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Rangers 3, Devils 1 New York

Alexei Kovalev scored two power-play goals and Mike Richter made 37 saves as New York slowed New Jersey’s playoff drive.

The Devils are trying not to miss the playoffs after winning the Stanley Cup last year.

New Jersey 0 0 1 - 1

N.Y. Rangers 1 0 2 - 3

First period-1, New York, Kovalev 21 (Leetch, Driver), 5:30 (pp).

Second period-None.

Third period-2, New York, Kovalev 22 (Verbeek, Robitaille), 4:30 (pp). 3, New Jersey, Andreychuk 24 (Richer, Carpenter), 13:38. 4, New York, Messier 47 (Graves, Kurri), 19:47 (en).

Shots on goal-New Jersey 11-15-12-38. New York 12-7-12-31.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 0 of 4; New York 2 of 3.Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 31-27-12 (30 shots-28 saves). New York, Richter 23-9-3 (38-37).A-18,200 (18,200).

Flyers 6, Islanders 2 Uniondale, N.Y.

Shjon Podein and Joel Otto scored shorthanded goals on the same penalty in a 1:09 span to break open a close game.

Philadelphia 1 3 2 - 6

N.Y. Islanders 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, New York, Palffy 40 (Green), 5:30 (pp). 2, Philadelphia, LeClair 48 (Hawerchuk), 13:51.

Second period-3, New York, Flatley 8 (Kasparaitis, Hendrickson), 1:44. 4, Philadelphia, Quinn 13 (Brind’Amour, Desjardins), 6:44. 5, Philadelphia, Podein 14, 11:08 (sh). 6, Philadelphia, Otto 11 (Brind’Amour, Desjardins), 12:17 (sh).

Third period-7, Philadelphia, Otto 12 (Druce, Falloon), 3:27. 8, Philadelphia, Brind’Amour 23 (Desjardins, Klatt), 13:52 (sh).

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 13-13-8-34. New York 8-5-5-18.Power-play opp.-Philadelphia 0 of 4; New York 1 of 6.Goalies-Philadelphia, Snow 11-8-4 (18 shots-16 saves). New York, Soderstrom 10-22-6 (22-18), Fichaud (12:17 second, 12-10).A-11,130 (16,297).

Sharks 6, Red Wings 3 San Jose, Calif.

San Jose stunned Detroit and ended its 13-game unbeaten streak.

Detroit 1 2 0 - 3

San Jose 1 2 3 - 6

First period-1, Detroit, Konstantinov 14 (Fetisov, Larionov), 5:24. 2, San Jose, Caloun 6 (Peltonen, Turcotte), 18:15.

Second period-3, Detroit, Draper 5 (Lapointe, Konstantinov), :30. 4, Detroit, Taylor 11 (Fedorov), 9:13 (sh). 5, San Jose, Baker 15, 17:31. 6, San Jose, Nolan 32 (Racine, Friesen), 19:59 (pp).

Third period-7, San Jose, Turcotte 20 (Falloon, Peltonen), 1:45. 8, San Jose, Friesen 15 (Nolan, Whitney), 15:51. 9, San Jose, Baker 16, 19:37 (sh-en).

Shots on goal-Detroit 17-13-11-41. San Jose 4-15-10-29. Power-play opp.-Detroit 0 of 7; San Jose 1 of 4.Goalies- Detroit, Osgood 36-6-4 (28 shots-23 saves). San Jose, Irbe 3-8-4 (41-38).A-17,190 (17,190).