Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Rangers 14 6 2 30 60 51
Pittsburgh 12 4 3 27 62 52
New Jersey 9 7 2 20 49 49
Philadelphia 7 6 4 18 58 57
N.Y. Islanders 7 9 2 16 46 56
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 12 3 4 28 62 45
Montreal 11 5 2 24 56 48
Buffalo 9 6 3 21 54 54
Toronto 7 8 4 18 59 67
Ottawa 6 9 4 16 44 50
Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 11 4 3 25 62 53
Carolina 10 7 2 22 51 56
Atlanta 7 9 2 16 53 64
Tampa Bay 5 7 6 16 39 53
Florida 7 10 1 15 42 52
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA

Detroit 13 2 3 29 68 55
Chicago 9 4 5 23 66 52
Nashville 9 8 1 19 56 61

Columbus 8 8 3 19 58 65

St. Louis 6 8 2 14 50 55
Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 12 6 2 26 63 49
Minnesota 11 5 1 23 44 34
Calgary 11 8 1 23 57 63
Edmonton 9 9 2 20 53 62
Colorado 8 10 0 16 45 53
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 16 3 1 33 73 49
Anaheim 10 8 2 22 61 64
Phoenix 8 8 1 17 42 44
Los Angeles 7 8 2 16 42 45
Dallas 6 9 3 15 51 68

Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.

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Late Wednesday's ResultVancouver 6, N.Y. Rangers 3
Washington 6, Anaheim 4
Thursday's ResultsPittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2
New Jersey 3, Florida 1
Montreal 3, Ottawa 2, SO
Vancouver 3, Minnesota 2
Chicago 6, Dallas 3
Detroit 4, Edmonton 3
Calgary 1, Colorado 0
Washington at Los Angeles, late
Today's GamesPhoenix at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Florida at Boston, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Anaheim at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday's GamesVancouver at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 3 p.m.
Boston at Montreal, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Dallas, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Calgary, 10 p.m.
Washington at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday's GamesNashville at Carolina, 3 p.m.
New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.
Scoring Summaries
PENGUINS 3, THRASHERS 2

Pittsburgh 1 1 1—3
Atlanta 1 1 0—2

First Period—1, Atlanta, Kozlov 11 (Kovalchuk, Perrin), 4:41 (pp). 2, Pittsburgh, Satan 9 (Dupuis, Crosby), 10:57. Penalties—Boucher, Pit (hooking), 2:59; Gill, Pit (hooking), 4:41.

Second Period—3, Pittsburgh, Crosby 7 (Kennedy), 12:24. 4, Atlanta, Slater 2 (Perrin, Enstrom), 13:48. Penalties—Schneider, Atl (high-sticking), 2:56; Oystrick, Atl (interference), 6:45; Reasoner, Atl (hooking), 7:27; Boucher, Pit (tripping), 9:32.

Third Period—5, Pittsburgh, Sykora 4 (Crosby, Malkin), 17:20 (pp). Penalties—Dupuis, Pit (hooking), 9:48; Thorburn, Atl (interference), 16:16.

Shots on Goal—Pittsburgh 8-16-7—31. Atlanta 5-6-12—23. Power-play opportunities—Pittsburgh 1 of 4; Atlanta 1 of 4. Goalies—Pittsburgh, Sabourin 4-1-1 (23 shots-21 saves). Atlanta, Pavelec 2-1-0 (31-28).

Att—13,391 (18,545). T—2:22.

Referees—Don Koharski, Steve Kozari. Linesmen—David Brisebois, Darren Gibbs.

DEVILS 3, PANTHERS 1

Florida 0 0 1—1
New Jersey 0 1 2—3

First Period—None. Penalties—Campbell, Fla (slashing), 7:43; Dvorak, Fla (high-sticking), 15:42; White, NJ (hooking), 18:34.

Second Period—1, New Jersey, Elias 8 (Gionta, Zubrus), 6:47. Penalties—None.

Third Period—2, New Jersey, Martin 1 (Clarkson, Madden), 5:49. 3, New Jersey, Gionta 4 (Elias, Zubrus), 6:51. 4, Florida, Frolik 1 (Bouwmeester, McCabe), 8:42 (pp). Penalties—Elias, NJ (high-sticking), 7:30.

Shots on Goal—Florida 5-10-9—24. New Jersey 12-1-6—19. Power-play opportunities—Florida 1 of 2; New Jersey 0 of 2. Goalies—Florida, Vokoun 4-9-0 (19 shots-16 saves). New Jersey, Clemmensen 2-2-0 (24-23).

