Sabres 4 at Canadiens 1
First Period
1. Buffalo, Novotny 3 (Drury, Numminen) 9:42
Penalties - Tallinder Buf (hooking) 14:37, Plekanec Mtl (high-sticking) 19:20.
Second Period
2. Buffalo, Drury 10, 9:10 (sh)
3. Buffalo, Pominville 5 (Briere, Hecht) 11:12
Penalties - Latendresse Mtl (hooking) 3:45, Campbell Buf (hooking) 8:29, Markov Mtl (hooking) 16:37, Souray Mtl (hooking) 18:42.
Third Period
4. Montreal, Johnson 3 (Bonk) 9:06
5. Buffalo, Vanek 6 (Kalinin) 19:41 (en)
Penalties - Pominville Buf (hooking) 3:42, Kovalev Mtl (boarding) 4:42, Kovalev Mtl (slashing) 13:06, Vanek Buf (tripping) 17:35.
Shots on goal by
Buffalo 7 12 7-26
Montreal 8 6 13-27
Goal - Buffalo; Miller (W,7-0-0); Montreal: Huet (L,1-1-2).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Buffalo: 0-6; Montreal: 0-4.
Referees - Don Van Massenhoven, Craig Spada. Linesmen - Brad Lazarowich, Lyle Seitz.
Attendance - 21,273 (21,273).
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Coyotes 2 at Oilers 5
First Period
1. Edmonton, Torres 2 (Thoresen, Sykora) 12:20
2. Edmonton, Stoll 1 (Hemsky, Sykora) 13:19 (pp)
Penalties - Seidenberg Pho (hooking) 4:52, Stoll Edm (interference) 8:37, Joseph Pho (unsportsmanlike conduct; served by Comrie) 9:41, Saprykin Pho (tripping) 12:55, Winchester Edm (slashing) 14:55, Tjarnqvist Edm (holding) 19:24.
Second Period
3. Edmonton, Horcoff 1 (Tjarnqvist, Stoll) 3:15
4. Phoenix, Roenick 1 (Nagy, Michalek) 7:27
5. Phoenix, Comrie 3 (Doan, Yandle) 9:36 (pp)
Penalties - Jovanovski Pho (hooking) 1:15, Thoresen Edm (interference) 8:03, Nagy Pho (hooking) 11:21, Seidenberg Pho (delay of game) 14:21.
Third Period
6. Edmonton, Sykora 6 (Hemsky, Thoresen) 5:15
7. Edmonton, Hemsky 2 (Sykora, Thoresen) 11:55 (pp)
Penalties - Torres Edm (tripping) 5:48, Jovanovski Pho (high-sticking) 11:02, Fischer Pho (holding) 13:21, Jovanovski Pho (hooking) 14:52, Boynton Pho (boarding) 16:43.
Shots on goal by
Phoenix 12 10 8-30
Edmonton 11 12 16-39 Goal - Phoenix: Joseph (L,2-5-0); Edmonton: Roloson (W,5-2-0).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Phoenix: 1-5; Edmonton: 2-10.
Referees - Chris Rooney, Brad Watson. Linesmen - Lonnie Cameron, Vaughan Rody.
Attendance - 16,839 (16,839).
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Canucks 1 at Stars 2
First Period
1. Vancouver, D.Sedin 5 (H.Sedin, Pyatt) 1:46
2. Dallas, Hagman 3 (Barnaby, Boucher) 2:24
Penalties - Pyatt Vcr (hooking) 7:19, Krajicek Vcr (hooking) 9:17, Burrows Vcr, Lindros Dal, Ribeiro Dal (roughing) 18:11.
Second Period
No Scoring.
Penalties - Boucher Dal (holding) 3:04, Burrows Vcr, Barnaby Dal (roughing, fighting) 6:33, Morrison Vcr (holding) 12:24, Bulis Vcr (hooking) 14:03.
Third Period
3. Dallas, Modano 5 (Lindros, Zubov) 8:33 (pp)
Penalties - Modry Dal (hooking) 1:50, Zubov Dal (tripping) 3:53, Kesler Vcr (holding) 6:55, Bieksa Vcr (hooking) 7:15, Modry Dal (delay of game) 11:06, Halpern Dal (tripping) 15:07, Ohlund Vcr (hooking) 16:10.
Shots on goal by
Vancouver 9 10 15-34
Dallas 5 7 14-26
Goal - Vancouver: Luongo (L,5-3-1); Dallas: Turco (W,7-1-0).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Vancouver: 0-6; Dallas: 1-7.
Referees - Brian Pochmara, Rob Shick. Linesmen - Mike Cvik, Darren Gibbs.
Attendance - 16,639 (18,532).
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Sharks 3 at Blue Jackets 0
First Period
1. San Jose, Bernier 2 (Carle, Michalek) 2:24 (pp)
Penalties - Chimera Clb (hooking) 1:16, Brown SJ (hooking) 6:16.
