NHL \ Wednesday’s games

Wild 3, Sharks 2

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Brent Burns scored at 1:38 of overtime to give Minnesota the victory over San Jose. Burns took a cross-ice pass from Mikko Koivu and beat Evgeni Nabokov over the left shoulder. Owen Nolan also scored in his return to the Minnesota lineup, and Krystofer Kolanos added a goal. San Jose’s Milan Michalek tied it with 25.2 seconds left in regulation with Nabokov off for an extra attacker. Devin Setoguchi also scored for the Sharks. San Jose, tied with Boston for the NHL lead, lost for just the second time in regulation in 21 games — and the first time in nine games against Minnesota. It was the Wild’s first win in 10 games against a Western Conference opponent.

Islanders 4, Panthers 2

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Mike Comrie scored twice in New York’s three-goal second period, and Sean Bergenheim and Mark Streit added goals. Joey MacDonald, subbing for a third straight game for oft-injured regular Rick DiPietro, made 27 saves for his 11th win of the season — and the Islanders’ first over Florida since Dec. 9, 2006. Brett McLean and Nathan Horton scored for Florida.

Hurricanes 3, Thrashers 1

RALEIGH, N.C. — Sergei Samsonov had two goals and an assist, Joe Corvo also scored for Carolina, and Cam Ward made 20 saves. The Hurricanes have won five of eight while picking up points in nine of their 13 games under new coach Paul Maurice. Atlanta’s Ilya Kovalchuk scored to end a career-worst nine-game goal drought.

Coyotes 3, Avalanche 1

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Peter Mueller scored twice in a 2:05 span in the second period for Phoenix. Olli Jokinen also scored, Shane Doan had a pair of assists, and Mikael Tellqvist made 28 saves in place of the ailing Ilya Bryzgalov, allowing only T.J. Hensick’s goal. Phoenix won for the second time in three games, and has earned at least a point in nine of its last 11 games.

Stars 4, Devils 2

DALLAS — Loui Eriksson scored Dallas’ first short-handed goal of the season and added an empty-netter with 40 seconds left to help the Stars end the Devils’ three-game winning streak. Mark Parrish had a power-play goal, and Landon Wilson also scored for Dallas. Marty Turco made 25 saves for the Stars, 5-1-1 in their last seven. Turco stopped Patrik Elias on a breakaway with 3:05 left and made a sliding save on Devils top scorer Zach Parise’s shot from the left circle with about 14 minutes remaining to preserve the 3-2 lead. Parise had three goals in his previous two games.

Associated Press