Mats Sundin of Sweden had two power-play goals as the Toronto Maple Leafs snapped their scoring drought and three-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory Wednesday over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Sundin snapped Toronto's 0-for-30 slump with the man advantage over seven games with his 21st and 22nd goals. Alexander Mogilny also scored for Toronto.
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"I'm supposed to be one of the guys who produces so I need to fire the puck. I've seen that myself," said Sundin, who has 106 goals on the power play, including a team-leading 10 this season.
Carolina's Jan Hlavac scored for the first time in 18 games less than two minutes after Sundin's second goal. But the Hurricanes failed to beat Ed Belfour over the final 16 minutes as the goalie picked up his 22nd win this season and the 386th of his career.
Mogilny helped seal it with his 22nd goal with 3:15 left.
Ron Francis added a short-handed goal for Carolina with 1:22 remaining to make things interesting over the final minute.
Stars 4, Flames 1
In Dallas, Marty Turco made 28 saves to stretch his unbeaten streak to 12 games, and Jere Lehtinen scored two goals as Dallas defeated Calgary.
Turco set the tone just three minutes after the opening faceoff when he stopped Jerome Iginla on a breakaway. The goalie came within 4:34 of his sixth shutout of the season, but Scott Nichol's re-direct for his second goal ended the bid.
Sergei Zubov along with Stephane Robidas added goals for Dallas, 12-1-3 in its last 16 games and 18-2-3-1 at home this season.
Oilers 5, Wild 1
In Edmonton, Alberta, Jason Chimera had two goals and an assist, and Tommy Salo made 28 saves as Edmonton beat Minnesota.
Daniel Cleary, Shawn Horcoff and Todd Marchant also scored for the Oilers. Cleary also had an assist, while Steve Staios had two.
Former Oiler Jim Dowd scored in the final period to spoil Salo's shutout bid.
Mighty Ducks 3, Senators 2
In Anaheim, California, Steve Rucchin scored the go-ahead goal with 5:12 remaining, and Paul Kariya had a goal and an assist as Anaheim beat Ottawa.
Adam Oates also scored, while Petr Sykora had two assists for the Ducks, who have won six of their last eight. The victory ended Anaheim's seven-game winless streak against Ottawa, which included five straight losses.
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