AROUND THE NHL

AROUND THE NHL
Wednesday's games
Kings 6, Stars 3
DALLAS -- Defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky scored three goals for his first career hat trick and rookie Jason LaBarbera made 29 saves to lead the Los Angeles Kings. Sean Avery, Jeff Cowan and Pavol Demitra also scored for the Kings, 6-2 in their last eight games. Visnovsky leads NHL defensemen with 18 points on six goals and 12 assists. LaBarbera improved his record to 7-1-0, beating Dallas for the second time this season.
Blackhawks 6, Blues 5
ST. LOUIS -- Brent Seabrook scored his first NHL goal 35 seconds into overtime, giving Chicago a victory over the slumping St. Louis Blues. Martin Lapoint had a goal and two assists, and rookie Pavol Vorobiev added a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, who blew a three-goal lead in the third period but recovered to snap a four-game skid that included three consecutive losses to Detroit. Chicago (4-9-0) won for only the second time in eight games and improved to 1-6 against Central Division foes.
Senators 10, Sabres 4
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Martin Havlat and Daniel Alfredsson each scored four goals, and Dany Heatley added two more. It was the first career four-goal game for both Havlat and Alfredsson, and the third time in three games a Senators player has scored four times. Heatley had four goals in an 8-0 win over Toronto on Saturday. Heatley extended his club-record point streak to begin a season to 11 games, and Ottawa extended its own torrid start by winning for the ninth time in 11 tries. The 10 goals were a season high. Alfredsson added two assists to finish with a career-high six points, and Jason Spezza had four assists. It was Alfredsson's fifth career hat trick. Havlat was playing for the first time since serving a five-game suspension for kicking Boston defenseman Hal Gill.
Jay McKee, Chris Drury, Ales Kotalik and Daniel Briere scored for Buffalo, which has dropped three of its last four. The Sabres were without scheduled starting goalie Ryan Miller, who injured his thumb earlier in the day during Buffalo's morning skate. Martin Biron made the emergency start in place of Miller but didn't last long, allowing three goals on the first six shots he faced. Biron was lifted after seven minutes in favor of Mika Noronen, who dressed for the first time this season after being scratched for Buffalo's first 11 games. Noronen allowed four goals on 17 shots before Biron came back in net to start the third period.
Associated Press