Thursday

Thursday
ATLANTA -- Ed Belfour made 31 saves, allowing only Ilya Kovalchuk's NHL-leading 17th goal in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers.
Kovalchuk scored with 1:26 left to bring the Thrashers within 2-1, but Owen Nolan scored his second goal of the game 27 seconds later to seal Toronto's third straight win -- matching a season-best streak.
Canucks 3, Senators 2, OT
OTTAWA -- Markus Naslund scored 4:13 into overtime to lift Vancouver past Ottawa.
Vancouver's Dan Cloutier made 31 saves, including a pad stop to rob Zdeno Chara 1:50 into overtime, for his 100th NHL victory. Ottawa defenseman Chris Phillips hit the crossbar with less than a minute left in regulation.
The Canucks won their second straight after ending a five-game road losing streak Tuesday in Montreal.
Vancouver blew a 2-0 lead when Peter Schaefer and Jason Spezza scored 51 seconds apart late in the second period.
Avalanche 6, Flames 5
CALGARY, Alberta -- Derek Morris scored at 2:24 of overtime, helping Colorado snap a two-game losing streak.
Adam Foote, Milan Hejduk, Joe Sakic, Teemu Selanne and Travis Brigley also scored for the Avalanche, who rallied from 2-1 and 3-2 deficits before blowing leads of 4-3 and 5-4.
Andrew Ference scored at 11:53 of the third to tie it 5-5 and force overtime. Brigley scored at 5:55 to give Colorado a 5-4 lead.
Oleg Saprykin had two goals, and Shean Donovan and Jordan Leopold also scored for the Flames, who had won three straight.
Coyotes 6, Kings 4
PHOENIX -- Ladislav Nagy scored a career-best three goals to lead Phoenix over Los Angeles.
Nagy also had an assist for a career-high four points.
Branko Radivojevic and Shane Doan also had goals, and Doan and Daymond Langkow had two assists each, helping the Coyotes snap a three-game losing streak. Tyson Nash added an empty-net goal with 37 seconds left.
Wednesday
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Kevin Weekes turned aside 28 shots for his second straight shutout, and Josef Vasicek and Bret Hedican scored first-period goals in the Carolina Hurricanes' 2-0 victory over the New York Islanders.
Weekes earned his fourth shutout of the season and 17th career in lifting Carolina to its first win in six games (1-3-2).
Sabres 5, Capitals 2
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Miroslav Satan scored two goals and Mika Noronen made 18 saves to lead Buffalo past Washington.
J.P. Dumont and Dmitri Kalinin each added a goal and an assist, and Ales Kotalik also scored for Buffalo, which snapped a two-game losing streak. Daniel Briere and Chris Drury each had two assists.
Robert Lang, who came into the game tied for the NHL lead in scoring, and Ivan Ciernik had goals for the Capitals.
Red Wings 7, Oilers 1
DETROIT -- Kris Draper scored twice, including one of Detroit's four power-play goals, against Edmonton.
Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan each had a goal and an assist, and Darryl Bootland, Brett Hull and Steve Thomas scored the other Detroit goals in Yzerman's 1,400th NHL game.
Rangers 3, Panthers 3
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Mike Dunham made 28 saves in his return from injury, but allowed two goals to Florida's Olli Jokinen.
Stars 3, Wild 1
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Bill Guerin scored two goals, and Dallas snapped a five-game road losing streak.
Marty Turco stopped 18 shots for the Stars, who hadn't won on the road since beating Columbus on Oct. 25.
Sharks 3, Blackhawks 2
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Christian Ehrhoff's first NHL goal helped San Jose extend its season-best winning streak to three games.
Devils 3, Mighty Ducks 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Sergei Fedorov scored his second goal of the game during a power play with 1:49 left in the third period as Anaheim tied New Jersey in their first meeting since the Stanley Cup finals.
-- Associated Press