Nhl

Lightning 2, Islanders 1

Uniondale, N.Y.

Daren Puppa stopped 37 shots as the Tampa Bay Lightning won for the fifth time in their last six games by defeating the New York Islanders on Saturday.

Puppa, wearing jersey No. 1 instead of his customary 93, saved the game by robbing Alexander Semak with 1:30 left with a left pad save and Patrick Flatley on the rebound with the same pad while New York was on a power play.

John Tucker and Brian Bellows scored for the Lightning, who have beaten the Islanders six straight games. New York’s last victory came on April 13, 1994.

Tampa Bay 0 2 0 - 2 N.Y. Islanders 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, New York, Clark 9 (Palffy), 19:11.

Second period-2, Tampa Bay, Tucker 1 (Zamuner), 7:33 (sh). 3, Tampa Bay, Bellows 8 (Klima, Bradley), 19:57 (pp).

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Tampa Bay 12-8-10-30. New York 16-11-11-38.Power-play opp.-Tampa Bay 1 of 4; New York 0 of 6.Goalies-Tampa Bay, Puppa 8-4-4 (38 shots-37 saves). New York, McLennan 2-6-1 (30-28).A-11,871 (16,297).

Stars 2, Devils 0

Dallas

Mike Modano had a shorthanded goal and Andy Moog turned aside 26 shots for his 22nd career shutout, sending Dallas Stars past New Jersey.

Dave Gagner added a third-period goal for the Stars, knocking in a rebound while Dallas held a two-man advantage. Gagner’s ninth of the season came with 7:06 to play.

Dallas turned in a solid defensive performance in front of Moog, who registered his 318th career victory and the Stars’ second shutout of the season.

New Jersey 0 0 0 - 0 Dallas 0 1 1 - 2

First period-None.

Second period-1, Dallas, Modano 9 (Adams), 1:28 (sh).

Third period-2, Dallas, Gagner 9 (Gilchrist, K.Hatcher), 12:54 (pp).

Shots on goal-New Jersey 8-11-7-26. Dallas 8-9-13-30.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 0 of 5; Dallas 1 of 5.Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 7-9-2 (30 shots-28 saves). Dallas, Moog 5-4-2 (26-26).A-16,924 (16,924).

Avalanche 2, Canadiens 2

Montreal

Sandis Ozolinsh scored with 1:52 left in regulation to give Colorado a tie with Montreal.

Pressing for the equalizer late in the game, Ozolinsh took a loose puck in the high slot and beat Patrick Roy with a low shot to tie a fast-paced, end-to-end match between former provincial rivals.

Andrei Kovalenko also scored for Colorado, the Western Conference leader at 14-4-4. The Avalanche, who moved from Quebec this season, are unbeaten in its last five games.

Colorado 0 1 1 0 - 2 Montreal 0 2 0 0 - 2

First Period-None.

Second Period-1, Montreal, Recchi 5 (Savage, Brisebois), 7:21 (pp). 2, Montreal, Turgeon 11 (Recchi, Malakhov), 16:02. 3, Colorado, Kovalenko 6 (Deadmarsh, Leschyshyn), 17:27.

Third Period-4, Colorado, Ozolinsh 5 (Sakic, Kovalenko), 18:08.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Colorado 9-10-8-3-30. Montreal 8-6-5-0-19.Power-play Opp.-Colorado 0 of 3; Montreal 1 of 3.Goalies-Colorado, Thibault 2-2-2 (19 shots-17 saves), Montreal, Roy 12-7-1 (30-28).A-17,959 (16,259).

Blues 2, Maple Leafs 2

St. Louis

Brett Hull revived a struggling power play with a goal and an assist and had 12 shots as St. Louis tied Toronto.

The Blues were in an 0-for-21 slump before Hull scored on a rebound.

During a 5-on-3 advantage in the first period. He put a pass on Geoff Courtnall’s stick in front of the net for a power-play goal that put the Blues ahead 2-1 in the second period.

The Blues were 2 for 9 on the power play, but remained winless in their last four games (0-3-1).

Toronto 0 1 1 0 - 2 St. Louis 1 1 0 0 - 2

First Period-1, St. Louis, Hull 9 (Creighton, Hawerchuk), 9:38 (pp).

Second Period-2, Toronto, Andreychuk 7 (Gilmour), :58 (sh). 3. St. Louis, Courtnall 7 (Hull, MacInnis), 12:20 (pp).

Third Period-4, Toronto, Murphy 6, (Andreychuk, Gilmour), 6:58 (pp).

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Toronto 11-7-8-3-29. St. Louis 13-9-13-0-35.Power-play Opp.-Toronto 2 of 9; St. Louis 1 of 8.Goalies-Toronto, Potvin 10-6-3 (35 shots-33 saves). St. Louis, Fuhr 8-11-3 (29-27).A-20,175 (19,260).

Bruins 3, Senators 3

Ottawa

Ottawa rallied from a two-goal deficit and snapped a nine-game losing streak with a tie against Boston.

