The Detroit Red Wings broke out of a scoring slump to rout the Boston Bruins 6-1 on Friday and boost their lead in the NHL’s Central Division to seven points.
The Red Wings, who had been outscored 12-4 in losing three of their previous four games, jumped into a 2-0 lead through goals from Todd Bertuzzi 1 minute, 10 seconds into the first period and Danny Cleary at 3:10 Bertuzzi scored twice, while Henrik Zetterberg and Jiri Hudler each had a goal and two assists for Detroit.
David Krejci scored for the Bruins, who could not build on their three-point lead atop the Northeast Division.
Ducks 5, Flames 4, OT
In Calgary, Alberta, Saku Koivu had two goals and an assist as Anaheim beat Calgary in overtime.
Rookie defenseman Cam Fowler scored in overtime for Anaheim ,while Teemu Selanne, who tied the game 4-4 on the power-play with under 3 minutes to go in regulation, added a goal and three assists for the Ducks. Brandon McMillan also scored for Anaheim.
Rene Bourque, Olli Jokinen, Jarome Iginla and Curtis Glencross replied for Calgary.
Stars 4, Blackhawks 3, SO
In Dallas, the hosts came back from 3-0 down to defeat Chicago in a shootout.
Brenden Morrow, Brad Richards and Mike Ribeiro scored in the shootout against former Dallas goaltender Marty Turco.
Stephane Robidas, Richards and Morrow scored in regulation for the Stars, who stopped a three-game losing skid.
Turco made 32 saves in his first game against his former team, Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists, and Brent Seabrook and Patrick Sharp also scored for Chicago.
Thrashers 3, Rangers 2
In Atlanta, Georgia, the hosts broke out of a losing skid while extending that of of New York.
Evander Kane scored two third-period goals and Anthony Stewart had a goal and an assist to help the Thrashers notch just their third regulation victory in 22 games.
New York has lost six straight, the club’s longest skid since it dropped seven in a row in 2006-2007.
Brandon Dubinsky scored his 19th goal to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead early in third.
Islanders 9, Penguins 3
In Uniondale, New York, the hosts piled on four goals in the first period and another four in the second to exact some revenge on an injury-depleted Pittsburgh.
Just nine days after Penguins goalie Brent Johnson knocked out Rick DiPietro with a punch that left the Islanders goalie with broken bones in his face, the Islanders responded on the scoreboard and with yet more fisticuffs.
There was a fight in between the two Islanders scoring bursts, but that was just the appetizer for a third-period donnybrook — in which Johnson fought again — that caused a delay of about 15 minutes. With multiple ejections, both benches had only a handful of players for the final 12-plus minutes.
John Tavares, Matt Moulson and rookie Michael Grabner all scored their 20th goals of the season, while Travis Hamonic, Jesse Joensuu and P.A. Parenteau added goals for the Islanders. Moulson and Grabner both added second goals to give them a team-leading 21.
Kris Letang, Jordan Staal and Tyler Kennedy scored power-play goals for Pittsburgh.
Wild 5, Blues 4, SO
In St Louis, Missouri, Cal Clutterback scored twice in regulation and John Madden netted in the ninth round of a shootout to lift Minnesota over St Louis.
Martin Havlak forced overtime on a power-play goal with 57.6 seconds to go and Andrew Brunette had a goal and assisted on the tying score.
David Backes had two goals, Andy McDonald added a goal and an assist, and Patrik Berglund scored for the Blues.
Blue Jackets 3, Avalanche 1
In Columbus, Ohio, Rick Nash scored and assisted on Derick Brassard’s go-ahead goal as Columbus beat Colorado.
Derek MacKenzie added an empty netter for the Blue Jackets.
Philippe Dupuis scored for -Colorado, who had lost six straight.
Devils 2, Sharks 1
In Newark, New Jersey, Ilya Kovalchuk scored with 3:59 to play for his second game-winning goal in as many nights for New Jersey.
Brian Rolston had tied the game for the Devils earlier in the third period on a power-play. Patrick Marleau scored for San Jose, who lost for the first time in regulation in 11 games.
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