STANDINGS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 7 3 0 14 37 27
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N.Y. Islanders 6 4 2 14 36 36
New Jersey 6 5 1 13 30 37
N.Y. Rangers 6 6 0 12 44 46
Philadelphia 3 8 1 7 25 48
Northeast Division
Buffalo 11 0 1 23 58 32
Montreal 7 2 3 17 42 35
Toronto 7 5 3 17 50 55
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Ottawa 5 6 0 10 35 27
Boston 3 5 2 8 23 38
Southeast Division
Atlanta 8 3 3 19 49 40
Carolina 6 6 2 14 45 51
Florida 6 7 2 14 41 49
Tampa Bay 6 7 0 12 40 37
Washington 4 3 4 12 35 38
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Nashville 8 3 1 17 43 36
Detroit 8 4 1 17 34 30
St. Louis 4 5 3 11 32 41
Chicago 4 9 0 8 35 47
Columbus 3 6 1 7 22 31
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Northwest Division
Minnesota 10 2 0 20 38 23
Vancouver 7 6 1 15 36 34
Edmonton 7 5 0 14 36 33
Colorado 6 5 2 14 43 41
Calgary 3 7 1 7 27 32
Pacific Division
Anaheim 9 0 4 22 44 31
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Dallas 10 2 0 20 39 22
San Jose 9 4 0 18 42 29
Los Angeles 4 8 3 11 32 42
Phoenix 3 9 0 6 28 53
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.
Wednesday's Results
Carolina 5, Atlanta 2
Colorado 5, Columbus 3
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Detroit 3, Calgary 2
Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 2
Dallas 4, St. Louis 1
N.Y. Rangers 4, Anaheim 3, OT
Nashville 5, Edmonton 3
Pittsburgh 4, Los Angeles 3, OT
Thursday's Results
Minnesota 5, Vancouver 2
Montreal 4, Carolina 0
Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 2
Florida 4, Toronto 2
Buffalo 5, Boston 4, SO
N.Y. Islanders 5, New Jersey 2
St. Louis 4, Colorado 1
Detroit 2, Chicago 1
N.Y. Rangers at San Jose, night
Today's Games
Calgary at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington, 6 p.m.
Dallas at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
SUMMARIES
Vancouver 2 0 0--2
Minnesota 1 1 3--5
First Period--1, Vancouver, Kesler 1 (Burrows, Krajicek), 8:08. 2, Vancouver, Bulis 3 (Ohlund, Linden), 8:59. 3, Minnesota, White 4 (Koivu, Rolston), 19:45 (pp).
Second Period--4, Minnesota, Rolston 10 (penalty shot), 17:01 (sh).
Third Period--5, Minnesota, Schultz 2 (Veilleux, Skoula), 4:31. 6, Minnesota, Dupuis 1 (White, Johnsson), 15:25 (pp). 7, Minnesota, Radivojevic 2 (Parrish, Koivu), 19:57 (pp).
Shots on goal--Vancouver 11-7-12--30. Minnesota 8-6-10--24.
Power-play Opportunities--Vancouver 0 of 6, Minnesota 3 of 4.
Goalies--Vancouver, Luongo 7-5-1 (24 shots-19 saves), Minnesota, Fernandez (11-9), Backstrom 2-0-0 (0:00 second, 19-19).
A--18,568 (18,568). T--2:21.
Detroit 0 0 2--2
Chicago 1 0 0--1
First Period--1, Chicago, Bourque 4 (Vrbata, Aucoin), 13:44.
Second Period--None.
Third Period--2, Detroit, Zetterberg 3 (Holmstrom, Lebda), 3:09. 3, Detroit, Lang 4 (Lebda, Zetterberg), 6:19.
Shots on goal--Detroit 11-6-12--29. Chicago 9-1-12--22.
Power-play Opportunities--Detroit 0 of 5, Chicago 0 of 3.
