Roundup



ROUNDUP
Wednesday's other games
Blackhawks 3, Kings 2
CHICAGO -- Kyle Calder scored two power-play goals, Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 19 shots and the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Los Angeles Kings. Matt Ellison also scored a power-play goal for Chicago, which converted three of seven chances in snapping a three-game losing streak. Khabibulin, who signed a $27 million, four-year contract with Chicago in August, lost a bid for his first shutout with the Blackhawks when Eric Belanger scored a power-play goal with 5:54 remaining in the third period. Los Angeles' Pavol Demitra added a goal with 1.5 seconds left.
Flyers 2, Devils 1
PHILADELPHIA -- Mike Knuble and Patrick Sharp scored in the second period to give Philadelphia the win. The Flyers had lost four consecutive home games after winning nine in a row at the Wachovia Center. They won their second straight overall for the first time since a six-game winning streak ended in early November. Last in the NHL in penalty killing, the Flyers denied the Devils during a pair of 5-on-3 advantages in the second period. New Jersey went 0-for-4 on power-play chances in the second.
Lightning 2, Maple Leafs 1
TAMPA, Fla. -- Ed Belfour came up short in his first bid to break a tie for second place on the NHL career victory list as Pavel Kubina scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 8:38 left. Belfour tied Terry Sawchuk with his 447th win on Monday in a 2-1 victory at Florida. Patrick Roy tops the victory list with 551. Kubina, who hadn't score a goal in his previous 29 games, beat Belfour on a shot from the right circle. Belfour finished with 22 saves. Martin St. Louis also scored for Tampa Bay, which has won seven of nine. John Grahame stopped 20 shots to win his sixth straight decision. Toronto got a goal from Nik Antropov. The Maple Leafs are 7-3-1 in their last 11 games. Antropov put the Maple Leafs up 1-0 from the slot during a 3-on-1 at 1:52 of the first. Toronto, the NHL's top road power play and second best overall, recorded just two shots during a 1 minute, 25 second two-man advantage that started less than two minutes after Antropov's goal.
Toronto was 0-for-5 on the power play. The Lightning converted one of six opportunities. Belfour made a nice save on St. Louis' wraparound with nine minutes left in the first.
St. Louis tied it at 1 on a breakaway goal 73 seconds into the second. Belfour got his body on the shot, but the puck flipped over the goalies' shoulder and appeared to hit his arm before trickling into the net. Belfour slid to near the top of the right circle to keep Vincent Lecavalier from the puck and potential breakaway with 15 1-2 minutes to play. Lecavalier, who had two assists, has one goal in his last 12 games.
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