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Maple Leafs rally to defeat Devils

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Yanic Perreault, Alex Steen and Jeff O’Neill scored in the shootout and the Toronto Maple Leafs denied Martin Brodeur his 40th win with a 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night at East Rutherford, N.J.

Sabres 8, Canadiens 5: At Buffalo, N.Y., Michael Ryan scored his first two goals of his NHL career and Thomas Vanek also had two goals to help give Buffalo the victory over Montreal.

Hurricanes 3, Penguins 2: At Raleigh, N.C., Scott Walker scored two goals, Cam Ward made 22 saves and Carolina got a much-needed victory by beating Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh second-year center Sidney Crosby became the youngest NHL player to reach 200 career points when he scored a goal in the first period.

Blue Jackets 3, Stars 2 (SO): At Dallas, Fredrik Norrena stopped all three of Dallas’ shootout attempts and Jason Chimera converted in the first round to send Columbus to a victory over Dallas.

Ducks 3, Sharks 1: At Anaheim, Calif., Andy McDonald had two assists and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 30 saves to help lead Anaheim to a victory over San Jose.

Red Wings 6, Blackhawks 2: At Detroit, Robert Lang had a goal and three assists, and Nicklas Lidstrom got his 200th goal and two assists to lead Detroit to a win over Chicago.

Pavel Datsyuk added three assists for Detroit.

Chris Osgood made 18 saves.

Thrashers 4, Senators 2: At Atlanta, Slava Kozlov scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period, and Eric Belanger had two goals to help Atlanta beat Ottawa.

Around the league

Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle was taken off the ice on a stretcher after being blind-sided on a late hit by New Jersey tough guy Cam Janssen in the second period at East Rutherford N.J. He was alert after being taken off the ice and was taken to a hospital for observation. … Red Wings goalie Dominik Hasek didn’t dress for the game against the Chicago Blackhawks in Detroit because of some tenderness in his thigh. … New York Rangers defenseman Fedor Tyutin will be out three to four weeks because of a sprained ligament in his left knee.