Olie Kolzig made 38 saves to get Washington into a shootout and then made two more stops in the tiebreaker to give the Capitals a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL on Sunday.
Alexander Ovechkin and Petr Sykora scored during the shootout for Washington. Vincent Lecavalier, who had his fourth goal of the season in regulation, was the only Lightning player to beat Kolzig in the extra session.
Kolzig turned aside Martin St. Louis and Brad Richards to seal the victory.
Lecavalier also added an assist, and Vaclav Prospal netted his fourth goal for the defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning. Tampa Bay held a 40-14 shots advantage but couldn't score on Kolzig after the first period.
Chris Clark and Dainius Zubrus each scored for Washington with assists from Steve Eminger.
Wild 4, Mighty Ducks 1
At St. Paul, Minnesota, Manny Fernandez made 28 saves, and Minnesota's power play clicked again.
Brian Rolston and Filip Kuba had power-play goals in the first period for the Wild, who were 2-for-8 on the power play and are 9-for-19 with the man advantage at home.
Marc Chouinard had three assists, and Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Kyle Wanvig also scored for the Wild, who took advantage of a lackluster night from goaltender J.S. Giguere.
Giguere made just 15 saves and was pulled for Ilja Bryzgalov after giving up a breakaway goal to Wanvig midway through the third period.
Fernandez lost his chance for his 11th career shutout when Bruno St. Jacques scored with 13.5 seconds remaining.
Kings 3, Blue Jackets 1
At Los Angeles, Derek Armstrong and Mike Cammalleri scored power-play goals in the first period, leading the host Kings over Columbus.
Playing in just his eighth NHL game, Los Angeles' Jason LaBarbera made 19 saves to earn his third victory in three starts this season. LaBarbera was just over 11 minutes away from his first shutout when Nikolai Zherdev scored his first goal of the season to make it 3-1.
Los Angeles (4-2) won four times in a five-game homestand. The Blue Jackets (1-5) ended a four-game road trip with their third straight loss.
Alexander Frolov also scored for the Kings.
Canucks 5, Stars 2
At Vancouver, British Columbia, Lee Goren scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, leading Vancouver over Dallas.
Daniel Sedin and Sami Salo gave the Canucks an early lead with power-play goals 29 seconds apart in the first period, but Jere Lehtinen tied it with a pair of scores 3 minutes apart in the second.
Goren, whose last goal was with Boston in 2002-03, scored the game-winner 3:47 into the third. Todd Bertuzzi added another power-play goal with 5:29 left to play, and Richard Park made it 5-2 with a long shot past Turco with 2:20 remaining.
Turco finished with 29 saves.
Alex Auld stopped 18 shots for the Canucks, who came into the game ranked 25th on the power play.
Luc Robitaille missed Sunday's game with a sore groin, but a little perspective was gained.
The day before, Brett Hull, Robitaille's former teammate and fellow future Hall of Famer, announced his retirement and explained that he could no longer play to his high standards. Robitaille, who at 39 is Hull's junior by just 17 months, pushed himself during the lockout to avoid the same feeling.
Robitaille didn't officially commit to playing this season until the lockout ended, but he had spent the previous months training hard in order to be sure he would be ready to play.
Robitaille signed a one-year, US$1 million contract.
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