Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Devils 5, Rangers 0
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Scott Niedermayer had a goal and two assists, and Martin Brodeur made 18 saves for his 67th career shutout, leading the New Jersey Devils over the New York Rangers.
Jay Pandolfo, Jamie Langenbrunner, Brian Rafalski and Christian Berglund also scored for New Jersey, which extended its unbeaten streak to nine games (7-0-2).
The streak is the longest active run in the NHL and matched the Devils' best stretch in last year's Stanley Cup championship season.
The Devils also extended their mastery over the Rangers. New Jersey is 21-2-12 in its last 35 games against the Rangers, who lost for the fourth time in five games.
Blues 1, Kings 0
LOS ANGELES -- Chris Osgood recorded his 40th career shutout and Pavol Demitra scored in the first period in the St. Louis Blues' fifth straight victory,.
The Blues, who won for the ninth time in 10 games, played without the suspended Keith Tkachuk and Doug Weight in this matchup between the leaders of the Central and Pacific divisions.
Tkachuk, who scored the game-winning goal in three of St. Louis' previous four games, began serving a three-game suspension without pay because of a cross-checking incident with San Jose's Rob Davison on Nov. 13. Weight will finish serving his four-game ban today when the Blues play at Anaheim.
Canadiens 3, Senators 2
OTTAWA -- Jan Bulis scored his second goal of the game with 7:59 left and Jose Theodore made 38 saves to lead Montrea.
Bulis also scored a short-handed goal in the first to help Montreal win for the first time in three meetings with Ottawa this season.
On the winner, Yanic Perreault passed the puck from behind the net to Bulis, who found himself free in the slot to backhand a shot over Patrick Lalime's right shoulder.
Donald Audette scored just 30 seconds after Bulis' goal in the first to put Montreal up 2-0.
Jason Spezza and Wade Redden tied it with power-play goals for the Senators, whose last seven goals have come with the man advantage.
Capitals 2, Hurricanes 1
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Dainius Zubrus scored a power-play goal with 2:13 left and Olaf Kolzig stopped 38 shots.
The Capitals, with the fewest points in the NHL coming in, have beaten the Hurricanes twice in the last four days, winning 7-1 in Washington on Wednesday.
Zubrus scored less than a minute after Jeff O'Neill was called for a boarding penalty, sending a backhanded shot over the shoulder of Jamie Storr.
Four of Washington five wins have now come against Southeast Division teams.
Kolzig was sensational all night, improving his career record to 17-7-7 against Carolina.
Bruins 2, Canucks 1, OT
BOSTON -- Brian Rolston scored with 44.9 seconds left in overtime to give Boston the win over Vancouver in a match-up of the NHL's conference leaders. Mike Knuble, who set up the winner, scored the first goal for Boston, which improved to 8-0-1 against the Western Conference. The Bruins are 10-1-2-2 in their last 15 games.
The Bruins pulled out the win despite some outstanding goaltending by Vancouver's Dan Cloutier, who made 37 saves.
Jason King had a power-play goal for the Canucks.
In the last minute of overtime, Knuble broke in down the left wing, circled the net and fed a pass in front to Rolston for the winning goal.
Flyers 4, Thrashers 0
PHILADELPHIA -- Jeff Hackett made 24 saves, Sami Kapanen broke a scoreless tie early in the third period, and the Philadelphia Flyers won their sixth straight game to remain unbeaten at home.
Philadelphia scored all of its goals in the final period to help Hackett pick up his third shutout of the season and the 26th of his career.
Philadelphia's home unbeaten streak reached a league-best nine games (7-0-2) and is the second-longest in franchise history. The 1979-80 team set an NHL record with 26 straight home games without a loss.
Kapanen scored his third goal when he lifted a rebound over a sprawling Byron Dafoe, who made 31 saves -- many of them spectacular.
-- Associated Press