NHL ROUNDUP Saturday’s other games

Stars 3, Blue Jackets 1

DALLAS — Mike Smith made 29 saves for Dallas, which snapped Columbus’ four-game winning streak. Smith, Marty Turco’s backup, hadn’t played in five of six games. He kept the Stars afloat in the second period when the Blue Jackets dominated with a 14-2 shots advantage but scored only once. Brenden Morrow, Stu Barnes and Steve Ott scored for the Stars, 4-2-1 in their last seven games. Dallas has won all three meetings with Columbus this season, the first two in shootouts. The teams will play for the fourth and final time Tuesday in Dallas. Nikolai Zherdev scored for the Blue Jackets.

Bruins 4, Rangers 3, SO

BOSTON — Zdeno Chara and Phil Kessel scored shootout goals for Boston. Chuck Kobasew had two goals in regulation for Boston, which led 2-1 through 40 minutes before the Rangers took a one-goal advantage in the third period. Rangers captain Jaromir Jagr scored a goal and helped set up two others, but it wasn’t enough to keep New York from its fifth straight road loss (0-3-2).

Predators 5, Blues 2

ST. LOUIS — Scott Nichol scored a pair of short-handed goals in Nashville’s victory over St. Louis. J.P. Dumont, David Legwand and Jason Arnott also scored for the Predators. Jarred Smithson assisted on both of Nichol’s goals. Chris Mason made 24 saves. For the Blues, Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes had goals, and Paul Kariya recorded two assists.

Flyers 5, Islanders 3

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Scott Hartnell’s third power-play goal snapped a tie, completed his second New York hat trick of the month, and carried Philadelphia to a comeback win over the Islanders.

Lightning 2, Senators 0

OTTAWA — Martin St. Louis scored the winning goal, during a power play, and Johan Holmqvist made 25 saves in Tampa Bay’s victory over Ottawa.

Maple Leafs 4, Sabres 2

TORONTO — Alex Steen and Nik Antropov each had a goal and an assist, and Toronto held on for its third straight win. Jason Blake and Alexei Ponikarovsky also scored for the Leafs (19-21-8).

Capitals 5, Panthers 3

WASHINGTON — Rookie center Nicklas Backstrom had a career-high four assists, Viktor Kozlov scored two goals, and surging Washington beat Florida to reach the .500 mark for the first time in nearly three months. Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist for the Capitals.

Associated Press