January 13, 2008 in Sports

O’Sullivan scores in shootout to lift Kings past Stars

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Patrick O’Sullivan scored the deciding goal in a shootout, Alexander Frolov and Derek Armstrong scored 67 seconds apart in the first period, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Saturday in Los Angeles.

Anze Kopitar also scored and former Spokane Chiefs goalie Jason LaBarbera made 23 saves for the Kings, who evened the season series at three games apiece after losing all eight meetings in 2006-07. The Stars visited Staples Center for the first time since their third-period collapse on Nov. 10, when goaltender Marty Turco blew a 4-0 lead and lost 6-5 in overtime.

Jeff Halpern and Matt Niskanen scored for Dallas during 5-on-3 power plays and Loui Eriksson also found the net for the Stars, who have lost six of their last eight games.

Thrashers 3, Penguins 2 (SO): At Atlanta, Mark Recchi, playing against his former Pittsburgh teammates for the first time, scored the only goal in a shootout to give the Thrashers a win over the Penguins.

Sidney Crosby scored two goals for Pittsburgh, but he and three teammates were denied in the shootout by Kari Lehtonen.

Sharks 3, Maple Leafs 2: At San Jose, Calif., Joe Pavelski deflected home the go-ahead goal with 9:39 to play and the Sharks rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period for their seventh win in eight games.

Craig Rivet tied it for San Jose with a goal during a two-man advantage with 11:29 left as the Sharks scored three times in less than 10 minutes against Vesa Toskala.

Bruins 4, Flyers 3 (OT): At Philadelphia, Aaron Ward scored 43 seconds into overtime to lift Boston past the Flyers.

Marco Sturm, Marc Savard and Peter Schaefer also scored for the Bruins.

Rangers 4, Canadiens 1: At New York, Petr Prucha and Nigel Dawes had a goal and an assist apiece, Henrik Lundqvist got back on track and the Rangers beat Montreal to end their five-game losing streak.

New York had gone 0-4-1 since a home victory against the Canadiens on Dec. 29.

Devils 3, Sabres 2 (SO): At Buffalo, N.Y., Patrik Elias and Zach Parise scored shootout goals in New Jersey’s win over the Sabres. David Clarkson capped the Devils’ two-goal comeback by scoring on a wraparound with 67 seconds left in regulation. In the shootout, Devils goalie Martin Brodeur stopped both Ales Kotalik and Thomas Vanek, allowing Elias to seal the win by sneaking a backhander through Ryan Miller’s legs.

Lightning 5, Panthers 3: At Sunrise, Fla., Nick Tarnasky and Brad Richards each scored two goals and Tampa Bay beat the Panthers.

Tarnasky had his first multigoal effort in 132 career games as the Lightning won for just the third time in 14 games and for the second time in seven on the road.

Avalanche 5, Hurricanes 4: At Raleigh, N.C., Marek Svatos capped a third-period rally with two goals in about 2 minutes and Colorado rallied three times from two-goal deficits to beat the Hurricanes.

The late goals gave Svatos nine goals in his past 10 games and helped the Avalanche stop a two-game losing streak.

Senators 3, Red Wings 2: At Ottawa, Daniel Alfredsson scored his second power-play goal of the game with 2:56 remaining to lift the Senators to a win over Detroit, in a matchup of the NHL’s top two teams.

Alfredsson restored Ottawa’s lead with his 28th goal of the season after the Senators blew a 2-0 advantage earlier in the period. He also scored on a slap shot from the point past former teammate Dominik Hasek to open the scoring just 1:04 in.

Blue Jackets 2, Predators 1 (SO): At Columbus, Ohio, Nikolai Zherdev scored the lone shootout goal and set up the tying goal in regulation to help the Blue Jackets end a 12-game losing streak against Nashville.

Pascal Leclaire stopped all three shooters in the tiebreaker and made 26 saves in regulation and overtime for the Blue Jackets.

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