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Brothers keep it in the family to cast out Devils

Brothers Henrik and Daniel Sedin set up goals for each other Thursday night and the Vancouver Canucks avoided a winless tour of the New York metropolitan area with a 4-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils.

Dan Cloutier stopped 24 shots in his third shutout of the season and Brendan Morrison and Trevor Linden added power-play goals. The Canucks head into the NHL All-Star break with six wins in eight games.

The only two losses in that span came this week against the Rangers and an overtime setback against the Islanders.

Vancouver, wrapping up a five-game road trip, outplayed New Jersey so badly that Devils fans were booing in the second period of what was only their second loss in seven games.

Canadiens 2, Islanders 1

In Montreal, Rookie Michael Ryder scored the winning goal midway into the third period. Ryder, selected to play in today's YoungStars game during the All-Star weekend in St. Paul, Minnesota, scored his 15th goal with a shot from the right side that went in off goalie Garth Snow's glove.

Ryder leads all NHL rookies with 39 points, three more than the Islanders' Trent Hunter, who will be his teammate today.

Mike Ribeiro scored for the third straight game and Jose Theodore made 27 saves for Montreal, which won its third straight.

Bruins 6, Sabres 2

In Buffalo, New York, The Bruins won their fifth straight game as Joe Thornton had a goal and an assist.

Thornton registered his 400th career point with an assist on Mark Knuble's first-period goal, which tied the game at 1.

P.J. Axelsson had a goal and two assists, while Martin Lapointe, Glen Murray and Nick Boynton also scored for Boston. Andrew Raycroft stopped 26 shots for the surging Bruins (13-3-2 in their last 18 games).

Lightning 5, Predators 2

In Nashville, Tennessee, Pavel Kubina, Dan Boyle and Ben Clymer scored second-period goals and Cory Stillman added three assists.

Denis Arkhipov kept Nashville in the game by scoring twice in the second period. Martin Erat and Vladimir Orszagh added two assists each for Nashville, and Martin St. Louis had two assists for Tampa Bay. The Lightning won their 15th road game, surpassing last year's total.

Red Wings 3, Avalanche 2, OT

In Denver, Brett Hull scored 57 seconds into overtime after two Colorado players were hit with penalties at the end of regulation.

Detroit had a two-man advantage to start overtime after Steve Konowalchuk and Adam Foote were called for four-minute high-sticking penalties with 1.6 seconds left. Although NHL overtimes are played four-on-four, in this case the Red Wings were given a 5-on-3 edge to begin the period.

The crowd booed throughout the overtime and started throwing bottles and cups on the ice after Hull's hard shot from the top of the right circle went in over David Aebischer's right shoulder.

Colorado led 2-0 after just 1:52.

Flyers 5, Thrashers 1

In Atlanta, Antero Niittymaki had 20 saves in the second start of his NHL career. Simon Gagne, Mark Recchi, Sami Kapanen and Tony Amonte scored in the second period for the Flyers, 5-0-1 in their last six road games.

Serge Aubin had a goal for the Thrashers, winless in eight games. Ilya Kovalchuk, voted in as a starter in Sunday's All-Star game, was benched in the second period after his turnover led to Gagne's goal.

Niittymaki, a 23-year-old Finn, won for the second straight night in place of Robert Esche, expected to miss at least three weeks with a sprained left knee. Jeff Hackett, Philadelphia's other experienced goalie, is sidelined indefinitely by vertigo.

Maple Leafs 5, Senators 4

In Ottawa, The Maple Leafs erased a four-goal deficit and won on Owen Nolan's overtime goal. Nolan slapped a shot from the top of the faceoff circle to the right of goaltender Patrick Lalime. The puck lodged in the short side of the net with 30.7 seconds to go in the five-minute overtime.
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