Detailed summaries from Friday's games:
Canadiens 4 at Sabres 3 (OT)
First Period
No Scoring.
Penalties - S.Kostitsyn Mtl (slashing) 8:57, Markov Mtl (roughing) 11:51.
Second Period
1. Buffalo, Stafford 16 (Roy, Sekera) 2:25
2. Montreal, Kovalev 34 (Grabovski, Bouillon) 19:23
Penalties - Ryder Mtl (interference) 3:35, Montreal bench (too many men; served by Grabovski) 7:01, Sekera Buf (closing hand on puck) 7:08, Kovalev Mtl (holding stick) 8:42, Vanek Buf (interference) 12:51.
Third Period
3. Buffalo, Paetsch 2 (Roy, Vanek) 5:30
4. Buffalo, Paille 19 (Pominville) 7:15
5. Montreal, Plekanec 28 (Streit, Kovalev) 17:29 (pp)
6. Montreal, Plekanec 29 (Streit, A.Kostitsyn) 19:45
Penalty - Kotalik Buf (tripping) 16:16.
Overtime
7. Montreal, Higgins 24 (Streit, Koivu) 3:38
Penalties - None.
Shots on goal by
Montreal 5 8 14 2-29
Buffalo 11 16 11 0-38
Goal - Montreal: Price (W,21-12-3); Buffalo: Miller (L,34-26-10).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Montreal: 1-2; Buffalo: 0-5.
Referees - Mike Hasenfratz, Tom Kowal. Linesmen - Brad Kovachik, Steve Miller.
Attendance - 18,690 (18,690).
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Canucks 0 at Wild 4
First Period
1. Minnesota, Bouchard 13 (Pouliot, Koivu) 11:37 (pp)
2. Minnesota, Koivu 11 (Rolston, Hill) 17:21
Penalties - Hill Min (hooking) 7:59, Kesler Vcr (hooking) 10:06, Voros Min (hooking) 13:30, Edler Vcr (delay of game) 15:13.
Second Period
3. Minnesota, Burns 15 (Gaborik, Demitra) 8:28 (pp)
4. Minnesota, Fedoruk 5 (Gaborik, Carney) 13:28
Penalties - Voros Min (goaltender interference) 1:33, Ritchie Vcr (high-sticking) 6:35.
Third Period
No Scoring.
Penalties - Cowan Vcr, Boogaard Min (fighting) 7:48, Burrows Vcr (fighting, match penalty, game misconduct), McIver Vcr (fighting), Burns Min (unsportsmanlike conduct, instigator, fighting, misconduct), Bouchard Min (slashing, fighting, game misconduct) 9:43, H.Sedin Vcr (interference) 10:21, Pyatt Vcr (hooking) 18:43, McIver Vcr, Kesler Vcr, Gaborik Min (roughing), Fedoruk Min (roughing, misconduct) 19:48.
Shots on goal by
Vancouver 9 10 9-28
Minnesota 14 8 8-30
Goal (shots-saves) - Vancouver: Luongo (L,34-26-9)(21-17), Sanford (13:28 second)(9-9); Minnesota: Backstrom (W,31-13-8).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Vancouver: 0-5; Minnesota: 2-4.
Referees - Wes McCauley, Brad Watson. Linesmen - Steve Barton, Mark Wheler.
Attendance - 18,568 (18,064).
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Oilers 4 at Avalanche 5 (SO)
First Period
1. Colorado, Brunette 18 (Smyth, Finger) 7:22
2. Colorado, Hejduk 27 (Forsberg, Stastny) 8:02
3. Edmonton, Gilbert 13 (Nilsson, Cogliano) 12:13 (pp)
4. Edmonton, Stoll 13 (Gilbert, Hemsky) 13:56
Penalties - Reasoner Edm (holding stick) 4:40, Pisani Edm (hooking) 5:21, Foote Col (hooking) 12:05, Staios Edm, Laperriere Col (fighting) 16:07.
Second Period
5. Edmonton, Glencross 13 (Brodziak, Grebeshkov) 7:54
6. Colorado, Brunette 19 (Forsberg, Sakic) 11:41
7. Edmonton, Gagner 13 (Nilsson, Cogliano) 17:03
Penalty - Foote Col (tripping) 9:13.
Third Period
8. Colorado, Sakic 12 (Brunette, Forsberg) 19:54
Penalties - Staios Edm (diving), Forsberg Col (spearing) 7:08, Nilsson Edm (hooking) 11:26.
Overtime
No Scoring.
Penalties - None.
