ROUNDUP | Thursday's other games



Canadiens 3, Islanders 0
MONTREAL -- Jose Theodore posted his second shutout of the season, and Yanic Perreault, Marcel Hossa and Andreas Dackell scored. Theodore stopped 34 shots for his 19th career shutout.
Thrashers 4, Predators 2
ATLANTA -- Ilya Kovalchuk scored three goals, raising his NHL-leading total to nine, and Atlanta stayed unbeaten at home. J.P. Vigier had his first goal of the season for Atlanta. Nashville's Jordin Tootoo, the first person of Inuit descent to play in the NHL, scored his first career goal to give the Predators a 2-0 lead 51/2 minutes into the first period.
Hurricanes 2, Bruins 0
BOSTON -- Eric Staal scored his first NHL goal and Kevin Weekes made 18 saves as Carolina earned its first victory this season. Jeff O'Neill scored at 12:47 of the third period. Boston had a four-game winning streak and five-game unbeaten streak snapped.
Senators 5, Capitals 1
OTTAWA -- Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist as Ottawa broke the game open in the third period. Radek Bonk, Bryan Smolinski, Daniel Alfredsson and Zdeno Chara also scored for the Senators. Martin Havlat had two assists in his first game since the restricted free agent signed a one-year contract. Patrick Lalime made 17 saves. Peter Bondra scored for the Capitals.
Maple Leafs 5, Coyotes 4
PHOENIX -- Owen Nolan had two goals and an assist in Toronto's best offensive showing this season. Nik Antropov, Joe Nieuwendyk and Ken Klee also scored for the Maple Leafs. Leafs goalie Mikael Tellqvist made 12 of his 29 saves in the third period, allowing Ladislav Nagy's second power-play goal of the game in the frame.
Sabres 5, Kings 1
LOS ANGELES -- Taylor Pyatt had a power-play goal and a short-handed tally, and Curtis Brown also scored short-handed for Buffalo. Miroslav Satan had a power-play goal, Chris Taylor also scored, and Martin Biron made 25 saves, losing his shutout bid early in the third period.
Blackhawks 3, Sharks 3
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Tom Preissing scored his first NHL goal to help San Jose. Patrick Marleau and Nils Ekman also scored for the Sharks. Brett McLean scored two goals for the Blackhawks.
Avalanche 6, Oilers 1
DENVER -- Peter Forsberg scored three goals, and Milan Hejduk added a goal and two assists as Colorado ended a two-game losing streak. Adam Foote and Dan Hinote added goals for the Avalanche.
-- Associated Press