NHL Capsules

NHL Capsules
By The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) -- Brian Rolston scored on a rebound with 1:33 left Tuesday night to give the Boston Bruins a 5-4 win over the Atlanta Thrashers, despite Dany Heatley's first goal since recovering from a car accident that killed teammate Dan Snyder.
Heatley, playing in only his fourth game this season, scored 1:54 into the first period to give Atlanta a 1-0 lead.
Joe Thornton scored a pair of goals for Boston, which has won four straight and is unbeaten in its last five. Glenn Murray added a goal and an assist.
Capitals 2, Lightning 1
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anson Carter scored his first goal for Washington, and Maxime Ouellet made 38 saves for his second NHL win.
Jeff Halpern also scored for the last-place Capitals, who broke a three-game home losing streak. Although next-to-last in the Eastern Conference, Washington is 8-3-1-1 against Southeast Division opponents.
The Capitals snapped the Lightning's six-game winning streak, which tied a franchise record. Tampa Bay lost in regulation for just the second time in 15 games. Vincent Lecavalier scored the Lightning's lone goal.
Devils 2, Senators 1
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Jeff Friesen scored with 6:13 left to give New Jersey its third win in four games against Ottawa this season.
Sergei Brylin freed the puck in the corner to the right of goaltender Patrick Lalime and passed it to Jamie Langenbrunner, who fed a wide-open Friesen for a tap-in for his 12th goal of the season.
Martin Brodeur finished with 23 saves for the Devils. Wade Redden scored for Ottawa.
Canadiens 4, Penguins 3
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Niklas Sundstrom and Saku Koivu scored after Montreal squandered a two-goal lead and the Canadiens sent the Pittsburgh Penguins to a club record-tying 11th consecutive loss.
The Penguins, owners of a league-worst 11-36-5-3 record, will take two losing streaks into the All-Star break. They also lost their 10th straight at home, putting them in position to tie the league record of 11 consecutive home losses -- held by four clubs -- next Tuesday against Boston.
The Penguins rallied after falling behind 2-0 in the opening 2:03 of play on goals by Steve Begin and Mike Riberio, with Eric Meloche, Konstantin Koltsov and Rico Fata scoring in succession to give them a rare home lead.
Islanders 5, Canucks 4, OT
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- Mariusz Czerkawski had a goal and two assists within 2:17 late in the third period and Adrian Aucoin capped New York's incredible comeback by scoring 36 seconds into overtime.
The Islanders scored four goals in the final 3:51 to turn around a 3-1 deficit and win for the 19th time in 28 home games (19-8-1).
For the Canucks, it was their second straight tough loss. Vancouver rallied from a 3-1 hole in the third period on Monday against the New York Rangers, only to give up a late goal in a 4-3 defeat that snapped a five-game winning streak.
The Canucks were 19-0 when leading after two periods.
Blackhawks 4, Maple Leafs 1
TORONTO (AP) -- Steve Sullivan, Nathan Dempsey and Bryan Berard scored against their former team, and Craig Anderson made 43 saves to lead Chicago.
Sullivan added two assists for the Blackhawks, winners of just two of their last 22 road games.
Mikael Renberg scored the lone goal for the Maple Leafs.
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