Boston 2 0 1 0 - 3 Ottawa 0 1 2 0 - 3

First Period-1, Boston, Heinze 7 (Moger, Reid), 5:40. 2, Boston, Mullen 3 (McEachern, Elik), 11:06 (pp).

Second Period-3, Ottawa, Hill 4 (Daigle), 18:53.

Third Period-4, Ottawa, Gaudreau 4, :26 (sh). 5, Boston, Neely 11 (Stumpel, Stevens), 3:12 (pp). 6, Ottawa, Drury 2 (Modry, Straka), 3:57.

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-Boston 15-8-11-6-40. Ottawa 5-10-6-1-22.Power-play Opp.-Boston 2 of 5; Ottawa 0 of 3.Goalies-Boston, Bailey 3-0-2 (22 shots-19 saves). Ottawa, Bales 0-4-1 (40-37).A-9,419 (10,575).

Capitals 4, Whalers 2

Hartford, Conn.

Michal Pivonka set up three goals and Washington’s power-play unit, the league’s least effective, struck twice to spark Washington past Hartford.

Washington 3 1 0 - 4 Hartford 2 0 0 - 2

First period-1, Washington, Konowalchuk 5 (Peake, Pivonka), 1:10. 2, Washington, Gonchar 6 (Juneau, Pivonka), 3:32 (pp). 3, Hartford, Kron 4 (Janssens, Daniels), 4:48. 4, Hartford, Sanderson 7 (Rice, Cassels), 5:54 (pp). 5, Washington, Cote 2 (Ustorf), 13:57.

Second period-6, Washington, Peake 5 (Gonchar, Pivonka), 5:35 (pp).

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Washington 18-16-7-41. Hartford 7-9-12-28.Power-play opp.-Washington 2 of 5; Hartford 1 of 4.Goalies-Washington, Carey 9-7-1 (28 shots-26 saves). Hartford, Reese 2-3-0 (28-24), Muzzatti (5:35 second, 13-13).A-13,108 (15,635).

Red Wings 2, Rangers 0

Detroit

Chris Osgood made 29 saves for his third shutout of the season as Detroit beat New York.

N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0 - 0 Detroit 2 0 0 - 2

First period-1, Detroit, Larionov 6 (Lidstrom, Fedorov), 5:46 (pp). 2, Detroit, Johnson 6 (McCarty), 14:10.

Second period-None.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-New York 10-9-10-29. Detroit 13-7-5-25.Power-play opp.-New York 0 of 7; Detroit 1 of 8.Goalies-New York, Richter 8-7-1 (25 shots-23 saves). Detroit, Osgood 10-2-1 (29-29).A-19,983 (19,875).

Penguins 5, Sabres 3

Pittsburgh

Richard Park and Glen Murray scored 28 seconds apart in the second period to help Pittsburgh end Buffalo’s five-game unbeaten streak.

Buffalo 1 2 0 - 3 Pittsburgh 1 3 1 - 5

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Sandstrom 14 (Naslund, Lemieux), 4:41. 2, Buffalo, Plante 4 (Burridge, Zhitnik), 18:35.

Second period-3, Pittsburgh, Park 3 (Jagr, Smolinski), 6:05. 4, Pittsburgh, Murray 3 (Maciver), 6:33. 5, Pittsburgh, Nedved 7 (Murray, Mironov), 9:21. 6, Buffalo, May 5, 17:35. 7, Buffalo, Audette 9 (Galley, Burridge), 19:25 (pp).

Third period-8, Pittsburgh, Naslund 7, 10:14.

Shots on goal-Buffalo 14-14-12-40. Pittsburgh 10-16-10-36.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 1 of 8; Pittsburgh 0 of 3.Goalies-Buffalo, Hasek 8-9-2 (36 shots-31 saves). Pittsburgh, Barrasso 10-2-2 (40-37).A-17,041 (17,181).

Sharks 7, Canucks 2

San Jose, Calif.

Second-period goals by Kevin Miller, Ray Sheppard and Ulf Dahlen sparked a San Jose comeback that lifted the Sharks to a victory over Vancouver.

Vancouver 2 0 0 - 2 San Jose 0 3 4 - 7

First period-1, Vancouver, Gelinas 9, :14. 2, Vancouver, Oksiuta 9 (Ronning, Brown), 2:49 (pp).

Second period-3, San Jose, Miller 8 (Janney, Sheppard), 3:27. 4, San Jose, Sheppard 10 (Janney, Bodger), 6:24 (pp). 5, San Jose, Dahlen 7 (Ragnarsson, Nolan), 9:27 (pp).

Third period-6, San Jose, Nolan 8 (Whitney, Friesen), 1:28 (pp). 7, San Jose, Sheppard 11 (Miller, More), 5:17. 8, San Jose, Whitney 2 (Nolan, Sykora), 14:36. 9, San Jose, Donovan 6 (Whitney, Bodger), 17:57 (sh).

Shots on goal-Vancouver 6-9-10-25. San Jose 4-9-8-21.Power-play opp.-Vancouver 1 of 6; San Jose 3 of 5.Goalies-Vancouver, McLean 5-8-5 (21 shots-14 saves). San Jose, Terreri 5-3-0 (25-23).A-17,190 (17,190).