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Jackets zip up win in overtime action

An official, top, tries to pull Travis Moen, center, of the Mighty Ducks, off Jarome Iginla of the Flames during a brawl in the second period in Anaheim, California, on Wednesday. Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 25 saves for Anaheim in their 4-1 victory over Calgary. PHOTO: AP

Adam Foote scored on a short-handed rush 35 seconds into overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-2 victory over Nashville on Wednesday night that snapped the Predators' season-opening, eight-game winning streak.

The quickest overtime goal in the NHL this season left Nashville two wins short of tying Toronto's league-best start of 10-0 in 1993.

Foote, the biggest free-agent signing in franchise history, helped Columbus end a slide in which the Blue Jackets lost their previous two games (both against Detroit on home ice) by a combined score of 12-2.

Trevor Letowski and Mark Hartigan also scored for Columbus. Martin Prusek, making his first start of the year, stopped 22 shots.

Paul Kariya and Adam Hall had goals for the Predators, and Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves.

Sharks 5, Stars 4, OT

At Dallas, Patrick Marleau's breakaway goal 3:20 into overtime snapped San Jose's four-game losing streak.

Dallas took a 4-3 lead into the final minute of regulation but Marco Sturm's power-play rebound with 19.9 seconds left tied it.

The Stars thought they'd scored the winner 20 seconds into the five-minute overtime on Brenden Morrow's rebound, but the goal was disallowed because it came after an official's whistle.

Marcel Goc, Scott Hannan and Jonathan Cheechoo also had goals for the Sharks.

Nolan Schaefer made 12 saves in his NHL debut, coming on in the second period in relief of starter Vesa Toskala.

Rookie Jussi Jokinen scored two second-period goals for Dallas. Jere Lehtinen added a goal and two assists, and Trevor Daley also scored for Dallas. Marty Turco made 36 saves, 18 in the third period.

Hurricanes 4, Bruins 3, OT

At Raleigh, North Carolina, Matt Cullen reached around Nick Boynton to knock in his second goal of the game, helping Carolina rally to beat Boston in overtime.

The Hurricanes remained unbeaten in four home games and gave the Bruins their fifth loss in six games.

Frantisek Kaberle and Erik Cole scored for Carolina, and Ward and Eric Staal each finished with two assists.

Brian Leetch and Brad Boyes both had a goal and an assist for the Bruins.

The Hurricanes, who have won five of six, bounced back from a two-goal deficit to force overtime, with Cole tying it about 7 minutes into the third period.

Lightning 6, Devils 3

At East Rutherford, New Jersey, Dave Andreychuk scored twice in the third period against his former team, and Vincent Lecavalier added a short-handed goal shortly after to lift Tampa Bay.

The loss was even more costly for the Devils because two-time Vezina Trophy winner Martin Brodeur left the game with 6:50 remaining with an apparent injury to his right knee. Backup goalie Scott Clemmensen replaced Brodeur and surrendered the final two goals to Andreychuk and Lecavalier -- 56 seconds apart -- that pushed Tampa Bay's lead to 6-3.

Martin St. Louis, Fredrik Modin and Vaclav Prospal also scored for the defending champion Lightning (5-3-2).

The Devils (4-5) got second-period goals from Sean Brown and Vladimir Malakhov, and another 16 seconds into the third from Sergei Brylin to take a 3-2 lead. But the Lightning, who got 20 saves from John Grahame, scored the game's final four goals to pull away.

Capitals 3, Sabres 2

At Rochester, New York, defenseman Jamie Heward broke a tie on a two-man power play early in the third period in Washington's victory over host Buffalo.

The game was played at Blue Cross Arena, the home of the Sabres' AHL affiliate.

Jeff Friesen and Petr Sykora also scored to help the Capitals snap a two-game losing streak and end the Sabres' two-game winning streak. Ales Kotalik and Jochen Hecht scored for Buffalo in the Sabres' first home loss of the season.

Olaf Kolzig finished with 15 saves for Washington, which used a suffocating defense to stifle the Sabres. Buffalo came into the game averaging a league-high 36 shots on goal, while Washington had allowed 40 or more shots in each of its last four games.

Steve Eminger added two assists for Washington.

Mighty Ducks 4, Flames 1

At Anaheim, California, Joffrey Lupul, Keith Carney and Teemu Selanne scored on power plays, and Andy McDonald extended his goal streak to three games for Anaheim.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 25 saves after missing three games because of a groin strain. He's 7-6 with two ties against the Flames, who traded him to the Ducks in 2000.

Jarome Iginla had a power-play goal for Calgary.
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