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Flyers win over Thrashers for sweep of season series

Roberto Luongo, left, of the Vancouver Canucks makes a save off the shot of Petr Cajanek, right, of the St. Louis Blues during their NHL game at General Motors Place on Thursday in Vancouver, Canada. Vancouver defeated St. Louis 3-2 in overtime. PHOTO: AFP

Stefan Ruzicka had a goal and two assists to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 victory over Atlanta on Thursday night and a season sweep of the Southeast Division-leading Thrashers.

Geoff Sanderson had a goal and an assist and Derian Hatcher scored for the first time in more than a year for the Flyers, the owners of the NHL's worst record (20-40-11).

Goalkeeper Martin Biron stopped 37 shots and is 4-2-1 since the Flyers acquired him from Buffalo on Feb. 27.

Keith Tkachuk had a goal and an assist and Eric Belanger added a goal for the Thrashers.

Bruins 4, Capitals 3 SO

At Boston, Patrice Bergeron scored to tie the game in the third period, then beat Olaf Kolzig again in the shootout as Boston rallied from a three-goal deficit. Washington's Chris Clark got his career hat trick.

Senators 5, Islanders 2

At Ottawa, Chris Neil, Dean McAmmond and Jason Spezza scored goals 1:16 apart early in the third period, leading Ottawa over New York.

Devils 3, Hurricanes 2

At Raleigh, North Carolina, Erik Rasmussen and Zach Parise scored third-period goals to lead New Jersey over Carolina. Scott Gomez had a goal and an assist for the Devils.

Sabres 5, Panthers 3

At Sunrise, Florida, Ty Conklin made 42 saves in his first start for Buffalo and helped the Sabres snap a season-worst, four-game losing streak.

Wild 2, Oilers 1

At Edmonton, Alberta, Marian Gaborik scored an insurance goal 7:22 into the third period and Minnesota held for the victory night that sent Edmonton to its ninth straight loss.

Stars 4, Flames 2

At Dallas, Mike Modano moved within a goal of matching Joe Mullen for the lead among US-born players and Dallas stretched its winning streak to four games.

Canucks 3, Blues 2, OT

At Vancouver, British Columbia Daniel Sedin scored a power-play goal 1:09 in overtime for Vancouver, which recovered from squandering a two-goal lead in the third period and beat St. Louis.

Sharks 5, Coyotes 1

At Glendale, Arizona, Joe Thornton had a goal and three assists and Jonathan Cheechoo scored twice to lift San Jose over Phoenix.

Blackhawks 4, Kings 3, SO

At Los Angeles, Tuomo Ruutu got the tying goal in the third period and Nikita Alexeev netted the deciding goal in the seventh round of the shootout for Chicago. Alexeev and Denis Arkhipov scored in the first period for the Blackhawks.
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