Second Period
2. San Jose, Cheechoo 5 (Marleau, Thornton) 3:15 (pp)
3. San Jose, Goc 1 (Vlasic, Smith) 5:02
Penalties - Tollefsen Clb (hooking) 1:29, Hainsey Clb (tripping) 1:46, Bell SJ (interference) 2:03, Nash Clb (slashing) 8:37, Brule Clb (hooking) 11:44, Vyborny Clb (hooking) 14:51, Cheechoo SJ (tripping) 16:13.
Third Period
No Scoring.
Penalties - Eriksson Clb (tripping) 2:56, Bell SJ (boarding, roughing), Foote Clb (roughing) 4:06, San Jose bench (abusive language; served by Smith) 6:18, Smith SJ, Tollefsen Clb (fighting) 8:30, Ehrhoff SJ (elbowing) 10:31, Nieminen SJ (hooking) 15:51, Svitov Clb (tripping) 15:58.
Shots on goal by
San Jose 13 15 4-32
Columbus 9 4 10-23
Goal - San Jose: Toskala (W,5-0-0); Columbus: Leclaire (L,2-3-1).
Power plays (goals-chances) - San Jose: 2-8; Columbus: 0-7.
Referees - Stephane Auger, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen - Scott Driscoll, Ryan Galloway.
Attendance - 16,067 (18,136).
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Thrashers 6 at Panthers 3
First Period
1. Florida, Kwiatkowski 1 (Montador) 14:48
2. Florida, Allen 1 (Jokinen, Bouwmeester) 15:11
3. Atlanta, Kovalchuk 3 (McCarthy, Kozlov) 17:55 (pp)
Penalties - Exelby Atl (high-sticking) 2:23, Sutton Atl (high-sticking) 7:31, Horton Fla (interference) 10:03, Allen Fla (tripping) 17:41, Holik Atl (goaltender interference) 18:31.
Second Period
4. Atlanta, Hossa 10 (Mellanby, Kozlov) 10:50 (pp)
5. Atlanta, Kovalchuk 4, 11:26 (pp)
6. Atlanta, Mellanby 4 (Kozlov, de Vries) 14:31
7. Atlanta, Kovalchuk 5 (Kozlov, Hossa) 15:53 (pp)
Penalties - Vigier Atl (goaltender interference) 0:47, Atlanta bench (too many men; served by Slater) 5:07, Auld Fla (delay of game) 9:38, Horton Fla (hooking) 10:35, Mellanby Atl, Allen Fla (roughing) 12:22, Campbell Fla (slashing) 15:23.
Third Period
8. Florida, Stumpel 3 (Jokinen, Van Ryn) 14:34
9. Atlanta, Rucchin 1 (Kovalchuk, Slater) 19:18 (pp)
Penalties - Mellanby Atl (interference) 3:16, Weiss Fla (holding) 16:34, Florida bench (too many men; served by Gelinas) 19:07.
Shots on goal by
Atlanta 3 16 8-27
Florida 11 7 10-28
Goal (shots-saves) - Atlanta: Lehtonen (W,7-1-1); Florida: Auld (L,3-3-1) (19-14), Belfour (start third)(8-7).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Atlanta: 5-7; Florida: 0-6.
Referees - Michael McGeough, Dean Warren. Linesmen - Steve Barton, Brian Murphy.
Attendance - 13,102 (19,250).
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Kings 1 at Avalanche 6
First Period
1. Los Angeles, Armstrong 1 (Sopel) 5:10
2. Colorado, Liles 3 (Brisebois, Sakic) 8:47 (pp)
Penalties - Brunette Col (hooking) 2:24, Cammalleri LA (double high-sticking) 5:27, Sopel LA (tripping) 8:34, Conroy LA (interference, unsportsmanlike conduct) 19:31.
Second Period
3. Colorado, Hejduk 3 (Stastny, Liles) 1:25 (pp)
4. Colorado, Svatos 3 (Arnason, Wolski) 2:32 (pp)
5. Colorado, Stastny 2 (Wolski, Hejduk) 10:31
6. Colorado, Hejduk 4 (Stastny, Brisebois) 16:25
7. Colorado, Brunette 3 (Svatos, Sakic) 18:30
Penalties - Miller LA (cross-checking) 0:46, Klee Col (holding) 6:02.
Third Period
No Scoring.
Penalty - Vaananen Col (interference) 10:41.
Shots on goal by
Los Angeles 13 9 6-28
Colorado 15 17 5-37
Goal (shots-saves) - Los Angeles: Cloutier (L,1-4-1)(32-26), Garon (start third)(5-5); Colorado: Budaj (W,2-0-1).
Power plays (goals-chances) - Los Angeles: 0-3; Colorado: 3-6.
Referees - Marc Joannette, Kelly Sutherland. Linesmen - Shane Heyer, Jonny Murray.
Attendance - 17,284 (18,007).


