NHL ROUNDUP

SATURDAY'S OTHER GAMES
Bruins 3, Capitals 2, OT
BOSTON -- Glen Murray scored a power-play goal 2:06 into overtime to lift the Boston Bruins to their season-high, fourth straight victory. Zdeno Chara and P.J. Axelsson scored for the Bruins, who have won four in a row for the first time since March 2004. Jakub Klepis and Alexander Ovechkin had goals for the Capitals, who have lost a season-high three straight.
Murray gathered a loose puck along the left boards, cut to the slot area, and unloaded a rising wrist shot over goaltender Brent Johnson's right shoulder.
Devils 2, Maple Leafs 1
TORONTO -- Martin Brodeur made 32 saves, and Jaime Langenbrunner scored in his fourth straight game to lead the New Jersey Devils. Patrick Elias also scored for the Devils, who have won six of seven. Toronto's Darcy Tucker spoiled Brodeur's shutout bid with 3:37 left in the third with a long slap shot. Brodeur is one shutout away from tying Glenn Hall for third place on the NHL career list. He was solid throughout -- particularly in the third period when he stopped 16 shots.
The Devils improved to 4-5 on the road this season, compared to 8-1-1 at home. Toronto has lost two straight. The Maple Leafs recalled goalie Mikael Tellqvist from their AHL affiliate after backup Jean Sebastien-Aubin became ill. Top goalie Andrew Raycroft is sidelined with a strained groin. Tellqvist faced just 19 shots, but made a few nice saves. Langenbrunner turned and put a hard slap shot past Tellqvist at 16:51 of the first. Zach Parise assisted on Langenbrunner's fifth goal in five games. Parise -- a second-year forward -- has a team-leading 14 points in 18 games. Elias' shot deflected in off Toronto defenseman Brendan Bell at 12:16 of the third, a drive Tellqvist didn't even see. Elias has just four goals this season. Tucker brought the crowd to life with a goal that made Brodeur's shoulders sag. The puck skipped off the ice before finding the back of the net. Maple Leafs defenseman Bryan McCabe almost tied with just over a minute left, but Brodeur made a spectacular save to preserve New Jersey's lead. The Maple Leafs pulled Tellqvist in favor of an extra attacker but they couldn't get the tying goal past Brodeur.
Hurricanes 5, Stars 4
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Eric Staal scored three goals and Justin Williams snapped a tie with 6:32 remaining to lift the Carolina Hurricanes. Williams added two assists, and Rod Brind'Amour set up a goal to extend his point streak to eight games. Ray Whitney also had a goal for the Hurricanes, who squandered a two-goal lead but scored the winning goal in the final minutes for the second straight home game. Dallas' Sergei Zubov tracked down a loose puck behind the goal line and tried to send it down the ice, but Williams intercepted the puck in the right circle and beat screened goalie Marty Turco with a high wrist shot. Staal finished off his third career hat trick with an empty-net goal with 45.6 seconds left. Jaroslav Modry scored with 1 second remaining for Dallas. Cam Ward, back in Carolina's net after a rare night off, stopped 21 shots. Turco made 20 saves for the Stars.
Kings 5, Coyotes 3
LOS ANGELES -- Alexander Frolov recorded his third straight two-goal game and Craig Conroy netted the go-ahead score with 11 minutes left. The Kings, who gave up three goals in a 3:10 minute span late in the third period of a 4-3 loss to Philadelphia on Thursday, surrendered three goals on seven shots by the Coyotes to blow a 3-0 lead. Georges Laraque and Yanic Perreault scored 42 seconds apart, narrowing the gap to 3-2 with 18:37 left in the second period, and Oleg Saprykin's fluke goal tied it with 13 1/2 minutes remaining.
FRIDAY'S LATE GAMES
Blackhawks 4, Ducks 3, SO
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Tuomo Ruutu scored the tying goal with 9:21 left in regulation and had the only goal in the shootout, leading Chicago. Patrick Sharp had a goal and an assist, Martin Lapointe also scored and Michael Holmqvist had two assists, helping the Blackhawks stop a five-game road losing streak. Chicago's Nikolai Khabibulin made 42 saves in his first start since Oct. 21. The four-time All-Star missed the previous nine games because of a broken index finger on the hand he wears his blocking pad. Scott Niedermayer had three assists for the Ducks, who got power-play goals from Teemu Selanne and Chris Kunitz. Ilya Bryzgalov made 22 saves in his sixth start this season. Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who surrendered five goals on 11 shots in Wednesday's 7-4 home loss to Philadelphia and was benched in the first period, got the night off for Anaheim. Bryzgalov, competing in a shootout for the first time in his NHL career, was beaten to the stick side by Ruutu with Chicago's third shot. Bryzgalov beat the Blackhawks 3-0 on Oct. 28 at Chicago while facing just 14 shots, the fewest ever against a Ducks goaltender in a shutout. The last time he started a game, on Nov. 10 at Calgary, he was benched after giving up two goals on three shots.
