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Panthers Boost League’s Best Record

Associated Press

NHL

Mark Fitzpatrick stopped 33 shots to remain unbeaten in six road games this season and the Florida Panthers registered their league-best 22nd victory Tuesday night in Uniondale, N.Y., 3-1 over the New York Islanders.

Fitzpatrick, who played in his 200th NHL game, is 6-0 on the road, while the Panthers are 9-4 away from home.

Panthers 3, Islanders 1

Florida 1 2 0 - 3

N.Y. Islanders 0 1 0 - 1

First period-1, Florida, Garpenlov 5 (Mellanby), :29.

Second period-2, Florida, Svensson 2 (Mellanby, Svehla), 10:39 (pp). 3, Florida, Hull 11 (Lindsay), 16:21. 4, New York, King 6 (McInnis), 16:31.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Florida 9-7-9-25. New York 12-11-11-34.Power-play opp.-Florida 1 of 3; New York 0 of 3.Goalies-Florida, Fitzpatrick 8-1-1 (34 shots-33 saves). New York, Soderstrom 3-8-1 (25-22).A-8,085 (16,297).

Red Wings 5, Blues 2

St. Louis

Vyacheslav Kozlov scored two goals and Mike Vernon made 31 saves to lead Detroit over St. Louis.

Detroit 3 1 1 - 5

St. Louis 0 0 2 - 2

First period-1, Detroit, Errey 4 (Yzerman, Fetisov), 3:13 (sh). 2, Detroit, Yzerman 13 (Errey, Rouse), 5:42. 3, Detroit, Kozlov 12 (Fedorov), 6:43.

Second period-4, Detroit, Kozlov 13 (Fetisov, Konstantinov), :53.

Third period-5, St. Louis, Norton 4, (Hawerchuk), 6:50. 6, St. Louis, Johnson 4 (Hawerchuk, MacInnis), 9:03. 7, Detroit, Ciccarelli 5 (Fetisov, Yzerman), 13:44.

Shots on goal-Detroit 10-12-11-33. St. Louis 9-8-16-33.Power-play opp.-Detroit 0 of 3; St. Louis 0 of 4.Goalies-Detroit, Vernon 7-4-1 (33 shots-31 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 13-13-4 (11-7), Racine (:53 second, 22-21).A-17,965 (19,260).

Canadiens 6, Jets 5

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Montreal scored five goals in the second period in its victory over Winnipeg.

Montreal 0 5 1 - 6

Winnipeg 2 2 1 - 5

First period-1, Winnipeg, Olczyk 13 (Selanne, Zhamnov), 5:40 (pp). 2, Winnipeg, Zhamnov 11 (Drake, Darryl Shannon), 16:35.

Second period-3, Montreal, Recchi 8 (Quintal, Bure), 1:59. 4, Montreal, Kovalenko 12 (Turgeon, Brashear), 2:39. 5, Montreal, Turgeon 13 (Kovalenko, Stevenson), 7:37 (pp). 6, Winnipeg, Olczyk 14 (Selanne), 8:17. 7, Montreal, Brisebois 6 (Savage, Turgeon), 12:22 (pp). 8, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 15 (Selanne, Olczyk), 15:10. 9, Montreal, Damphousse 13 (Kiprusoff, Stevenson), 18:05.

Third period-10, Montreal, Rucinsky 5 (Damphousse, Stevenson), 6:48. 11, Winnipeg, Olczyk 15 (Tkachuk, Selanne), 9:11 (pp).

Shots on goal-Montreal 8-18-11-37. Winnipeg 12-12-12-36.Power-play opp.-Montreal 2 of 6; Winnipeg 2 of 8.Goalies-Montreal, Thibault 4-4-3 (36 shots-31 saves). Winnipeg, Cheveldae 2-9-3 (37-31).A-14,321 (15,393).

Sharks 2, Senators 1

San Jose, Calif.

Tom Pederson’s first goal of the season - with 2:26 left in the game and 11 seconds remaining on a power play - lifted San Jose past Ottawa in a matchup of the teams with the two worst records in the NHL.

Ottawa 0 0 1 - 1

San Jose 1 0 1 - 2

First period-1, San Jose, Sheppard 16 (Ragnarsson), 6:10 (pp).

Second period-None.

Third period-2, Ottawa, Hill 6 (Straka, McLlwain), 8:29 (pp). 3, San Jose, Pederson 1 (Whitney, Nolan), 17:34.

Shots on goal-Ottawa 11-5-7-23. San Jose 5-8-11-24.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 1 of 4; San Jose 2 of 4.Goalies-Ottawa, Bales 1-6-1 (24 shots-22 saves). San Jose, Terreri 8-7-0 (23-22).A-17,145 (17,190).