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THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canadiens 7 at Hurricanes 4
First Period
1. Montreal, Chipchura 2 (Markov, Kostopoulos) 3:18
2. Montreal, Plekanec 2 (Latendresse, Streit) 8:40 (pp)
3. Carolina, Hamilton 4 (Staal, Stillman) 11:21
4. Montreal, Kovalev 5 (Markov, Plekanec) 12:20 (pp)
5. Montreal, Koivu 3, 18:06 (pp)
6. Montreal, Streit 2 (Hamrlik, Plekanec) 18:36 (pp)
Penalties - Grabovski Mtl (holding) 5:14, Letowski Car (tripping) 8:09, Commodore Car (hooking) 11:53, Kaberle Car (hooking) 16:19, Carolina bench (too many men, served by Wesley) 17:30, Adams Car, Kostopoulos Mtl (fighting) 18:38.
Second Period
7. Carolina, Staal 8 (penalty shot) 14:46
8. Montreal, Plekanec 3 (Brisebois, Latendresse) 16:20 (pp)
Penalties - Cullen Car (cross-checking) 2:52, Hedican Car (high-sticking) 8:34, Kovalev Mtl (tripping) 10:46, Bouillon Mtl (roughing), Bayda Car (roughing) 13:55, Williams Car (roughing) 15:58, Komisarek Mtl (tripping) 18:04.
Third Period
9. Carolina, Whitney 5 (Aucoin, Cullen) 4:18
10. Carolina, Brind'Amour 3 (Williams, Kaberle) 18:21
11. Montreal, Dandenault 2 (Koivu, Komisarek) 19:09 (en)
Penalties - Streit Mtl (interference) 11:25, Grahame Car (delay of game) 13:54, Smolinski Mtl (unsportsmanlike conduct) 18:21.
Shots on goal by
Montreal 15 6 9-30
Carolina 14 14 8-36
Goal (shots-saves) - Montreal: Huet (W,4-1-2); Carolina: Ward (L,6-1-2)(15-10), Grahame (start second)(14-13).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Montreal: 5-8; Carolina: 0-5.
Referees - Rob Martell, Tim Peel. Linesmen - Brian Murphy, Brad Kovachik.
Attendance - 16,796 (18,730).
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Canucks 3 at Capitals 2
First Period
1. Vancouver, D.Sedin 5, 2:11 (pp)
2. Washington, Nylander 3 (Clark, Ovechkin) 8:45 (pp)
3. Vancouver, Pyatt 3 (Kesler) 11:16
Penalties - Clark Wash (interference) 1:19, Naslund Vcr (holding) 8:15, Schultz Wash (tripping) 12:27, Bieksa Vcr (tripping) 13:46.
Second Period
No Scoring
Penalties - Erskine Wash (tripping) 10:42, Naslund Vcr (hooking), Semin Wash (tripping) 13:47, Cooke Vcr, Green Wash (roughing) 17:06.
Third Period
4. Vancouver, Pyatt 4 (Morrison, Naslund) 3:37 (pp)
5. Washington, Ovechkin 6 (Clark, Kozlov) 18:24 (pp)
Penalties - Brashear Wash (hooking) 2:18, Green Wash (tripping) 9:07, Cooke Vcr (interference) 12:07, Pyatt Vcr (high-sticking) 17:26, Salo Vcr (slashing) 18:43.
Shots on goal by
Vancouver 9 12 5-26
Washington 7 10 11-28
Goal - Vancouver: Luongo (W,4-6-0); Washington: Kolzig (L,3-3-0).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Vancouver: 2-5; Washington: 2-5.
Referees - Gord Dwyer, Kerry Fraser. Linesmen - David Brisebois, Tim Nowak.
Attendance - 12,705 (18,277).
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Avalanche 3 at Flames 2 (OT)
First Period
1. Colorado, Sakic 8 (Wolski, Brunette) 6:27
2. Calgary, Tanguay 3 (Langkow, Aucoin) 15:12
Penalties - None.