Goalies--Detroit, Osgood 3-1-0 (22 shots-21 saves). Chicago, Boucher 0-7-0 (29-27).
A--15,174 (20,500). T--2:14.
Colorado 0 1 0--1
St. Louis 1 2 1--4
First Period--1, St. Louis, Hinote 2 (Weight, Brewer), 11:17.
Second Period--2, St. Louis, Guerin 5 (Weight, Rucinsky), 1:42. 3, St. Louis, Salvador 1 (Tkachuk, Weight), 16:57. 4, Colorado, Klee 1 (McLean, Arnason), 17:47.
Third Period--5, St. Louis, Guerin 6 (Weight, Rucinsky), 17:25.
Shots on Goal--Colorado 15-18-12--45. St. Louis 12-6-11--29.
Power-play opportunities--Colorado 0 of 5, St. Louis 0 of 2.
Goalies--Colorado, Budaj 2-2-1 (29 shots-25 saves). St. Louis, Legace 3-3-1 (45-44).
A--9,467 (19,022). T--2:24.
N.Y. Islanders 2 2 1--5
New Jersey 1 1 0--2
First Period--1, N.Y. Islanders, Hunter 2 (York), 8:00. 2, New Jersey, Zajac 3 (Langenbrunner, Parise), 15:30. 3, N.Y. Islanders, Satan 2 (Hunter, York), 16:02. Penalties--Asham, NYI, major (fighting), 2:47; Janssen, NJ, major (fighting), 2:47; Bates, NYI (interference), 5:07; Poti, NYI (tripping), 18:14.
Second Period--4, N.Y. Islanders, Zhitnik 1 (Yashin, Blake), 10:10. 5, N.Y. Islanders, Kozlov 4 (Yashin, Blake), 15:14. 6, New Jersey, Parise 6 (Langenbrunner, Zajac), 18:46. Penalties--Hill, NYI (delay of game), 3:03; Langenbrunner, NJ (holding), 3:40; York, NYI (holding), 11:54; Witt, NYI (delay of game), 11:59.
Third Period--7, N.Y. Islanders, Blake 7 (Yashin, Sillinger), 4:46 (pp). Penalties--Langenbrunner, NJ (interference), 1:12; White, NJ (slashing), 3:17; Brylin, NJ (hooking), 9:29; Gionta, NJ (charging), 13:26; Asham, NYI (hooking), 15:35.
Shots on goal--N.Y. Islanders 13-5-9--27. New Jersey 6-6-4--16.
Power-play Opportunities--N.Y. Islanders 1 of 5, New Jersey 0 of 6.
Goalies--N.Y. Islanders, DiPietro 4-4-0 (16 shots-14 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 6-5-0 (27-22).
A--8,269 (19,040). T--2:18.
Totonto 0 0 2--2
Florida 2 0 2--4
First Period--1, Florida, Olesz 1 (Salei, Stumpel), 1:07. 2, Florida, Jokinen 6 (Horton, Peltonen), 10:03. Penalties--Ponikarovsky, Tor (slashing), 14:17.
Second Period--None. Penalties--McCabe, Tor (holding the stick), 2:29; Battaglia, Tor (holding), 6:40; Belak, Tor (roughing), 10:12; Montador, Fla (tripping), 12:39.
Third Period--3, Florida, Kwiatkowski 3 (Gelinas, Campbell), 3:19. 4, Toronto, McCabe 2 (Kaberle), 7:19. 5, Toronto, Sundin 6 (Kaberle), 14:09. 6, Florida, Gratton 3 (Olesz, Allen), 19:23 (en). Penalties--Montador, Fla (holding), 4:53.
Shots on Goal--Toronto 5-8-12--25. Florida 23-8-12--43.
Power-play opportunities--Toronto 0 of 2, Florida 0 of 4.
Goalies--Toronto, Aubin 1-1-1 (42 shots-39 saves). Florida, Belfour 3-2-1 (25-23).
