NHL ROUNDUP | Friday’s games

Devils 3, Capitals 2

NEWARK, N.J. — Vitaly Vishnevski and Dainius Zubrus scored 4:15 apart in the first period, and the New Jersey Devils won their ninth straight game by beating the Capitals. Travis Zajac added a goal in the third period, and Martin Brodeur made 23 saves for the Devils, who matched their third-best winning streak. Alexander Semin and Brooks Laich scored for the Capitals, who have an NHL-worst 20 points. Washington, playing after five days off, lost its fourth in five games and failed to record 30 shots for the first time in 10. Olie Kolzig finished with 19 saves. After honoring recent Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Scott Stevens in a pregame ceremony, the Devils played the kind of shutdown defense he helped make popular — at least in New Jersey — during his 13 seasons there that produced three Stanley Cup titles.

Panthers 3, Islanders 0

SUNRISE, Fla. — Stephen Weiss and Nathan Horton scored power-play goals and Tomas Vokoun stopped 25 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Panthers snapped a three-game losing streak. Olli Jokinen added an empty-net goal with 12 seconds left. Florida outshot New York 41-25 while handing the Islanders their fifth straight loss. Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro finished with 38 saves.

Thrashers 4, Rangers 2

ATLANTA — Slava Kozlov’s slap shot from beyond the left circle with about 5 minutes left in the game lifted Atlanta, handing the Rangers their third straight loss. Kozlov, who had an assist on the game-tying goal in the second period, shot the puck above the left shoulder of Rangers goalie Stephen Valiquette, breaking a 2-2 tie. Eric Boulton, Pascal Dupuis and Marian Hossa also had goals for Atlanta. Hossa’s goal came with only 5.2 seconds left, after New York pulled its goalie for the final minute. Johan Hedberg stopped 30 shots for Atlanta (14-13-1), which moved above .500 for only the second time this season.

Red Wings 5, Wild 0

DETROIT — Henrik Zetterberg got his second career hat trick and Dominik Hasek stopped 19 shots for his 77th career shutout. Johan Franzen also had a goal and an assist for NHL-leading Detroit, which won its fifth straight, and Jiri Hudler got the other goal. Pavel Datsyuk had three assists, and Tomas Holmstrom added two. Josh Harding made 29 saves for Minnesota.

Associated Press