandolfo also scored and Patrik Elias had three assists in New Jersey's seventh straight victory. Dennis Wideman, Doug Weight and Mike Sillinger scored for St. Louis. The Blues have lost seven in a row.
Islanders 2, Blackhawks 1, OT
CHICAGO -- Oleg Kvasha beat Chicago rookie goalie Adam Munro off a rebound at 3:02 of overtime, and Rick DiPietro made 34 saves for New York. Alexei Yashin scored in regulation for New York, coming off an 8-1 home to loss to Vancouver on Saturday night when DiPietro was pulled in the second period after allowing four goals on 13 shots. The Islanders are 3-9-0 in their last 12 games and 2-1 since Brad Shaw took over as interim coach following Steve Stirling's firing. Jim Vandermeer scored for the Blackhawks, 2-11-2 in their last 15 games.
Avalanche 5, Maple Leafs 3
DENVER -- Milan Hejduk scored a pair of power-play goals 34 seconds apart to lift Colorado to its eighth straight win that pushed the Avalanche into a tie for the Northwest Division lead. Rookie Marek Svatos scored his 27th goal of the season, best in the Western Conference, to help Colorado match its longest winning streak since Oct. 10-28, 2000. The Maple Leafs lost their third straight. After struggling with their rebuilt lineup, then with an assortment of goaltending problems, the Avalanche have found their stride, right in time for the second half of the season. Though they still only have the sixth-most points in the West, they moved into a tie with Calgary and Vancouver in the Northwest, a good sign for a team that won nine straight divisions and was one of the best teams in hockey during the decade leading up to this season's new collective bargaining agreement.
If the Avs are going to continue to dominate, it will be with players like Hejduk leading the way. He was decisive and crisp in scoring his 12th and 13th goals of the season, both from point-blank range. The first came off a pass from Alex Tanguay on a 5-on-3 power play to tie the game at 2 with 11:52 left in the second. Moments later, Brett McLean found Hejduk unhindered in front of the net on the 5-on-4 for the go-ahead score. That score made Hejduk the first player to reach 100 goals at the Pepsi Center, the home of the Avalanche since it opened prior to the 1999-00 season. Hejduk had a shot at an open net for the hat trick, but a Toronto defender deflected it with 10 seconds left. Goalie David Aebischer, maligned earlier in the season, has been in net for the last seven Avalanche wins.
Associated Press