A--13,233 (19,250). T--2:16.
Montreal 0 2 2--4
Carolina 0 0 0--0
First Period--None.
Second Period--1, Montreal, Komisarek 1 (Begin), 10:45 (sh). 2, Montreal, Koivu 3 (Markov), 12:29 (pp).
Third Period--3, Montreal, Johnson 4 (Bonk, Komisarek), 13:07. 4, Montreal, Plekanec 1, 14:56 (sh).
Shots on goal--Montreal 8-9-10--27. Carolina 15-8-8--31.
Power-play Opportunities--Montreal 1 of 5, Carolina 0 of 8.
Goalies--Montreal, Huet 3-1-2 (31 shots-31 saves). Carolina, Ward 6-5-1 (27-23).
A--16,486 (18,730). T--2:22.
Tampa Bay 1 2 2--5
Philadelphia 0 0 2--2
First Period--1, Tampa Bay, St. Louis 8 (Lecavalier, Afanasenkov), 10:39.
Second Period--2, Tampa Bay, St. Louis 9 (Richardson, Lecavalier), 7:27. 3, Tampa Bay, Taylor 1 (Richards, Fedotenko), 18:10.
Third Period--4, Philadelphia, Umberger 2 (Calder), 11:20. 5, Philadelphia, Jones 1 (Gagne, Sanderson), 11:41. 6, Tampa Bay, Lecavalier 8 (St. Louis), 18:26 (en). 7, Tampa Bay, Perrin 1, 19:03 (sh - en).
Forsberg, Phi, double minor - misconduct (high - sticking, unsportsmanlike conduct), 15:50; Holmqvist, TB (high - sticking), 17:57; Richards, TB (tripping), 18:38.
Shots on goal--Tampa Bay 9-12-8--29. Philadelphia 7-10-15--32.
Power-play Opportunities--Tampa Bay 0 of 6, Philadelphia 0 of 4.
Goalies--Tampa Bay, Holmqvist 1-2-0 (32 shots-30 saves). Philadelphia, Niittymaki 2-6-1 (27-24).
A--18,833 (19,519). T--2:23.
Buffalo 0 1 3 0--5
Boston 0 3 1 0--4
Buffalo won shootout 2-1
First Period--None.
Second Period--1, Boston, Axelsson 3 (Savard, Lashoff), 1:16. 2, Buffalo, Pominville 8 (Campbell, Hecht), 6:43. 3, Boston, Savard 2 (Bergeron), 13:26 (pp). 4, Boston, Murray 5 (Savard, Axelsson), 19:16 (pp).
Third Period--5, Boston, Mowers 1 (Boyes, Hoggan), 3:56. 6, Buffalo, Afinogenov 7 (Roy, Vanek), 11:11. 7, Buffalo, Afinogenov 8 (Vanek, Roy), 17:30. 8, Buffalo, Kotalik 4 (Gaustad, Drury), 18:25.
Overtime--None.
Shootout--Buffalo 2 (Briere G, Afinogenov NG, Kotalik G), Boston 1 (Murray NG, Axelsson NG, Bergeron G).
Shots on goal--Buffalo 5-13-11-4--33. Boston 16-12-5-1--34.
Power-play Opportunities--Buffalo 0 of 4, Boston 2 of 3.
Goalies--Buffalo, Miller 9-0-1 (34 shots-30 saves). Boston, Thomas 1-2-2 (33-29).
A--12,547 (17,565). T--2:46.
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Colorado 2 2 1--5
Columbus 1 1 1--3
First Period--1, Colorado, Wolski 4 (Stastny, Hejduk), 5:06. 2, Colorado, McLean 2 (Laperriere, Arnason), 11:03. 3, Columbus, Fedorov 1 (Vyborny, Nash), 11:18.
