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Green leads Capitals over Rangers in overtime

Mike Green scored 3:41 into overtime after posting two assists in regulation and Joe Motzko had his first two goals of the season as the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5-4 on Wednesday.

The winning goal came after New York's Brendan Shanahan stumbled and fell to the ice in the Capitals zone, allowing Brooks Laich to steal the puck and head the other way on an odd-man rush.

That blunder ruined a good night for Shanahan, who had a goal and two assists. Martin Straka scored twice for New York, and Jaromir Jagr had an assist.

It was quite a display of offense from two of the four lowest-scoring teams in the 30-club NHL and the result gave Washington their first three-game home winning streak. The last-in-the-league Capitals have also won four of five overall.

Alex Ovechkin scored his 22nd goal and enforcer Donald Brashear added his first two assists this season.

Sabres 5, Islanders 3

At Buffalo, New York, Ales Kotalik had a goal and assist, Ryan Miller made 28 saves and Buffalo scored three goals in the second period to beat the New York Islanders.

Nolan Pratt, Toni Lydman, Derek Roy and Jochen Hecht also scored for the Sabres, who have won two of three. Buffalo beat the Islanders for the first time in three meetings this season.

Bruins 5, Thrashers 3

At Atlanta, Milan Lucic scored the go-ahead goal off a rebound with 3:47 remaining and Alex Auld won his third-straight start for Boston.

Mark Recchi scored twice in his first game with the Thrashers and Ilya Kovalchuk added his NHL-leading 24th goal as the Thrashers overcame a 2-0 deficit.

Marc Savard added an open-net goal with 3.5 seconds left.

Blue Jackets 4, Avalanche 1

At Columbus, Ohio, Fredrik Norrena stopped 15 shots, and Columbus relied on defense to beat Colorado.

It was the second time in a week the Blue Jackets defeated the Avalanche, a first for the franchise that was previously 2-21-2 against Colorado.

Senators 6, Hurricanes 0

At Raleigh, North Carolina, Dany Heatley had two goals and an assist, leading Ottawa to a rout of Carolina.

Ray Emery and Martin Gerber teamed to post Ottawa's second shutout of the season. Jason Spezza had a goal and two assists, Dean McAmmond added a goal and an assist, and Mike Fisher and Shean Donovan also scored.

Blackhawks 6, Kings 3

At Chicago, Martin Havlat scored twice, and Patrick Sharp and rookie Jonathan Toews each had a goal and two assists to help Chicago end a season-high, four-game losing streak.

Canucks 3, Ducks 2

At Anaheim, California, injury fill-ins Mason Raymond and Jason Jaffray assisted on each other's first NHL goals and Vancouver -- without forward Brendan Morrison -- beat Anaheim.

Morrison's 542-game playing streak ended when the center was forced out by a wrist injury that will require surgery.
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