Att—14,291 (17,625). T—2:16.

Referees—Marc Joannette, Kelly Sutherland. Linesmen—Dan Schachte, Vaughan Rody.
CANADIENS 3, SENATORS 2 (SO)

Montreal 1 0 1 0—3
Ottawa 1 0 1 0—2


Montreal won shootout 2-1

First Period—1, Ottawa, Heatley 11 (Alfredsson, Picard), 4:21. 2, Montreal, Koivu 7 (Kovalev, S.Kostitsyn), 13:33 (pp). Penalties—Foligno, Ott (boarding), 13:03; G.Latendresse, Mon (tripping), 17:03.

Second Period—None. Penalties—O'Byrne, Mon (hooking), 3:04; Hamrlik, Mon (interference), 7:54; Donovan, Ott (diving), 7:54; Begin, Mon, major (fighting), 14:47; Bass, Ott, major (fighting), 14:47; Kovalev, Mon (tripping), 17:55.

Third Period—3, Ottawa, Foligno 3 (Picard, Phillips), 4:58 (pp). 4, Montreal, Markov 2 (Lang, S.Kostitsyn), 15:36. Penalties—O'Byrne, Mon (holding), 3:34; G.Latendresse, Mon (high-sticking), 19:44.

Overtime—None. Penalties—None.

Shootout—Montreal 2 (Kovalev NG, Markov G, Koivu NG, Tanguay G), Ottawa 1 (Spezza G, Alfredsson NG, Ruutu NG, Vermette NG).

Shots on Goal—Montreal 8-3-9-1—21. Ottawa 4-7-10-4—25. Power-play opportunities—Montreal 1 of 1; Ottawa 1 of 5. Goalies—Montreal, Price 9-4-1 (25 shots-23 saves). Ottawa, Auld 5-5-3 (21-19).

Att—20,475 (19,153). T—2:39.

CANUCKS 3, WILD 2

Vancouver 0 2 1—3
Minnesota 0 2 0—2

First Period—None. Penalties—O'Brien, Van, minor-major (fighting, slashing), 12:04; Reitz, Min, major (fighting), 12:04; Zidlicky, Min (holding), 15:55.

Second Period—1, Minnesota, Koivu 4 (Miettinen, Veilleux), 7:16. 2, Vancouver, Bernier 5 (Mitchell, Wellwood), 12:00. 3, Minnesota, Koivu 5 (Johnsson), 14:22 (sh). 4, Vancouver, Demitra 5 (Edler, H.Sedin), 16:10 (pp). Penalties—Vancouver bench, served by Raymond (too many men), 8:16; Reitz, Min (tripping), 13:50; Johnsson, Min (tripping), 15:10.

Third Period—5, Vancouver, D.Sedin 8 (Demitra, H.Sedin), 11:41. Penalties—N.Schultz, Min (tripping), 4:29; D.Sedin, Van (hooking), 19:53.

Shots on Goal—Vancouver 7-13-7—27. Minnesota 8-13-9—30. Power-play opportunities—Vancouver 1 of 4; Minnesota 0 of 3. Goalies—Vancouver, Sanford 1-1-0 (30 shots-28 saves). Minnesota, Backstrom 11-4-1 (27-24).

Att—18,568 (18,064). T—2:21.

Referees—Dean Morton, Kerry Fraser. Linesmen—Ryan Galloway, Brian Mach.
BLACKHAWKS 6, STARS 3

Chicago 1 3 2—6
Dallas 1 2 0—3

First Period—1, Dallas, Morrow 5 (Parrish, Modano), 7:37. 2, Chicago, Kane 9 (Eager, Walker), 19:23. Penalties—Robidas, Dal (hooking), 14:43.

Second Period—3, Chicago, Eager 2 (Bolland), 6:44. 4, Dallas, Modano 6 (Richards, Zubov), 7:50 (pp). 5, Chicago, Campbell 4 (Versteeg, Brouwer), 9:08 (pp). 6, Dallas, Neal 3 (Avery, Richards), 16:06. 7, Chicago, Versteeg 7 (Campbell, Khabibulin), 19:30 (pp). Penalties—Daley, Dal (holding), 4:11; Toews, Chi (holding), 7:33; Daley, Dal (holding), 8:14; Keith, Chi (slashing), 14:05; Khabibulin, Chi, served by Versteeg (roughing), 15:31; Morrow, Dal (slashing), 15:31; Ribeiro, Dal (interference), 17:36.

