AROUND THE NHL | Tuesday's other games

Islanders 2, Devils 1
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Miroslav Satan and Trent Hunter beat Martin Brodeur in a shootout for the second time in six days, lifting the New York Islanders to victory over the New Jersey Devils. Satan matched Viktor Kozlov's goal in the first round, and Hunter then gave the Islanders the lead. Rick DiPietro stopped Brian Gionta and Jamie Langenbrunner -- New Jersey's lone scorer in regulation -- to give New York its fifth win against the Devils in seven games this season (5-1-1). Three were decided in shootouts. Mark Parrish got the Islanders even at 1 early in the third period. The Devils fell to 16-4-3 since Dec. 31 and have helped New York maintain its playoff hopes. DiPietro finished with 30 saves. Brodeur made 29.
Sabres 3, Bruins 2
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Jochen Hecht broke a tie late in the second period, and Daniel Briere had two assists in the Sabres' comeback victory. Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek added goals, and Ryan Miller made 25 saves to help Buffalo win its third straight. The Sabres swept the home-and-home series to improve to 5-0 against Boston this season. Patrice Bergeron and Milan Jurcina scored for the Bruins. Boston has lost seven its last nine games.
Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 3
TORONTO -- Tomas Kaberle had a goal and three assists to help Toronto end a five-game losing streak. Mats Sundin scored twice, and Kyle Wellwood and Jason Allison also scored power-play goals for the Maple Leafs, who were in danger of dropping 10 points behind Montreal for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Richard Zednik, Andrei Markov and Christopher Higgins scored for the Canadiens.
Kings 3, Wild 2, OT
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Lubomir Visnovsky scored 1:21 into overtime to give Los Angeles its fifth straight victory -- all by one goal. Visnovsky also scored the winner in Los Angeles' 3-2 home victory over Minnesota on Thursday night. Jeremy Roenick and Tom Kostopoulos added goals for the Kings.
Wes Walz scored two goals for Minnesota.
Avalanche 2, Blues 1, SO
ST. LOUIS -- Milan Hejduk scored the only goal in a shootout. David Aebischer made 23 saves for the victory, and Curtis Sanford stopped 22 shots for the Blues in their first home game since Feb. 4. Christian Backman broke a scoreless tie 4:44 into the third period, whistling a slap shot from the top of the circle past a screened Aebischer. The goal came with Colorado's Kurt Sauer off for hooking. Colorado tied it with just 5:28 left in regulation when Joe Sakic knocked in a loose puck off a rebound for his 22nd goal of the season. The rebound came after Sanford couldn't handle Alex Tanguay's shot from the right side. Colorado broke a two-game losing streak in its second straight game without rookie Marek Svatos, the team's scoring leader who is out with a shoulder injury.
Coyotes 5, Red Wings 2
DETROIT -- Curtis Joseph thinks the Phoenix Coyotes are still in the Western Conference playoff race. And they sure looked like a contender in a victory over the conference-leading Detroit Red Wings. "If we play like this more often, I really like our postseason chances," Joseph said. "Every time people start to count us out, we rally and show what kind of team we can be. This win in this building, two games after beating Dallas, absolutely gives us a confidence boost coming down the stretch." Joseph made 35 saves and Mike Comrie scored twice for Phoenix, which had won only one of its previous six games and is ahead of only three teams in the conference. Comrie, Boyd Devereaux and Dave Scatchard scored in the first period before Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk had a goal late in the period to make it 3-1. Brendan Shanahan pulled the Red Wings within a goal early in the second period, but they couldn't rattle their former teammate between the posts -- or get closer. They were even given a penalty shot with 5:03 left only to see Joseph turn away Mark Mowers' shot. The Western Conference-leading Red Wings peppered Joseph with shots -- 12 in the first, 15 in the second, 10 in the third -- and hit the post and crossbar. The Red Wings hurt their comeback hopes in the first half of the third period with two penalties, the second of which led to Comrie's goal that gave Phoenix a 4-2 lead. Shane Doan went high when Legace went low with 4:09 left in the third, giving the Coyotes another three-goal lead. "We've got a long way to go, let's be honest," Phoenix coach Wayne Gretzky said. "We know we've got an uphill battle, but nobody's going to quit." Detroit had lost only one of its previous nine games, with the setback coming in the first game after the Olympic break last week when it didn't have five players from Sweden's gold-medal team. The Red Wings came up short on their rally against Phoenix, but their first goal came after a milestone assist. Nicklas Lidstrom reached his 600th on Datsyuk's goal, becoming the 14th defensemen in NHL history with that many assists. "Too bad it didn't happen during a win," he said.
DETROIT -- Curtis Joseph thinks the Phoenix Coyotes are still in the Western Conference playoff race. And they sure looked like a contender in a victory over the conference-leading Detroit Red Wings. "If we play like this more often, I really like our postseason chances," Joseph said. "Every time people start to count us out, we rally and show what kind of team we can be. This win in this building, two games after beating Dallas, absolutely gives us a confidence boost coming down the stretch." Joseph made 35 saves and Mike Comrie scored twice for Phoenix, which had won only one of its previous six games and is ahead of only three teams in the conference. Comrie, Boyd Devereaux and Dave Scatchard scored in the first period before Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk had a goal late in the period to make it 3-1. Brendan Shanahan pulled the Red Wings within a goal early in the second period, but they couldn't rattle their former teammate between the posts -- or get closer. They were even given a penalty shot with 5:03 left only to see Joseph turn away Mark Mowers' shot. The Western Conference-leading Red Wings peppered Joseph with shots -- 12 in the first, 15 in the second, 10 in the third -- and hit the post and crossbar. The Red Wings hurt their comeback hopes in the first half of the third period with two penalties, the second of which led to Comrie's goal that gave Phoenix a 4-2 lead. Shane Doan went high when Legace went low with 4:09 left in the third, giving the Coyotes another three-goal lead. "We've got a long way to go, let's be honest," Phoenix coach Wayne Gretzky said. "We know we've got an uphill battle, but nobody's going to quit." Detroit had lost only one of its previous nine games, with the setback coming in the first game after the Olympic break last week when it didn't have five players from Sweden's gold-medal team. The Red Wings came up short on their rally against Phoenix, but their first goal came after a milestone assist. Nicklas Lidstrom reached his 600th on Datsyuk's goal, becoming the 14th defensemen in NHL history with that many assists. "Too bad it didn't happen during a win," he said.
Associated Press