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December 28, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

Sabres 4, Islanders 3, SO

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ales Kotalik and Drew Stafford scored shootout goals, and Ryan Miller stopped both of New York’s attempts in the Sabres’ victory. Miller finished with 32 saves, and the Sabres earned the full two points in the standings after the Islanders tied it game with two goals in the final 1:34. Jochen Hecht and Jason Pominville scored power-play goals, and Clarke MacArthur also scored for Buffalo. The Sabres who won for the first time in four games (1-1-2) to improve to 17-14-5. Kotalik added a pair of assists. Jeff Tambellini, Mike Comrie, and Chris Campoli scored for New York (11-21-4).

Devils 4, Rangers 2

NEW YORK — Travis Zajac had a goal and two assists for the New Jersey Devils, who broke out of a team-record scoreless drought. The Devils were blanked in their previous two games and went seven periods without a goal — spanning a New Jersey record of 159 minutes, 18 seconds — before Brian Rolston ripped a slap shot past Henrik Lundqvist 2:54 in during a power play. Elias, off a feed from Zajac, made it 2-0 just 1:20 later with a short-handed tally. Zajac also fired a hard drive by Lundqvist in the second period to restore the Devils’ two-goal lead, 3-1.

Lightning 6, Panthers 4

TAMPA, Fla. — Vincent Lecavalier scored twice, and Martin St. Louis had a goal and three assists to help the Lightning win their third straight game. Tampa Bay (10-16-9) also got goals from Steven Stamkos, Evgeny Artyukhin and Ryan Malone. The Lightning won the first game of the home-and-home series at Florida, 4-3 in a shootout, on Friday night. David Booth had two goals and an assist, Nathan Horton picked up his first goal in 11 games, and Stephen Weiss added a goal for the Panthers, who have dropped four of six.

Bruins 4, Hurricanes 2

RALEIGH, N.C. — Blake Wheeler scored twice in the second period, and Michael Ryder broke a tie with 6:14 left to help the Bruins win their seventh straight game. Matt Cullen and Anton Babchuk scored for Carolina.

Associated Press