Third Period—8, Chicago, Havlat 6 (Brouwer, Sharp), 6:40. 9, Chicago, Kane 10 (Toews, Versteeg), 19:44 (en). Penalties—None.

Shots on Goal—Chicago 7-13-10—30. Dallas 14-13-7—34. Power-play opportunities—Chicago 2 of 4; Dallas 1 of 2. Goalies—Chicago, Khabibulin 6-1-4 (34 shots-31 saves). Dallas, Turco 5-8-3 (29-24).

Att—18,027 (18,532). T—2:19.

Referees—Gord Dwyer, Dan O'Halloran. Linesmen—Michel Cormier, Brad Kovachik.
FLAMES 1, AVALANCHE 0

Calgary 0 1 0—1
Colorado 0 0 0—0

First Period—None. Penalties—McCormick, Col (delay of game), 2:16; Sarich, Cal (tripping), 4:39; Svatos, Col (diving), 4:39; Tucker, Col (tripping), 9:47; Hannan, Col (boarding), 13:49.

Second Period—1, Calgary, Langkow 5 (Giordano, Iginla), 10:16. Penalties—Svatos, Col (delay of game), 1:29; Giordano, Cal (tripping), 6:40; Tucker, Col (slashing), 12:04.

Third Period—None. Penalties—Arnason, Col (hooking), 14:33; Aucoin, Cal (roughing), 18:09; Liles, Col (slashing), 18:09.

Shots on Goal—Calgary 10-12-11—33. Colorado 7-5-6—18. Power-play opportunities—Calgary 0 of 6; Colorado 0 of 1. Goalies—Calgary, Kiprusoff 11-7-1 (18 shots-18 saves). Colorado, Budaj 6-9-0 (33-32).

Att—14,536 (18,007). T—2:13.

Referees—Mike Hasenfratz, Chris Rooney. Linesmen—Lonnie Cameron, Shane Heyer.
RED WINGS 4, OILERS 3

Detroit 3 1 0—4
Edmonton 0 1 2—3

First Period—1, Detroit, Hudler 5 (Lilja, Lebda), 1:50. 2, Detroit, Datsyuk 6 (Rafalski, Lidstrom), 8:00 (pp). 3, Detroit, Kopecky 1 (Lidstrom, Rafalski), 10:11 (pp). Penalties—Kopecky, Det (tripping), 3:39; Cole, Edm (tripping), 7:36; Smid, Edm (hooking), 10:05; Moreau, Edm (roughing), 17:24; Rafalski, Det (tripping), 17:35; Lilja, Det, major (fighting), 19:42; Souray, Edm, major (fighting), 19:42.

Second Period—4, Edmonton, Cogliano 5 (Nilsson, Gilbert), 13:19 (pp). 5, Detroit, Hudler 6 (Meech, Zetterberg), 18:28 (pp). Penalties—Lidstrom, Det (hooking), 4:41; Lidstrom, Det (hooking), 12:29; Gilbert, Edm (interference), 16:32.

Third Period—6, Edmonton, Visnovsky 4 (Grebeshkov, Cole), 12:54. 7, Edmonton, Souray 7 (Visnovsky, Hemsky), 13:15 (pp). Penalties—Reddox, Edm (hooking), 1:37; Meech, Det (interference), 11:35; Penner, Edm (slashing), 12:18; Filppula, Det, double minor (high-sticking), 13:07.

Shots on Goal—Detroit 12-17-6—35. Edmonton 15-7-12—34. Power-play opportunities—Detroit 3 of 5; Edmonton 2 of 7. Goalies—Detroit, Osgood 8-1-3 (34 shots-31 saves). Edmonton, Roloson (10-7), Garon 3-5-0 (10:11 first, 25-24).

Att—16,839 (16,839). T—2:28.

Referees—Brad Meier, Rob Shick. Linesmen—Lyle Seitz, Mark Wheler.
Late Wednesday
CAPITALS 6, DUCKS 4

Washington 3 2 1—6
Anaheim 2 0 2—4

First Period—1, Washington, Fleischmann 7 (M.Green, Ovechkin), 2:19 (pp). 2, Washington, M.Green 7 (Nylander, Ovechkin), 3:54 (pp). 3, Washington, Backstrom 3 (Kozlov, Ovechkin), 7:13. 4, Anaheim, Ryan 1 (Perry), 7:37. 5, Anaheim, Getzlaf 8 (Ryan, Perry), 16:56. Penalties—Hedican, Ana (hooking), 1:44; Getzlaf, Ana (interference), 2:59; Perry, Ana (roughing), 10:06; Nylander, Was (hooking), 11:27; Kunitz, Ana (cross-checking), 11:59; Ovechkin, Was (charging), 13:28; Erskine, Was (tripping), 18:53.

