NHL ROUNDUP Tuesday's games
Lightning 5, Flyers 2
TAMPA, Fla. -- Brad Richards and Cory Stillman each had a goal and two assists for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Fredrik Modin, Martin St. Louis and Dan Boyle also scored for Tampa Bay. The Southeast Division-leading Lightning are 10-1-1 in the past 12 games. Mark Recchi and Tony Amonte scored for the Flyers, who have dropped two straight after a five-game winning streak. Atlantic Division-leading Philadelphia also had its seven-game road unbeaten streak end (6-0-1).
Senators 1, Capitals 1
WASHINGTON -- Marian Hossa scored on a power-play goal with 4:23 remaining, lifting Ottawa into a tie with Washington. Sergei Gonchar scored his first goal for the Capitals since returning from a shoulder injury. The game also featured the return of Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, who watched from the owner's box for the first time since his one-week NHL suspension for a scuffle with a taunting fan. This was Washington's first home game since the suspension ended Feb. 4. The Senators had their four-game winning streak snapped, but they remain unbeaten in five games since the All-Star break. Olaf Kolzig made 47 stops against the Senators. Martin Prusek, giving Patrick Lalime a rest one night after the Senators played the New York Rangers, made 18 saves for Ottawa.
Bruins 5, Maple Leafs 2
TORONTO -- Glen Murray had a goal and an assist, and Boston moved within a point of Toronto for first place in the Northeast Division. Maple Leafs backup goalie Trevor Kidd struggled again, allowing five goals on 26 shots. Mike Knuble, Andy Hilbert, Ted Donato and Joe Thornton scored for the Bruins, who led 5-1 early in the second. The Bruins have recorded at least a point in 10 straight games. Toronto and Ottawa each have 76 points. Owen Nolan and Matt Stajan scored for the Maple Leafs, who were booed as they left the ice.
Thrashers 4, Canadiens 1
MONTREAL -- Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist, and Frantisek Kaberle, Patrik Stefan and Dany Heatley also scored to lead Atlanta over Montreal. Pasi Nurminen made 29 saves for Atlanta, which won for the second time in three games following a 10-game winless streak. Montreal's Jan Bulis opened the scoring but the Canadiens allowed four straight goals to extend their losing streak to a season-high four games. Jose Theodore stopped 21 shots and made a huge blunder on a clearing attempt that led directly to Stefan scoring a power-play goal into an unguarded net. Theodore tried to play a puck behind his net while Patrice Brisebois was in the penalty box for interference, but he flipped his backhand pass off the back of the mesh. Rattled, the Canadiens goalie swatted the puck in front of the net to Stefan, who promptly scored his eighth of the season.
Wild 4, Devils 4, OT
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Brian Gionta scored his second goal with 6:27 remaining in regulation to lift New Jersey into a tie with Minnesota. Eric Rasmussen and Paul Martin also scored, and Scott Gomez had three assists for the Devils. Marian Gaborik had his sixth career hat trick, and Sergei Zholtok scored for the seventh time in the last seven games for Minnesota. Zholtok has goals in six of the last seven games.
-- Associated Press
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