Shootout
Colorado wins 3-1
Edmonton (1) - Nilsson, goal; Gagner, miss.
Colorado (3) - Wolski, goal; Sakic, goal; Hejduk, goal.
Shots on goal by
Edmonton 12 11 7 1-31
Colorado 12 7 12 5-36
Goal - Edmonton: Roloson (L,13-16-5); Colorado: Theodore (W,26-21-2).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Edmonton: 1-2; Colorado: 0-3.
Referees - Greg Kimmerly, Bill McCreary. Linesmen - Mike Cvik, Jonny Murray.
Attendance - 17,846 (18,007).
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Flyers 4 at Devils 5 (SO)
First Period
1. Philadelphia, Prospal 33 (Briere, Smith) 9:35
2. New Jersey, Oduya 5 (Martin, Elias) 17:21 (pp)
3. New Jersey, Oduya 6 (Parise, White) 19:28
Penalties - Brookbank NJ (delay of game) 6:03, Jones Pha (goaltender interference, fighting), Mottau NJ (unsportsmanlike conduct, fighting) 14:40, Prospal Pha (tripping) 16:32.
Second Period
4. New Jersey, Langenbrunner 13 (Brookbank, Parise) 3:25
5. Philadelphia, Dowd 5 (Jones, Timonen) 9:14
Penalties - Brookbank NJ (hooking) 0:30, Mottau NJ (tripping) 19:05, Hartnell Pha (interference), White NJ (slashing) 19:18.
Third Period
6. Philadelphia, Jones 5 (Knuble, Upshall) 8:18
7. New Jersey, Gionta 22 (Madden, Brodeur) 14:07
8. Philadelphia, Knuble 28 (Richards, Carter) 19:04
Penalties - Brodeur NJ (delay of game; served by Parise) 1:09, Briere Pha (cross-checking) 3:49, Dowd Pha (boarding) 14:33.
Overtime
No Scoring.
Penalties - None.
Shootout
New Jersey wins 3-2
Philadelphia (2) - Richards, miss; Carter, goal; Briere, goal.
New Jersey (3) - Gionta, goal; Elias, goal; Langenbrunner, goal.
Shots on goal by
Philadelphia 11 11 8 2-32
New Jersey 11 11 9 2-33
Goal - Philadelphia: Biron (L,28-19-9); New Jersey: Brodeur (W,41-26-6).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Philadelphia: 0-4; New Jersey: 1-3.
Referees - Rob Shick, Mike Leggo. Linesmen - Scott Cherrey, Greg Devorski.
Attendance - 17,056 (17,625).
Thrashers 1 at Hurricanes 7
First Period
1. Carolina, Staal 35 (Cole, Samsonov) 0:42
2. Carolina, Hamilton 8 (Corvo, Staal) 6:14 (pp)
Penalties - McCarthy Atl (holding), Brookbank Car (roughing) 1:41, White Atl (kneeing) 4:53, Cole Car (roughing) 7:37, Boulton Atl, Brookbank Car (fighting) 14:09, Armstrong Atl (elbowing) 14:29, Cole Car (goaltender interference) 14:39, Carolina bench (too many men; served by Jensen) 15:55.
Second Period
3. Carolina, Corvo 13 (Cole, Staal) 5:29 (pp)
4. Carolina, Ruutu 8 (Letowski, Aucoin) 7:50 (pp)
5. Atlanta, Slater 7 (Armstrong) 16:53 (sh)
Penalties - Enstrom Atl (tripping) 2:20, Valabik Atl (tripping), Cole Car (roughing) 2:27, Slater Atl (misconduct) 3:31, White Atl (hooking), Atlanta bench (abuse of officials; served by Larsen) 3:54, Holik Atl (high-sticking) 6:43, Holik Atl (high-sticking) 9:09, Aucoin Car (boarding) 14:11, Kwiatkowski Atl (interference) 16:42, Kaberle Car (tripping) 19:27.
Third Period
6. Carolina, Ruutu 9 (Walker, Kaberle) 10:09 (pp)
7. Carolina, Letowski 8 (LaRose, Gleason) 13:33 (sh)
8. Carolina, Hamilton 9 (Kaberle, Gleason) 17:51 (pp)
Penalties - Wallin Car (holding) 1:47, Boulton Atl (cross-checking), Exelby Atl, Wallin Car (roughing), Brookbank Car (hooking) 5:04, Boulton Atl (holding) 8:53, LaRose Car (hooking) 11:08, Cole Car (holding) 12:11, Thorburn Atl (tripping) 16:43, Valabik Atl (instigator, fighting, misconduct, game misconduct), Boulton Atl, LaRose Car (roughing), Wallin Car (roughing, game misconduct) 18:41.
