Lightning 5, Thrashers 2

Lightning 5, Thrashers 2
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Fredrik Modin had two goals and an assist to help the Southeast Division-leading Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-2 on Saturday night.
Dave Andreychuk, Brad Richards and Ruslan Fedotenko added goals, helping the Lightning take an 11-point advantage over the second-place Thrashers. John Grahame made 21 saves to improve to 8-1 in his past nine games.
Pasi Nurminen made 33 saves for the Thrashers, 0-4-2 in their last six. Zdenek Blatny and Shawn McEachern had the Atlanta goals.
Since Atlanta beat the Lightning 3-1 on Dec. 26, Tampa Bay has gone 12-4-1-2. The Thrashers are 2-11-3-1 during the stretch.
Atlanta also has been losing the injury battle.
Goalie Byron Dafoe (mild concussion) and defenseman Yannick Tremblay (hip strain) did not play after sustaining injuries Friday night in a 4-1 loss to Toronto.
The Thrashers placed defensemen Garnet Exelby (hip) and Chris Tamer (back) on injured reserve. Exelby has sat out five straight games and Tamer, who played Friday, has missed nine of 10.
The Lightning peppered Nurminen with 23 shots, scoring twice, in the first period.
Modin redirected Darryl Sydor's shot for a power-play goal at 11:18. He then made it 2-0 from the left-circle with 37.2 seconds left in the period.
The Thrashers had nearly opened the scoring six minutes into the game. Blatny stole Grahame's pass in the slot, but his shot hit the post.
Blatny got Atlanta to 2-1 at 2:41 of the second.
The Lightning went up 4-1 on late second period goals by Andreychuk and Richards.
Andreychuk scored from behind the net when he shot the puck off Atlanta defenseman Ivan Majesky at 17:17. Richards extended the Lightning's lead to three at 17:42.
McEachern scored at 5:01 of the third. Fedotenko had an empty goal with 22.7 seconds left.
Notes: Linesman Derek Amell worked the game. He left Thursday's contest between Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay with a bruised knee after being hit by a shot. ... Tampa Bay set a team record for shots (23) during a period in the first. ... Atlanta recalled G Frederic Cassivi and D Kurtis Foster from Chicago of the AHL.
Maple Leafs 5, Senators 1
TORONTO (AP) -- Gary Roberts scored two of Toronto's four power-play goals, and the Maple Leafs avenged an embarrassing loss to Ottawa with a 5-1 victory over the Senators on Saturday night.
Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson's enraged the Maple Leafs after he broke his stick in Ottawa's 7-1 rout on Jan. 8 and faked throwing it in the stands, poking fun at Toronto's Mats Sundin, who was suspended for throwing his broken stick into the stands.
The Maple Leafs targeted Alfredsson on Saturday, drawing eight penalties in the first period alone. Toronto fans booed Alfredsson every time he touched the puck.
With the victory, Toronto coach Pat Quinn became just the fourth coach in NHL history to win 600 regular-season games, joining Scotty Bowman, Al Arbour and Dick Irvin.
The Senators, who entered the game with the top-ranked power play in the league, couldn't take advantage of the man advantage against Toronto, finishing 1-for-13.
The Maple Leafs entered the game in a 0-for-25 slump on the power play, but went 4-for-7 against Ottawa.
Toronto forward Owen Nolan returned to the lineup for the first time in nearly a month after getting high-sticked in his left eye. Nolan wore a protective visor, and Toronto enforcer Tie Domi also wore a visor.
Domi talked about wearing one after Toronto's Darcy Tucker also sustained an eye injury after a high-stick on Jan. 20, but Domi didn't until Saturday. Domi took off his visor before fighting Ottawa's Shane Hnidy in the first period.
Mats Sundin, Robert Reichel and Alex Ponikarvosky also scored for the Maple Leafs, who are first overall in the Eastern Conference with 69 points. Ottawa could have overtaken Toronto with a victory.
The Senators did score a power-play goal after Toronto's Karel Pilar received a penalty for cross checking Alfredsson in the first period. Less than a minute later, Alfredsson scored on a one-timer, giving Ottawa a 1-0 lead.
Reichel put a loose puck past goalie Patrick Lalime with one minute left in the first, and Sundin gave Toronto a 2-1 lead by scoring on a two-man advantage at 10:55 of the second.
Roberts tipped Reichel's shot on the power play, giving Toronto a 3-1 lead a mere second before the end of the second. The officials reviewed the play to see it was too late.
Ponikarvosky made it 4-1 on the power play at 9:29 of the third. He has six points in his last five games.
Notes: Ottawa forward Jason Spezza didn't return after bruising his left leg in the first. ... Nolan has had headaches and blurred vision since Buffalo's Jay McKee high-sticked him in a game Jan. 3. The Toronto player had laser surgery two days later and missed 12 games. ... Toronto's Bryan McCabe bloodied Marian Hossa's nose with a check in the third. ... Ottawa defenseman Zdeno Chara, who is 6-foot-9 and 260 pounds, threw McCabe around like a rag doll after McCabe punched him in the third.