Second Period--4, Colorado, Sakic 6 (Brunette, Liles), 4:00 (pp). 5, Colorado, Rycroft 1 (Richardson, Clark), 15:18. 6, Clm, Modin 3 (Zherdev, Svitov), 18:50 (pp).
Third Period--7, Columbus, Vyborny 2 (Modin, Westcott), 14:21. 8, Colorado, Richardson 4, 14:48.
Shots on Goal--Colorado 7-10-5--22. Columbus 12-12-20--44.
Power-play opportunities--Colorado 1 of 4, Columbus 1 of 9.
Goalies--Colorado, Theodore 4-3-1 (44 shots-41 saves). Columbus, Leclaire 3-5-1 (22-17).
A--16,007 (18,136). T--2:17.
Carolina 2 2 1--5
Atlanta 0 1 1--2
First Period--1, Carolina, Whitney 2 (Brind'Amour, Cole), 10:14. 2, Carolina, Walker 8 (Staal, Williams), 10:54.
Second Period--3, Atlanta, Hossa 11 (Kozlov, Sutton), 3:58 (pp). 4, Carolina, Brind'Amour 3 (Whitney, Cole), 8:31. 5, Carolina, Whitney 3 (LaRose, Brind'Amour), 15:09.
Third Period--6, Vishnevski 2 (Mellanby, Holik), 7:30. 7, Brind'Amour 4 (Whitney, Williams), 18:34 (en).
Shots on goal--Carolina 9-4-5--18. Atlanta 17-10-15--42.
Power-play Opportunities--Carolina 0 of 5, Atlanta 1 of 10.
Goalies--Carolina, Ward 6-4-1 (42 shots-40 saves). Atlanta, Lehtonen 8-3-3 (13-9), Hedberg (4:51 second, 4-4).
A--14,277 (18,545). T--2:22.
Calgary 1 0 1--2
Detroit 2 0 1--3
First Period--1, Detroit, Franzen 2 (Chelios), 4:29. 2, Detroit, Holmstrom 4 (Williams, Lidstrom), 5:48 (pp). 3, Calgary, Phaneuf 2 (Tanguay, Lombardi), 12:29 (pp).
Second Period--None.
Third Period--4, Detroit, Lebda 1 (Datsyuk), 11:24. 5, Calgary, Ference 1 (Warrener), 17:53.
Shots on Goal--Calgary 5-6-4--15. Detroit 13-12-9--34.
Power-play opportunities--Calgary 1 of 3, Detroit 1 of 6.
Goalies--Calgary, Kiprusoff 3-7-1 (34 shots-31 saves). Detroit, Hasek 5-3-1 (15-13).
A--20,066 (20,058). T--2:20.
Toronto 1 0 3--4
Tampa Bay 1 1 0--2
First Period--1, Tampa Bay, Richards 2 (Richardson, St. Louis), 11:24. 2, Toronto, Kaberle 5 (O'Neill, Steen), 17:35.
Second Period--3, Tampa Bay, Lecavalier 7 (Ranger, Prospal), 6:24.
Third Period--4, Toronto, Gill 1, 1:51. 5, Toronto, White 1 (Stajan, O'Neill), 11:43 (pp). 6, Toronto, Ponikarovsky 5 (Sundin, Antropov), 18:40 (en).
Shots on Goal--Toronto 7-11-11--29. Tampa Bay 8-12-5--25.
Power-play opportunities--Toronto 1 of 6, Tampa Bay 0 of 4.
Goalies--Toronto, Raycroft 6-4-2 (25 shots-23 saves). Tampa Bay, Denis 5-5-0 (28-25 saves).
A--19,977 (19,758). T--2:26.
Nashville 2 0 3--5
Edmonton 0 1 2--3
First Period--1, Nashville, Fiddler 1 (Timonen), 1:05. 2, Nashville, Weber 1 (Legwand, Kariya), 15:53 (pp).
Second Period--3, Edmonton, Hemsky 3 (Sykora, Greene), 7:42.
