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Islanders 4, Bruins 3, OT
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Shawn Bates scored with 28.2 seconds remaining in overtime as New York recovered from two blown leads. Bates took a breakout pass from Jason Blake in front of defenseman Jiri Slegr and came in alone on rookie Hannu Toivonen. His quick shot got through for his second goal of the season. Joe Thornton tied it for Boston with only 1:01 left in regulation, just after the Bruins pulled Toivonen for an extra attacker. It was the Bruins' fourth overtime loss in six games. Oleg Kvasha, Janne Niinimaa and Chris Campoli also scored for the Islanders. Garth Snow made 29 saves in his second start of the season. Dave Scatchard and Nick Boynton had goals for the Bruins, and Toivonen stopped 19 shots.
Thrashers 6, Lightning 4
TAMPA, Fla. -- Jaroslav Modry scored two of Atlanta's four power-play goals, leading the Thrashers over Tampa Bay. Atlanta converted on all of its man-advantage situations against the NHL's top penalty-killing unit. The Thrashers took their first lead at 4-3 when Marian Hossa skated in from the right wing boards and lifted a shot over goalie John Grahame at 3:03 of the third. Modry gave Atlanta a two-goal lead on a power-play goal with 7:01 left. The Lightning got within 5-4 on Vinny Prospal's goal at 15:08 of the third, but Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk finished the scoring with an empty-netter with 17 seconds left. He also had three assists. Brad Richards had two goals for the Lightning.
Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1
DETROIT -- Chris Osgood made 23 saves after replacing the injured Manny Legace, and Detroit won its ninth straight. Jason Williams had a goal and an assist for the Red Wings (12-1-0) and Kirk Maltby, Brett Lebda, and Brendan Shanahan also scored in the third straight game between the teams. Legace left the game with a slight knee sprain with 3:23 remaining in the first period after Chicago's Matthew Barnaby fell on him. Legace, who made eight saves, was expected to undergo precautionary X-rays today. Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 16 shots for the Blackhawks.
Canadiens 5, Panthers 4, OT
MONTREAL -- Michael Ryder scored his second overtime goal of the season on a power play, leading Montreal over Florida. Steve Begin scored a power-play goal with 8.1 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 4 for the Canadiens. Ryder then one-timed Saku Koivu's pass beyond Montreal native Roberto Luongo 3:19 into the extra period. Stephen Weiss scored a pair of third-period power-play goals to give the Panthers a 4-3 lead, their first of the game. Defensemen Craig Rivet and Francis Bouillon scored power-play goals, and Richard Zednik also scored for Montreal. Jose Theodore stopped 26 shots to won for the second straight night, and Koivu had three assists.
Associated Press