Senators clinch 10-4 win over Buffalo Sabres

Daniel Alfredsson and Martin Havlat each scored four goals on Wednesday, and Dany Heatley added two more to send the Ottawa Senators to a 10-4 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.

Alfredsson tied team records and set career highs for goals and points (six). It also was the first career four-goal game for Havlat, and the third time in three games a Senators player has scored four times. Heatley had four goals in an 8-0 win over Toronto on Saturday.

It was the first time in franchise history that Ottawa had two four-goal scorers in one game. The 10 goals were a season high and the second-most in franchise history.

Heatley extended his club-record point streak to begin a season to 11 games, and Ottawa won for the ninth time in 11 tries. The Senators are off to their best start since entering the NHL as an expansion team in 1992.

Jason Spezza had a career-best four assists. It was the fifth career hat trick for both Alfredsson and Havlat, playing for the first time since serving a five-game suspension for kicking Boston defenseman Hal Gill.

Jay McKee, Chris Drury, Ales Kotalik and Daniel Briere scored for Buffalo.

Kings 6, Stars 3

At Dallas, defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky scored three goals for his first career hat trick, and rookie Jason LaBarbera made 29 saves to lead Los Angeles past Dallas.

Sean Avery, Jeff Cowan and Pavol Demitra also scored for the Kings, 6-2 in their last eight games. Visnovsky leads NHL defensemen with 18 points on six goals and 12 assists.

LaBarbera improved his record to 7-1-0, beating Dallas for the second time this season.

The Pacific Division rivals were meeting for the third time this season, all in Dallas. The Kings have won the last two while outscoring the Stars 13-5.

Jussi Jokinen, Mike Modano and Martin Skoula scored for Dallas.

Blackhawks 6, Blues 5, OT

At St. Louis, Brent Seabrook scored his first NHL goal 35 seconds into overtime, giving Chicago a victory over slumping St. Louis.

Martin Lapointe had a goal and two assists, and rookie Pavol Vorobiev added a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, who blew a three-goal lead in the third period but recovered to snap a four-game skid that included three consecutive losses to Detroit.

Chicago (4-9-0) won for only the second time in eight games and improved to 1-6 against Central Division foes. Seabrook's wrist shot from the right circle stretched the Blues' losing streak to six.

The Blackhawks went 3-for-12 on the power play, while St. Louis was 3-for-11.

Canucks 2, Wild 1

At Vancouver, British Columbia, Alex Auld made 16 of his 31 saves in the third period, leading Vancouver past Minnesota.

Ed Jovanovski and Jarkko Ruutu scored for the Canucks, who snapped their first two-game skid of the season and remained perfect (6-0-0) on home ice.

Randy Robitaille scored the only goal for the Wild, who have just one win in their last six games.

Minnesota is 1-4-2 on the road this year and has lost three of four games against Vancouver, falling six points behind the Northwest Division-leading Canucks.

Auld, making his first start since No. 1 goalie Dan Cloutier sustained a concussion Saturday, improved to 4-0-1 this season.

Sharks 3, Predators 2, OT

At San Jose, California, Alyn McCauley scored a short-handed goal 1:44 into overtime, and San Jose beat Nashville for its fourth straight victory.

McCauley won a faceoff and passed to Brad Stuart, who headed up the ice on a 2-on-1. He faked a slap shot and dished back to McCauley, who fired a one-timer for his first goal this season and eighth career game-winner.

The Sharks tied it on a power-play goal by Patrick Marleau with 7:27 remaining in regulation.

Martin Erat and Paul Kariya each scored a first-period goal for Nashville.

The Predators are winless in four games after starting 8-0-0, becoming one of only three teams in NHL history to open a season with eight straight victories.