Third Period--4, Nashville, Suter 3 (Dumont, Sullivan), 4:49. 5, Edmonton, Smyth 7 (Reasoner, Thoresen), 7:27. 6, Nashville, Upshall 1 (Kariya), 16:44. 7, Edmonton, Bergeron 1 (Torres), 18:56. 8, Nashville, Legwand 3 (Sullivan, Kariya), 19:56 (en).
Shots on Goal--Nashville 14-6-12--32. Edmonton 9-7-9--25.
Power-play opportunities--Nashville 1 of 3, Edmonton 0 of 3.
Goalies--Nashville, Mason 2-1-0 (25 shots-22 saves). Edmonton, Roloson 6-4-0 (31-27).
A--16,839 (16,839). T--2:25.
St. Louis 1 0 0--1
Dallas 1 1 2--4
First Period--1, St. Louis, Tkachuk 2 (Cajanek, Dvorak), 1:16. 2, Dallas, Lindros 2 (Boucher, Ribeiro), 10:17 (pp).
Second Period--3, Dallas, Modano 8 (Jokinen, Lehtinen), 7:13.
Third Period--4, Dallas, Jokinen 3 (Modano, Daley), 12:55. 5, Dallas, Lindros 3 (Morrow, Ribeiro), 15:00.
Shots on Goal--St. Louis 9-8-7--24. Dallas 12-11-8--31.
Power-play opportunities--St. Louis 0 of 4, Dallas 1 of 7.
Goalies--St. Louis, Sanford 1-2-2 (31 shots-27 saves). Dallas, Turco 8-2-0 (24-23).
A--19,000 (18,532). T--2:40.
N.Y. Rangers 1 1 1 1--4
Anaheim 1 2 0 0--3
First Period--1, Anaheim, Selanne 2 (Kunitz, McDonald), 6:30. 2, N.Y. Rangers, Betts 2 (Ward, Tyutin), 17:18.
Second Period--3, N.Y. Rangers, Shanahan 11 (Jagr, Nylander), 5:17 (pp). 4, Anaheim, Pronger 2, 10:36. 5, Anaheim, Getzlaf 5, 12:59.
Third Period--6, N.Y. Rangers, Prucha 3 (Cullen, Shanahan), 4:47.
Overtime--7, N.Y. Rangers, Jagr 4 (Rozsival, Shanahan), 3:09 (pp).
Shots on Goal--N.Y. Rangers 14-11-7-2--34. Anaheim 12-5-13-3--33.
Power-play opportunities--N.Y. Rangers 2 of 9, Anaheim 0 of 6.
Goalies--N.Y. Rangers, Weekes 1-1-0 (33 shots-30 saves). Anaheim, Giguere 7-0-4 (34-30).
A--13,350 (17,174). T--2:32.
Pittsburgh 2 0 1 1--4
Los Angeles 1 2 0 0--3
First Period--1, Los Angeles, Cammalleri 6 (Brown), :25. 2, Pittsburgh, Staal 5 (Recchi, Ekman), 1:15. 3, Pittsburgh, Malkin 6 (Crosby, Armstrong), 8:29.
Second Period--4, Los Angeles, Brown 2, :13. 5, Los Angeles, Blake 2 (Visnovsky, Armstrong), 4:54 (pp).
Third Period--6, Pittsburgh, Welch 1 (Recchi, Crosby), 7:47.
Overtime--7, Pittsburgh, Malkin 7 (Gonchar, Crosby), 2:45 (pp).
Shots on Goal--Pittsburgh 10-5-6-2--23. Los Angeles 9-11-5-2--27.
Power-play opportunities--Pittsburgh 1 of 5, Los Angeles 1 of 2.
Goalies--Pittsburgh, Fleury 7-3-0 (27 shots-24 saves). Los Angeles, Cloutier 1-6-2 (23-19).
A--18,118 (18,118). T--2:22.
