Vitaly Vishnevski and Dainius Zubrus scored 4:15 apart in the first period, and the New Jersey Devils won their ninth-straight NHL game by beating the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday.
Travis Zajac added a goal in the third period, and Martin Brodeur made 23 saves for the Devils, who matched their third-best winning streak.
Alexander Semin and Brooks Laich scored for the Capitals, who have a NHL-worst 20 points. Washington lost its fourth in five games and failed to record 30 shots for the first time in 10.
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Red Wings 5, Wild 0
At Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg had his second career three-goal game and Dominik Hasek stopped 19 shots for his 77th career shutout.
Johan Franzen also had a goal and an assist for NHL-leading Detroit, which won its fifth straight, and Jiri Hudler got the other goal.
Panthers 3, Islanders 0
At Sunrise, Florida, Stephen Weiss and Nathan Horton scored power-play goals and Tomas Vokoun stopped 25 shots for his second shutout of the season, and Florida snapped a three-game skid.
Olli Jokinen added an empty-net goal with 12 seconds left. Florida outshot New York 41-25 while handing the Islanders their fifth straight loss.
Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro finished with 38 saves.
Thrashers 4, Rangers 2
At Atlanta, Slava Kozlov's slap shot from beyond the left circle with about five minutes left in the game helped hand New York its third straight loss.
Eric Boulton, Pascal Dupuis and Marian Hossa also had goals for Atlanta.
Hossa's goal came with only 5.2 seconds left, after New York pulled its goalie for the final minute.
Johan Hedberg stopped 30 shots for Atlanta.
Marcel Hossa and Chris Drury scored for the Rangers.
Blues 4, Oilers 3
At Edmonton, Alberta, Brad Boyes had two goals, and Doug Weight and Paul Kariya also scored for St. Louis, who improved to 9-1-2 in their last 12 games.
Shawn Horcoff, Robert Nilsson and Marty Reasoner had the goals for Edmonton, which lost their second straight.
Senators 4, Stars 2
At Dallas, Christoph Schubert and Antoine Vermette scored first-period goals, and Mike Fisher added a power-play goal in the third period for the Senators.
Ray Emery stopped 23 shots in an improved defensive effort by Ottawa, who had allowed four or more goals in seven of their last eight games.
In other NHL action on Friday it was:
* Sharks 1, Coyotes 0
* Ducks 5, Blackhawks 3
* Avalanche 2, Flyers 1
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Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter is being criminally investigated by the IRS, and the attorney for his alleged bookmaker said Thursday that the ex-Los Angeles Dodgers employee placed bets on international soccer — but not baseball. The IRS confirmed Thursday that interpreter Ippei Mizuhara and Mathew Bowyer, the alleged illegal bookmaker, are under criminal investigation through the agency’s Los Angeles Field Office. IRS Criminal Investigation spokesperson Scott Villiard said he could not provide additional details. Mizuhara, 39, was fired by the Dodgers on Wednesday following reports from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN about his alleged ties to an illegal bookmaker and debts well
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