Canucks 4, Blues 2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Markus Naslund scored twice and Ryan Kesler added an insurance goal with 1:01 left to lift Vancouver. Brendan Morrison also scored and Roberto Luongo made 19 saves as the Canucks won for just the second time in eight games. Doug Weight scored his first goal of the season, and Keith Tkachuk added his sixth for the Blues, who have lost six of the last seven and are now 1-7-1 on the road this season. Jason Bacashihua, recalled from AHL Peoria after Curtis Sanford was hurt Tuesday, got his first NHL start of the season one night after Manny Legace was pulled in Edmonton for giving up four goals on 15 shots. Bacashihua made 40 saves to keep the Blues in the game. Weight, who played his 1,000th career game Thursday, opened the scoring when a weak backcheck from Naslund left him in alone on Luongo 9 minutes in. Morrison tied it with his first in nine games and Naslund gave the Canucks the lead for good early in the second period, racing behind St. Louis defenseman Bryce Salvador to try and redirect Henrik Sedin's pass from the blue line, then lifting the rebound over Bacashihua from a sharp angle. The Canucks' captain made it 3-1 with two minutes left in the period, snapping a shot from the slot through traffic and over Bacashihua's shoulder for a 3-1 lead. It was the first time in nine games that the Canucks scored more than two goals in regulation, and the first time since Dec. 23, 2005, that Naslund scored more than once. Naslund, who has nine goals this season, had two great chances in the third for his first hat trick in almost three years, but Bacashihua barely kept his breakaway deke from crossing the goal line early and stopped a redirect in tight midway through the period. Tkachuk then closed the gap on the power play with 7:26 left, tipping Weight's point shot through traffic and past Luongo to end a long run of power-play struggles for the Blues and penalty killing success for the Canucks. St. Louis was 0-for-4 and hadn't scored in 21 chances over the last five games before the goal, while Vancouver had killed off 30 straight penalties. But Kesler caught Bacashihua heading for the bench and beat him with a backhand on the breakaway to seal the win.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Markus Naslund scored twice and Ryan Kesler added an insurance goal with 1:01 left to lift Vancouver. Brendan Morrison also scored and Roberto Luongo made 19 saves as the Canucks won for just the second time in eight games. Doug Weight scored his first goal of the season, and Keith Tkachuk added his sixth for the Blues, who have lost six of the last seven and are now 1-7-1 on the road this season. Jason Bacashihua, recalled from AHL Peoria after Curtis Sanford was hurt Tuesday, got his first NHL start of the season one night after Manny Legace was pulled in Edmonton for giving up four goals on 15 shots. Bacashihua made 40 saves to keep the Blues in the game. Weight, who played his 1,000th career game Thursday, opened the scoring when a weak backcheck from Naslund left him in alone on Luongo 9 minutes in. Morrison tied it with his first in nine games and Naslund gave the Canucks the lead for good early in the second period, racing behind St. Louis defenseman Bryce Salvador to try and redirect Henrik Sedin's pass from the blue line, then lifting the rebound over Bacashihua from a sharp angle. The Canucks' captain made it 3-1 with two minutes left in the period, snapping a shot from the slot through traffic and over Bacashihua's shoulder for a 3-1 lead. It was the first time in nine games that the Canucks scored more than two goals in regulation, and the first time since Dec. 23, 2005, that Naslund scored more than once. Naslund, who has nine goals this season, had two great chances in the third for his first hat trick in almost three years, but Bacashihua barely kept his breakaway deke from crossing the goal line early and stopped a redirect in tight midway through the period. Tkachuk then closed the gap on the power play with 7:26 left, tipping Weight's point shot through traffic and past Luongo to end a long run of power-play struggles for the Blues and penalty killing success for the Canucks. St. Louis was 0-for-4 and hadn't scored in 21 chances over the last five games before the goal, while Vancouver had killed off 30 straight penalties. But Kesler caught Bacashihua heading for the bench and beat him with a backhand on the breakaway to seal the win.
Associated Press