Friday, December 07, 2001
NHL roundup
Khabibulin posts fifth shutout
By The Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. — Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 27 shots for his fifth shutout of the season, and Fredrik Modin scored his 100th NHL goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 1-0 on Thursday night.
Khabibulin, who made strong saves on Lyle Odelein in the second and third periods, tied the Tampa Bay single-season shutouts record of five set by Daren Puppa during the 1995-96 season.
The Lightning have won five straight home games, tying the second-best stretch in team history.
Maple Leafs 6, Rangers 3
NEW YORK — Gary Roberts scored three goals to lift Toronto over New York and become just the sixth player to score 350 goals and amass 2,000 penalty minutes.
Mats Sundin added a goal and an assist in the third period, and Shayne Corson also had a goal for Toronto, which tied the Rangers and New York Islanders atop the Eastern Conference with 37 points.
Sundin assisted on Jonas Hoglund's goal at 12:24 of the third to put the Maple Leafs up 5-3. The Toronto captain earlier back-handed in a long rebound at 9:39 of the period.
Mark Messier, Andreas Johansson and Vladimir Malakhov scored for New York.
Islanders 2, Flyers 0
PHILADELPHIA — Mariusz Czerkawski scored twice, and Garth Snow made 33 saves for his 13th career shutout as New York beat Philadelphia.
The win snapped a four-game winless streak (0-2-2) for the Islanders.
Making only his fourth start of the season, Snow had 33 saves and was rarely tested in registering his first shutout of the season, 13th of his career and second against the Flyers, one of his former teams. It was also his first shutout since Jan. 21 at Chicago, while with Pittsburgh.
Snow almost lost his shutout with 33.7 seconds left in the third period, but officials ruled that an apparent power-play goal by John LeClair had been directed into the net by his hand.
Penguins 4, Bruins 1
BOSTON — Stephane Richer had two goals and an assist, and Johan Hedberg made 28 saves as Pittsburgh beat Boston.
Milan Kraft and Jan Hrdina also scored for Pittsburgh, which last beat the Bruins two years ago and snapped a seven-game losing streak in Boston.
Martin Lapointe scored the lone goal for the Bruins, who lost for the first time in six home games.
Kraft broke a 1-1 tie with 1:02 left in the second period when he took a pass from Alexei Morozov and wristed a shot past Byron Dafoe. The Penguins, who went 2-2 on their four-game road trip, scored only seven goals and entered with the NHL's fourth-lowest goals total with 56.
Capitals 3, Thrashers 3
ATLANTA — Dmitri Khristich scored two goals, and Olaf Kolzig made two saves in the final seconds of overtime as Washington tied Atlanta.
Dainius Zubrus also scored for the Capitals, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.
Lubos Bartecko, Ilya Kovalchuk and Hnat Domenicelli scored for the Thrashers.
Predators 4, Senators 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Defenseman Andy Delmore scored two power-play goals as the Nashville beat Ottawa for the 100th victory in franchise history.
The fourth-year team reached the mark in only its 274th game, something only Florida (223) achieved quicker among recent expansion franchises.
Vladimir Orszagh and Greg Johnson also scored for the Predators, who got just their second victory over the Senators, and first since November 1999.
Daniel Alfredsson and Zdeno Chara had goals for Ottawa.
Blues 1, Kings 1
LOS ANGELES — Bryan Smolinski scored a power-play goal in the second period as Los Angeles tied St. Louis, leaving the Kings winless in their last 10 home games against the Blues.
Defenseman Jaroslav Modry earned his 11th assist in 10 games for the Kings.
Cory Stillman scored for the Blues, who are 4-1-2 in their last seven games. St. Louis was held to fewer than two goals for the six time in its last 11 contests.
Canucks 3, Mighty Ducks 2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Todd Bertuzzi scored twice and had an assist as Vancouver snapped a four-game winless streak with a victory over Anaheim.
Markus Naslund added a goal and two assists for the Canucks. Andrew Cassels, playing for the first time after missing 20 games with a knee injury, returned to his spot as Vancouver's No. 1 center and had two assists.
Pavel Trinka and Marty McInnis scored for the Ducks, who lost for the second straight night and have just two wins in the last 15 games.
Sharks 3, Flames 1
CALGARY, Alberta — Owen Nolan had a goal and an assist, and Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves as San Jose beat Calgary.
Niklas Sundstrom and Adam Graves also scored for San Jose, which is 4-0-1 in its last five and moved three points ahead of Dallas for first place in the Pacific Division.
Craig Conroy scored for Calgary, which is 1-5-4 in its last 10 games.
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