Stephen Weiss and Gregory Campbell scored 12 seconds apart in the second period and Craig Anderson made 37 saves for his sixth NHL shutout in Florida’s 4-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday.
With Florida leading 1-0 on Ville Peltonen’s breakaway goal earlier in the second, Weiss and Campbell connected in quick-strike fashion to knock out Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist for the second time in three home games.
Anderson, making his second straight start over No. 1 goalie Tomas Vokoun, had his second shutout of the season. Michael Frolik added a goal and assist for Florida.
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BLUES 4, THRASHERS 2
At Atlanta, Keith Tkachuk tied it at 2-all late in the second period for his 1,000th point, and Brad Boyes scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third for St. Louis.
Tkachuk, in his 17th NHL season, has 511 goals and 489 assists in 1,077 regular-season games. Jay McClement added an empty-net goal and David Backes also scored.
Colby Armstrong and Niclas Havelid scored for Atlanta. The Thrashers have lost six of their last seven games.
STARS 4, OILERS 3
At Dallas, Mike Modano scored on a power play with 2:21 remaining to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers.
Modano broke a tie with his 537th career goal, beating rookie Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers from the left circle off a feed from Brad Richards. Modano, the career goal leader among US-born players, became the 31st NHL player to reach 1,300 points.
Sean Avery gave Dallas — last in the Western Conference — a 3-2 lead with 5:09 remaining off a centering pass from rookie James Neal, but the Oilers tied it with 3:22 left on Kyle Brodziak’s goal off a rebound, his second goal of the game.
Toby Petersen scored his first goal in two seasons, and Mike Ribeiro added a power-play goal for Dallas. Ales Hemsky also scored for Edmonton.
DUCKS 4, HURRICANES 1
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Rob Niedermayer and Teemu Selanne scored in a 1:09 span of the third period, and Niedermayer added another goal to help the Anaheim Ducks beat the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Ducks tied a team record by earning at least a point in their eighth consecutive road game.
NHL standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W | L | OT | GF | GA | Pts | |
Y Rangers | 17 | 8 | 2 | 72 | 65 | 36 |
Pittsburgh | 14 | 6 | 3 | 75 | 63 | 31 |
Philadelphia | 11 | 7 | 5 | 76 | 71 | 27 |
New Jersey | 12 | 8 | 2 | 65 | 60 | 26 |
NY Islanders | 10 | 12 | 2 | 65 | 80 | 22 |
Northeast Division | ||||||
Boston | 16 | 4 | 4 | 82 | 55 | 36 |
Montreal | 13 | 6 | 4 | 67 | 61 | 30 |
Buffalo | 11 | 9 | 3 | 65 | 69 | 25 |
Toronto | 8 | 9 | 6 | 71 | 82 | 22 |
Ottawa | 8 | 10 | 4 | 52 | 56 | 20 |
Southeast Division | ||||||
Washington | 13 | 8 | 3 | 77 | 75 | 29 |
Carolina | 12 | 11 | 2 | 65 | 75 | 26 |
Florida | 9 | 11 | 3 | 56 | 65 | 21 |
Atlanta | 8 | 12 | 3 | 67 | 82 | 19 |
Tampa Bay | 6 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 72 | 19 |
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W | L | OT | GF | GA | Pts | |
Detroit | 15 | 4 | 4 | 82 | 70 | 34 |
Chicago | 10 | 6 | 6 | 75 | 65 | 26 |
Nashville | 11 | 10 | 2 | 68 | 77 | 24 |
Columbus | 10 | 10 | 3 | 68 | 73 | 23 |
St. Louis | 10 | 10 | 2 | 63 | 67 | 22 |
Northwest Division | ||||||
Vancouver | 14 | 8 | 2 | 73 | 59 | 30 |
Minnesota | 14 | 7 | 1 | 62 | 47 | 29 |
Calgary | 14 | 9 | 1 | 72 | 74 | 29 |
Colorado | 11 | 12 | 0 | 58 | 66 | 22 |
Edmonton | 10 | 11 | 2 | 61 | 70 | 22 |
Pacific Division | ||||||
San Jose | 20 | 3 | 1 | 92 | 57 | 41 |
Anaheim | 14 | 8 | 3 | 74 | 70 | 31 |
Los Angeles | 10 | 9 | 3 | 59 | 60 | 23 |
Phoenix | 10 | 11 | 2 | 55 | 63 | 22 |
Dallas | 8 | 11 | 4 | 65 | 86 | 20 |
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