Ethan Moreau scored two goals in the final 88 seconds to give Edmonton a 3-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday and snap the Oilers’ five-game losing streak.
Moreau scored off the body of goalie Cam Ward to break a 1-all tie and then added an empty-netter. Ray Whitney added a goal, and Ward stopped 29 shots.
Carolina thought it got even with 43.1 seconds left when Eric Staal poked at a rebound, but replays showed goalie Dwayne Roloson covered the puck before it crossed the line.
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Shawn Horcoff tied it 1-1 for the Oilers with a power-play goal in the second period.
CANADIENS 5, ISLANDERS 4
At Uniondale, New York, Alexei Kovalev’s second goal of the game with 4:41 left capped a four-goal third period in Montreal’s comeback win over the New York Islanders.
Kovalev’s close-in shot beat Yann Danis, a goalie making his first NHL start in nearly three years, and gave the Canadiens their third straight win. Islanders No. 1 netminder Rick DiPietro will be out four-to-six weeks following knee surgery.
The Canadiens got two goals and two assists from Tomas Plekanec and one from Long Island native Christopher Higgins. Carey Price made 27 saves.
Former Canadiens defenseman Mark Streit scored for the Islanders, along with Jon Sim, Bill Guerin and Frans Nielsen. New York is winless in six games (0-5-1).
BLACKHAWKS 4, BLUE JACKETS 3, SO
At Columbus, Ohio, Cristobal Huet stopped 48 shots and made Jonathan Toews’ goal in the shootout stand up to lead Chicago over Columbus.
The Blue Jackets peppered Huet with 51 shots, the second most in franchise history.
Patrick Sharp, Brent Seabrook and Martin Havlat had the Chicago goals, with Duncan Keith and Kris Versteeg adding two assists.
R.J. Umberger and Fedor Tyutin scored their first goals in a Columbus uniform, with Kristian Huselius adding the tying goal with 7:52 left in regulation. Rookie Derick Brassard had two assists.
The Blackhawks improved to 4-1-2 under coach Joel Quenneville.
LIGHTNING 3, SENATORS 2, SO
At Tampa, Florida, Evgeny Artyukhin scored in the eighth round of a shootout to lead the Tampa Bay past Ottawa.
Vincent Lecavalier and Matt Carle scored in regulation for the Lightning, who have won three in a row. Tampa Bay won the shootout 3-2.
MAPLE LEAFS 5, RANGERS 2
At Toronto, Pavel Kubina’s hard slap shot with just over five minutes to play helped Toronto overcome another two-goal deficit and beat the New York Rangers.
New York backup goalie Steve Valiquette appeared headed for his fourth straight win over the Maple Leafs until Toronto scored four times in a span of 3:30 in the third period to wrest the victory away from the NHL’s top team. New York fell to 10-3-1.
DEVILS 6, THRASHERS 1
At Newark, New Jersey, Martin Brodeur, one of the most durable players in the NHL, left New Jersey’s victory over Atlanta after bruising his elbow in the second period.
Brodeur had played every minute of New Jersey’s 10 games this season before he was hurt 6:38 into the second period. He did a split to make a sprawling stop, got up slowly clutching his left arm, and skated off with the Devils leading 3-0.
Zach Parise scored two goals to help the Devils end a three-game losing streak and extend his goal string to a career-high six straight.
Atlanta lost its sixth in a row and was barely competitive.
Slava Kozlov scored at 6:30 of the third period off Brodeur’s replacement — Kevin Weekes — to prevent the Thrashers’ third shutout in 11 games.
SABRES 5 CAPITALS 0
At Buffalo, New York, Ryan Miller stopped 29 shots for his eighth NHL shutout, Thomas Vanek scored twice, and Buffalo beat Washington.
Vanek, who leads the league with 11 goals, posted his third multigoal game of the season. Derek Roy, Jason Pominville, and Daniel Paille also scored for Buffalo, which snapped a two-game losing streak during which they allowed 10 goals.
Buffalo’s Tim Connolly played for the first time after missing the first 10 games of the season due hairline vertebrae fractures.
BRUINS 5, STARS 1
At Boston, Marco Sturm scored two goals and Patrice Bergeron added a goal and a great defensive play to help the hosts beat Dallas.
There were 146 penalty minutes assessed on the teams, including 77 against Boston in the physical contest. Referees Chris Rooney and Don VanMassenhoven levied seven misconducts.
Dallas’ Sean Avery wristed a long shot from the right wing that appeared to catch Bruins goalie Tim Thomas by surprise 7:55 into the first period to tie it.
Thomas made 35 saves, including 21 in a scoreless second period.
In other games, it was:
• Bruins 5, Stars 1
• Predators 3, Panthers 2, SO
• Penguins 6, Blues 3
• Flames 3, Kings 2
• Wild 3, Coyotes 2
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