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Islanders 1, Devils 0

NEWARK, N.J. — Josef Vasicek’s short-handed goal in the second period lifted the New York Islanders over New Jersey and prevented Devils goalie Martin Brodeur from reaching 500 wins. Brodeur failed in his third try to become the second goaltender in NHL history to record 500 wins, behind Patrick Roy’s 551. Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro got his second shutout of the season and beat New Jersey for the third time. DiPietro stopped 26 shots, while Brodeur stopped 25. New York, playing back-to-back nights after losing 3-2 at Pittsburgh on Thursday night, snapped a two-game losing streak and has won five of its past seven games. New Jersey has dropped five of its past seven and has scored 11 goals in that span.

Sabres 4, Canadiens 1

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Clarke MacArthur scored twice and Ryan Miller made 36 saves to lead Buffalo. Daniel Paille and Drew Stafford also scored for the Sabres, who snapped a season-long tying three-game losing streak. Buffalo won for only the second time in its past six games after coming into the game having scored only five goals in its past five games. Michael Ryder scored for Montreal, which lost for the second time in three games.

Thrashers 3, Hurricanes 0

RALEIGH, N.C. — Marian Hossa had two goals and an assist to pace Atlanta. Johan Hedberg made 31 saves for his 11th career shutout, Todd White had two assists, and Ilya Kovalchuk added an empty-net goal in the final minute. Hossa had his second multigoal game of the season, with both coming against the Hurricanes. Cam Ward stopped 22 shots for Carolina, which entered with a league-leading 69 goals but couldn’t generate many quality scoring chances against Hedberg and the Thrashers, 9-4 since GM Don Waddell replaced Bob Hartley as coach on Oct. 18.

Lightning 5, Capitals 2

TAMPA, Fla. — Vincent Lecavalier had a goal and two assists to extend his team record for consecutive multipoint games to seven to help the Lightning beat Washington. Lecavalier has six goals and 13 assists during the streak. Jan Hlavac, Brad Richards, Paul Ranger and Martin St. Louis also scored for the Lightning, who have won five in a row after a six-game losing streak. Brooks Laich and Alexander Ovechkin scored for Washington.

Stars 6, Avalanche 1

DALLAS — Jussi Jokinen scored four goals, including a second-period hat track in about 7 minutes, and the Dallas Stars beat Colorado to end a four-game home losing streak. The last four-goal game by a Stars player was in March 2000 by Brett Hull, who this week became an interim co-general manager for the struggling team after GM Doug Armstrong was fired. After scoring on Dallas’ first shot of the game, Jokinen had three of the four goals the Stars had in a span of 7:05 of the second period to make it 5-0. Colorado then pulled goaltender Jose Theodore. Jokinen’s fourth goal came after Sergei Zubov took a shot, and the puck deflected off a Colorado player. It went right to Jokinen between the circles and his shot trickled through the pads of Theodore and into the net with 9:08 left in the second period.

Associated Press