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Michael Nylander scored an unassisted goal at 12:41 of the third period Wednesday to lift the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils in East Rutherford, N.J.

Calgary 2, New Jersey 1

Calgary 0 1 1 - 2 New Jersey 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, New Jersey, Broten 4 (MacLean), 7:01.

Second period-2, Calgary, Sullivan 2 (Fleury), 9:35.

Third period-3, Calgary, Nylander 3, 12:41.

Shots on goal-Calgary 6-9-9-24. New Jersey 3-7-15-25.Power-play opp.-Calgary 0 of 4; New Jersey 0 of 3.Goalies-Calgary, Kidd 1-5-4 (25 shots-24 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 5-6-1 (24-22).A-15,611 (19,040).

Sabres 7, Sharks 2

Buffalo, N.Y.

Donald Audette scored three goals and Dominik Hasek had 31 saves as Buffalo crushed San Jose.

San Jose 1 1 0 - 2 Buffalo 1 4 2 - 7

First period-1, Buffalo, LaFontaine 3 (Dawe, Audette), 1:16 (pp). 2, San Jose, Sykora 3 (Baker, Brown), 11:56.

Second period-3, Buffalo, Audette 2 (May, Astley), 1:01. 4, Buffalo, Galley 4 (Dawe, Zhitnik), 4:47 (pp). 5, Buffalo, Audette 3 (Dawe, Zhitnik), 8:16 (pp). 6, San Jose, Friesen 2 (Sheppard, Nazarov), 10:48, 7, Buffalo, Audette 4 (Astley, Khmylev), 15:25.

Third period-8, Buffalo, Burridge 5 (Plante, Barnaby), 8:17. 9, Buffalo, Hughes 1 (Ray, Bodger), 18:48.

Shots on goal-San Jose 15-8-9-32. Buffalo 13-10-18-41.Power-play opp.-San Jose 0 of 7; Buffalo 3 of 7.Goalies-San Jose, Flaherty 0-4-0 (41 shots-34 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 5-7-1 (32-30).A-11,102 (16,230).

Rangers 5, Lightning 4

New York

Alexei Kovalev scored the game-winner with 7 minutes remaining as New York erased a three-goal deficit to defeat Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay 3 1 0 - 4 N.Y. Rangers 1 1 3 - 5

First period-1, Tampa Bay, Bellows 4 (Klima, Hamrlik), 3:35 (pp). 2, Tampa Bay, Hamrlik 1 (Klima, Bradley), 9:42 (pp). 3, Tampa Bay, Selivanov 7 (Cullen, Zamuner), 10:21 (pp). 4, New York, Ferraro 6 (Driver, Leetch), 15:47 (pp).

Second period-5, New York, Nemchinov 3 (Verbeek, Robitaille), 14:33. 6, Tampa Bay, Zamuner 1 (Andersson, Bellows), 18:50.

Third period-7, New York, Langdon 1 (Leetch, Kypreos), :16. 8, New York, Messier 9 (Kovalev, Graves), 10:25. 9, New York, Kovalev 6 (Messier, Lowe), 13:12.

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 15-11-7-33. New York 7-11-9-27.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 3 of 10; New York 1 of 10.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Wilkinson 0-1-0 (27 shots-22 saves). New York, Richter 5-5-0 (33-29).A-18,200 (18,200).

Penguins 7, Senators 1

Ottawa

Jaromir Jagr had two goals and two assists as Pittsburgh beat Ottawa.

Pittsburgh 4 1 2 - 7 Ottawa 0 0 1 - 1

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 11 (Francis, Maciver), 10:29 (pp). 2, Pittsburgh, Joseph 2 (Zubov, Murray), 11:58. 3, Pittsburgh, Francis 9 (Jagr), 14:15. 4, Pittsburgh, Jagr 12 (Francis), 17:16.

Second period-5, Pittsburgh, Jagr 13 (Zubov, Barrasso), 5:56 (pp).

Third period-6, Pittsburgh, Park 2, 2:48. 7, Ottawa, Straka 5 (Gaudreau, Bonk), 9:46 (pp). 8, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 13 (Jagr, Francis), 16:31 (pp).

Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 8-11-12-31. Ottawa 9-3-10-22.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 3 of 7; Ottawa 1 of 6.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Barrasso 6-1-2 (22 shots-21 saves). Ottawa, Beaupre 6-5-0 (31-24).A-10,137 (10,575).

Mighty Ducks 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)

Montreal

Paul Kariya scored 2:35 into overtime to lift Anaheim to a comeback win over Montreal.

Anaheim 0 1 1 1 - 3 Montreal 1 0 1 0 - 2

First Period-1, Montreal, Damphousse 3 (Racine, Brunet), 8:53 (pp).

Second Period-2, Anaheim, Sillinger 6, 6:30.

Third Period-3, Montreal, Popovic 1 (Savage), 2:39. 4, Anaheim, Tverdovsky 2 (Rucchin, Kariya), 6:04 (pp).

Overtime-5, Anaheim, Kariya 12 (Van Allen, Ladouceur), 2:35.

Shots on goal-Anaheim 12-9-12-1-34. Montreal 10-8-14-1-33.Power-play Opp.-Anaheim 1 of 8; Montreal 1 of 4.Goalies-Anaheim, Hebert 6-7-0 (33 shots-31 saves). Montreal, Roy 7-6-0 (34-31).A-16,524 (16,259).

Stars 3, Kings 2

Dallas

Kevin Hatcher scored the tying goal with 9:50 to play in regulation and Dallas rallied from a two-goal deficit.

Los Angeles 3 0 0 0 - 3 Dallas 1 1 1 0 - 3

First Period-1, Los Angeles, Cowie 1 (Gretzky, Khristich), 7:01. 2, Dallas, Gagner 7 (Marshall, Donnelly), 14:46. 3, Los Angeles, Khristich 3, 16:12. 4, Los Angeles, Khristich 4 (Gretzky), 19:22.

Second Period-5, Dallas, Gagner 8 (Matvichuk, Marshall), 9:16.

Third Period-6, Dallas, K.Hatcher 5 (Gilchrist, Harvey), 10:10.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Los Angeles 7-8-7-2-24. Dallas 9-22-18-6-55.Power-play Opp.-Los Angeles 0 of 3; Dallas 0 of 5.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 5-3-5 (55 shots-52 saves). Dallas, Moog 2-3-2 (24-21).A-16,713 (16,924).