Second Period
3. Calgary, Lombardi 4 (Moss, Hale) 1:24
Penalties - Aucoin Cal (hooking) 3:23, Hal Cal (tripping) 11:21, Smyth Col (hooking) 12:02, Guite Col (hooking) 13:39.
Third Period
4. Colorado, Svatos 4 (Clark, Cumiskey) 15:45 (pp)
Penalties - Tanguay Cal (hooking) 5:12, Clark Col (goaltender interference) 7:02, Sauer Col (hooking) 7:51, Stastny Col (hooking) 11:57, Tanguay Cal (high-sticking) 13:45.
Overtime
5. Colorado, Smyth 4 (Sakic, Clark) 0:23
Penalties - None.
Shots on goal by
Colorado 8 5 8 1-22
Calgary 16 11 14 0-41
Goal - Colorado: Theodore (W,2-2-0); Calgary: Kiprusoff (L,5-4-2).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Colorado: 1-4; Calgary: 0-5.
Referees - Dennis LaRue, Michael McGeough. Linesmen - Mark Shewchyk, Mark Wheler.
Attendance - 19,289 (19,289).
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Sabres 4 at Panthers 2
First Period
1. Florida, Stumpel 2 (Bouwmeester) 1:45
2. Buffalo, Kotalik 2 (Pominville, Vanek) 7:53 (pp)
3. Florida, Peltonen 2 (Weiss, Horton) 19:15
Penalties - Campbell Fla (interference) 6:06, McLean Fla (tripping) 6:47, Tallinder Buf (holding) 8:53, Lydman Buf (hooking) 15:20.
Second Period
No Scoring
Penalties - Mezei Fla (tripping) 1:11, Peltonen Fla (hooking) 2:19, Paetsch Buf (interference) 7:54, Weber Buf (holding) 15:47.
Third Period
4. Buffalo, Hecht 3 (Pominville, Tallinder) 8:25
5. Buffalo, Stafford 2 (Sekera) 11:12
6. Buffalo, Paille 2, 17:00 (sh)
Penalties - Hecht Buf (hooking) 0:15, Bouwmeester Fla (hooking) 12:36, Vanek Buf (hooking) 13:42, Hecht Buf (holding) 15:44.
Shots on goal by
Buffalo 16 9 8-33
Florida 8 9 18-35
Goal - Buffalo: Miller (W,3-5-0); Florida: Vokoun (L,4-4-0).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Buffalo: 1-5; Florida: 0-7.
Referees - Kevin Pollock, Justin St. Pierre. Linesmen - Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers.
Attendance - 15,842 (19,250).
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Sharks 1 at Red Wings 5
First Period
1. Detroit, Filppula 1 (Samuelsson, Osgood) 1:23
2. Detroit, Lilja 1 (Filppula, Kronwall) 15:31
Penalties - Roenick SJ (tripping) 6:54, Thornton SJ (delay of game, roughing, double minor) 16:52.
Second Period
No Scoring
Penalties - Davison SJ, Downey Det (fighting) 4:11, Thornton SJ (slashing) 15:29, Lilja Det (interference) 17:40.
Third Period
3. Detroit, Holmstrom 8 (Lidstrom) 0:39
4. Detroit, Zetterberg 8 (Datsyuk, Holmstrom) 8:12
5. Detroit, Maltby 3 (Draper, Cleary) 8:34
6. San Jose, Semenov 1 (Vlasic) 14:08 (pp)
Penalties - Ehrhoff SJ (high-sticking) 2:20, Holmstrom Det (goaltender interference) 13:10.
Shots on goal by
San Jose 3 3 5-11
Detroit 13 9 17-39
Goal (shots-saves) - San Jose: Nabokov (L,5-4-1)(30-26), Patzold (8:12 third)(9-8); Detroit: Osgood (W,4-0-0)(11-10).
Power plays (goals-chances) - San Jose: 1-2; Detroit: 0-6.
Referees - Don Van Massenhoven, Dean Morton. Linesmen - Michel Cormier, Vaughan Rody.
Attendance - 18,289 (20,058).