Second Period—6, Washington, Ovechkin 8 (Clark, Nylander), 2:43 (pp). 7, Washington, Bradley 2 (Steckel, B.Gordon), 17:48. Penalties—R.Niedermayer, Ana (slashing), 1:26; Brashear, Was, major (fighting), 2:46; Parros, Ana, major (fighting), 2:46; Steckel, Was (hooking), 6:06; Festerling, Ana (slashing), 9:24; Erskine, Was (hooking), 12:09.

Third Period—8, Washington, Steckel 3 (Jurcina, Schultz), 10:06. 9, Anaheim, Ryan 2 (Marchant, Parros), 10:33. 10, Anaheim, Selanne 10 (Getzlaf, Perry), 12:00 (pp). Penalties—S.Niedermayer, Ana (hooking), 4:22; Ovechkin, Was (interference), 11:23; Erskine, Was (roughing), 14:31; Ryan, Ana (roughing), 14:31; Anaheim bench, served by Parros (too many men), 14:31; Steckel, Was (slashing), 18:49; Pronger, Ana (hooking), 18:49.

Shots on Goal—Washington 14-14-5—33. Anaheim 5-11-16—32. Power-play opportunities—Washington 3 of 8; Anaheim 1 of 5. Goalies—Washington, Theodore 6-3-1 (32 shots-28 saves). Anaheim, Hiller (6-3), Giguere 7-7-1 (7:13 first, 27-24).

Att—16,076 (17,174). T—2:29.

Referees—Stephane Auger, Tom Kowal. Linesmen—Mike Cvik, Pierre Racicot.
CANUCKS 6, N.Y. RANGERS 3

Vancouver 2 3 1—6
N.Y. Rangers 0 2 1—3

First Period—1, Vancouver, Wellwood 8 (Ohlund, Pyatt), 4:16. 2, Vancouver, Burrows 5 (Hansen), 9:38 (sh). Penalties—O'Brien, Van (high-sticking), 8:07; Voros, NYR (boarding), 17:17.

Second Period—3, Vancouver, Burrows 6 (Hansen), 1:23. 4, Vancouver, Johnson 1 (Pyatt, Ohlund), 2:21. 5, N.Y. Rangers, Drury 8 (Redden, Lundqvist), 3:12 (pp). 6, Vancouver, Demitra 4 (H.Sedin, Salo), 5:33 (pp). 7, N.Y. Rangers, Voros 7 (Dawes, Kalinin), 8:33. Penalties—O'Brien, Van (holding), 2:41; Orr, NYR (interference), 3:40; Mara, NYR (cross-checking), 4:09; Rozsival, NYR (cross-checking), 5:13; O'Brien, Van, double minor (interference, unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:26.

Third Period—8, N.Y. Rangers, Callahan 6 (Naslund, Drury), 7:45 (pp). 9, Vancouver, D.Sedin 7 (Ohlund, Kesler), 19:57 (en). Penalties—Nycholat, Van (holding), 7:18; O'Brien, Van (high-sticking), 15:25.

Shots on Goal—Vancouver 11-17-5—33. N.Y. Rangers 12-13-17—42. Power-play opportunities—Vancouver 1 of 4; N.Y. Rangers 2 of 6. Goalies—Vancouver, Luongo 11-5-2 (42 shots-39 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist 12-5-2 (17-12), Valiquette (5:33 second, 15-15).

Att—18,200 (18,200). T—2:30.

Referees—Wes McCauley, Bill McCreary. Linesmen—Jonny Murray, Anthony Sericolo.
ODDS & ENDS

SCOREBOARD
Friday

Anaheim at St. Louis (8:30 p.m. EST). The Blues (6-8-2) try to get on the right track when they take on the Ducks. St. Louis has just two wins in its last 11 games, including two losses by shootout, after starting the season 4-1.

STARS
Wednesday• Alex Burrows, Canucks, scored two of Vancouver's five goals against Henrik Lundqvist in a 6-3 win over the Rangers.
• Kyle Wellwood, Canucks, scored his eighth goal on 21 shots this season in a 6-3 rout of the Rangers. Wellwood has an NHL-best shooting percentage of 38.1 percent.
• Zdeno Chara and Chuck Kobasew, Bruins, each scored two goals in a 7-4 win over Buffalo.