Shots on goal by
Atlanta 7 10 9-26
Carolina 13 16 6-35
Goal - Atlanta: Hedberg (L,14-14-3); Carolina: Ward (W,36-22-5).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Atlanta: 0-9; Carolina: 5-11.
Referees - Rob Martell, Dan O'Rourke. Linesmen - Don Henderson, Jean Morin.
Attendance - 17,833 (18,730).
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Predators 2 at Blue Jackets 0
First Period
No Scoring.
Penalties - Tootoo Nash, Boll Clb (fighting) 2:53, C.Wilson Clb (holding) 3:07, Zanon Nash (hooking) 16:36.
Second Period
1. Nashville, Hlavac 12 (Suter, Dumont) 4:26
2. Nashville, Bonk 14 (Erat, Radulov) 6:04
Penalties - Suter Nash (tripping) 15:00, Rome Clb (closing hand on puck) 17:30.
Third Period
No Scoring.
Penalty - Klesla Clb (hooking) 18:35.
Shots on goal by
Nashville 9 9 7-25
Columbus 13 16 14-43
Goal - Nashville: Ellis (W,22-10-2); Columbus: Norrena (L,10-18-5).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Nashville: 0-3; Columbus: 0-2.
Referees - Gord Dwyer, Kelly Sutherland. Linesmen - Pierre Champoux, Anthony Sericolo.
Attendance - 15,495 (18,136).
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Blues 4 at Red Wings 3 (OT)
First Period
1. St. Louis, Boyes 39 (P.Kariya, R.Johnson) 12:20
Penalties - Kopecky Det (boarding) 3:38, Tkachuk StL (cross-checking) 13:39, Walker StL (hooking) 18:43, Franzen Det (high-sticking) 18:46.
Second Period
2. St. Louis, E.Johnson 5 (P.Kariya, Boyes) 4:29 (pp)
3. Detroit, Rafalski 13 (Zetterberg, Datsyuk) 5:07 (pp)
Penalties - Franzen Det (goaltender interference) 1:11, Hartigan Det (hooking) 4:25, Backes StL (hooking) 4:56, McDonald StL (tripping) 6:54, McDonald StL (slashing) 10:44, Draper Det (boarding) 15:54, McKee StL (interference) 18:40.
Third Period
4. St. Louis, McDonald 17, 9:28
5. Detroit, Franzen 24 (Zetterberg, Datsyuk) 13:27 (pp)
6. Detroit, Franzen 25 (Zetterberg, Datsyuk) 15:19
Penalties - Datsyuk Det (slashing) 5:44, R.Johnson StL (tripping) 12:46.
Overtime
7. St. Louis, Boyes 40 (P.Kariya, Woywitka) 2:43
Penalties - None.
Shots on goal by
St. Louis 9 4 7 1-21
Detroit 15 9 15 0-39
Goal - St. Louis: Legace (W,26-24-8); Detroit: Osgood (L,27-9-4).
Power plays (goals-chances) - St. Louis: 1-6; Detroit: 2-7.
Referees - Stephane Auger, Dean Warren. Linesmen - Andy McElman, Dan Schachte.
Attendance - 20,066 (20,066).
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Sharks 3 at Ducks 1
First Period
1. San Jose, Marleau 17 (Pavelski, Ehrhoff) 6:38
2. Anaheim, S.Niedermayer 8 (Schneider, Ryan) 11:09 (pp)
Penalties - Shelley SJ, Moen Ana (roughing) 6:15, Ehrhoff SJ (high-sticking) 10:36, Ehrhoff SJ (holding stick) 14:20.
Second Period
3. San Jose, Roenick 14 (Pavelski, Campbell) 11:10 (pp)
4. San Jose, Brown 3 (Pavelski) 17:06
Penalties - Schneider Ana (hooking) 4:45, Weight Ana (interference) 10:40, Pahlsson Ana (hooking) 11:10, Shelley SJ, Parros Ana (roughing) 17:06, Marleau SJ (holding) 17:56.
Third Period
No Scoring.
Penalties - None.
Shots on goal by
San Jose 6 15 6-27
Anaheim 8 6 10-24
Goal - San Jose: Boucher (W,3-0-1); Anaheim: Hiller (L,9-7-1).
Power plays (goals-chances) - San Jose: 1-3; Anaheim: 1-3.
Referees - Dan O'Halloran, Tim Peel. Linesmen - Shane Heyer, Brad Lazarowich.
Attendance - 17,334 (17,174).