AROUND THE NHL Saturday's other games

Rangers 4, Devils 3
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Guy Hebert stopped 38 shots and the Rangers ended a 23-game winless streak that spanned four years against New Jersey. Petr Nedved, Adam Graves, Michal Grosek and Sandy McCarthy scored for the Rangers in the game that featured the second-period ejections of Mark Messier and Jason Arnott and ended with a wild scrum in front of Hebert. The Devils remained one point behind Ottawa for first place in the Eastern Conference. Of course, the bitter rivals had to separated after the buzzer. The win was the Rangers first against the Devils since a 3-0 decision on Jan. 12, 1997. Alexander Mogilny scored twice and Randy McKay had a goal for the Devils.
Flyers 1, Red Wings 0
PHILADELPHIA -- Kent Manderville scored the only goal as Philadelphia beat Detroit, ending a four-game winless streak. It was the 10th shutout of the season for Philadelphia's Roman Cechmanek's, one fewer than NHL leader Dominik Hasek of Buffalo. Detroit, which has the NHL's best record since the All-Star break, had won four straight. The Red Wings have lost only three of 25 games. Manderville, who scored the game-winner at 2:42 of the third, has five goals since ending a 122-game scoring drought on Feb. 7.
Kings 4, Avalanche 0
LOS ANGELES -- Ziggy Palffy had two goals and an assist in the first period and Felix Potvin notched his career-high sixth shutout. Jozef Stumpel added a goal and two assists as the Kings scored three times on six first-period shots on their way to ending rookie goalie David Aebischer's five-game winning streak.
Bruins 4, Islanders 2
BOSTON -- Jason Allison recorded a hat trick, scoring the game-winner with 1:19 left and then adding an empty-netter as Boston beat the New York Islanders. Boston, behind Byron Dafoe's 21 saves, moved one point ahead of Carolina into eighth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The Bruins led 2-1 before Branislav Mezei put a screen shot past Dafoe with 7:22 left. Sergei Samsonov had the other Boston goal. Eric Cairns scored for New York.
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
MONTREAL -- Karl Dykhuis had two goals and assisted on another as Montreal beat Toronto. Benoit Brunet, who hadn't scored since Oct. 10, and Craig Darby added goals for Montreal, which improved to 3-0-1 in its last four games and ended a five-game losing streak against Toronto. Jose Theodore continued to impress in Jeff Hackett's absence, making 32 saves as the Canadiens were outshot 33-22. Aki Berg scored the lone goal for Toronto, which had outscored the Canadiens 18-4 in four previous meetings this season.
Predators 4, Wild 1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Mike Dunham stopped 41 shots and Scott Walker had two goals and an assist as Nashville beat Minnesota. Nashville finished the season series with three victories and a tie over Minnesota, which had a season-high shot total. The loss stretched the Wild's winless skid to 10 straight games, including four consecutive road losses. Nashville, which was eliminated from the playoffs in its previous game, improved to 6-2-1-1 over its past 10 games.
Coyotes 3, Sharks 1
PHOENIX -- Mike Johnson and Landon Wilson scored early goals, and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the San Jose Sharks. Wilson added an empty-net goal with 16 seconds left for the Coyotes, who preserved their one-point lead over Los Angeles in the race for the final Western Conference playoff spot. The Kings, who beat Colorado 4-0 earlier, own the tiebreaker on Phoenix and have four games left to three for the Coyotes. The teams play Tuesday night at Phoenix.