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Sharks 2, Devils 1 East Rutherford, N.J.

Longtime Devil Chris Terreri got the best of his old teammates Thursday night, making 31 saves to lead San Jose to a victory over New Jersey and end the Sharks’ seven-game losing streak.

San Jose 1 0 1 - 2

New Jersey 0 1 0 - 1

First period-1, San Jose, More 1 (Janney), 16:47.

Second period-2, New Jersey, Guerin 13 (Stevens, Thomas), 16:27.

Third period-3, San Jose, Donovan 7 (Kozlov), 2:45.

Shots on goal-San Jose 7-7-3-17. New Jersey 14-13-5-32.Power-play opp.-San Jose 0 of 3; New Jersey 0 of 3.Goalies-San Jose, Terreri 11-16-0 (32 shots-31 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 15-17-4 (17-15). A-14,021 (19,040)

Bruins 7, Mighty Ducks 2 Boston

Cam Neely had two goals and an assist and Todd Elik and Adam Oates each had one goal and three assists to lead Boston over Anaheim.

Anaheim 0 0 2 - 2

Boston 4 1 2 - 7

First period-1, Boston, Elik 4 (Oates, Bourque), 2:50 (pp). 2, Boston, Oates 12 (Sweeney, Chynoweth), 4:50. 3, Boston, Sweeney 3 (Elik), 13:55. 4, Boston, Chynoweth 1 (Elik, Neely), 16:51.

Second period-5, Boston, Neely 21 (Oates), 11:50.

Third period-6, Anaheim, Ewen 3 (Kariya, Rucchin), 4:15. 7, Boston, Neeley 22 (Oates, Elik), 5:20. 8, Anaheim, Tverdovsky 7 (Krgier, Kilger), 9:03. 9, Boston, Stumpel 9 (Stevens, McEachern), 13:13.

Shots on goal-Anaheim 5-14-9-28. Boston 19-12-9-40.Power-play opp.-Anaheim 0 of 3; Boston 1 of 4.Goalies-Anaheim, Hebert 11-14-3 (19 shots-15 saves), Shtalenkov (20:00 2nd period, 21-19). Boston, Billington 9-10-2 (28-26).A-17,332 (17,565).

Islanders 4, Maple Leafs 3 Uniondale, N.Y.

Tommy Soderstrom stopped 43 shots and Zigmund Palffy scored the game-winner late in the second period as New York hung on for a win over Toronto.

Toronto 0 2 1 - 3

N.Y. Islanders 3 1 0 - 4

First period-1, New York, Plante 2 (McInnis), 5:37 (sh). 2, New York, Schneider 4 (Green, McInnis), 7:22 (pp). 3, New York, Andersson 4 (Semak), 13:47.

Second period-4, Toronto, Warriner 5 (Sundin, Craig), 15:18. 5, Toronto, Gartner 22 (Gilmour, Gill), 16:33. 6, New York, Palffy 15 (Lachance, Luongo), 18:12.

Third period-7, Toronto, Sundin 19 (Jonsson, Murphy), 9:54.

Shots on goal-Toronto 13-12-21-46. New York 7-5-11-23.Power-play opp.-Toronto 0 of 5; New York 1 of 3.Goalies-Toronto, Rhodes 4-5-1 (12 shots-8 saves), Potvin (0:00 third, 11-11). New York, Soderstrom 7-10-6 (46-43).A-8,728 (16,297).

Capitals 6, Senators 1 Landover, Md.

Peter Bondra had three goals and two assists and Michal Pivonka scored a career-high six points as Washington handed Ottawa its sixth straight loss.

Ottawa 1 0 0 - 1

Washington 1 3 2 - 6

First period-1, Ottawa, Chorske 3 (Drury, McCleary), 5:28. 2, Washington, Bondra 22 (Jones, Pivonka), 17:47.

Second period-3, Washington, Pivonka 4 (Bondra, Jones), 4:29 (pp). 4, Washington, Pivonka 5 (Bondra, Reekie), 10:36. 5, Washington, Bondra 23 (Juneau, Pivonka), 13:33.

Third period-6, Washington, Bondra 24 (Pivonka, Jones), :42. 7, Washington, Jones 15 (Pivonka, Johansson), 4:27.

Shots on goal-Ottawa 10-10-4-24. Washington 6-7-13-26.Power-play opp.-Ottawa 0 of 5; Washington 1 of 2.Goalies-Ottawa, Beaupre 6-22-0 (26 shots-20 saves). Washington, Carey 18-12-3 (24-23).A-11,511 (18,130).

Blues 4, Flyers 4 Philadelphia

Stephane Matteau’s second goal of the game came with 24.9 seconds remaining in the third period and pulled St. Louis into a tie with Philadelphia.

St. Louis 1 2 1 0 - 4

Philadelphia 1 1 2 0 - 4

First period-1, Philadelphia, Renberg 22 (Lindros), :24. 2, St. Louis, Johnson 6 (Pronger, Courtnall), 10:23.

Second period-3, St. Louis, Corson 13 (Hull), 4:27. 4, St. Louis, Matteau 5 (Hudson), 7:10. 5, Philadelphia, Desjardins 4 (Lindros, LeClair), 12:32 (pp).

Third period-6, Philadelphia, Lindros 26 (Otto, Brind’Amour), 7:16 (pp). 7, Philadelphia, Dupre 2 (Senenov, Podein), 14:02. 8, St. Louis, Matteau 6 (Noonan, MacInnis), 19:35 (pp).

Overtime-None.

Shots on goal-St. Louis 10-12-6-2-30. Philadelphia 14-12-11-1-38.Power-play opp.-St. Louis 1 of 5; Philadelphia 2 of 7.Goalies-St. Louis, Fuhr 18-16-6 (38 shots-34 saves). Philadelphia, Hextall 14-5-3 (30-26).

Around the NHL

Los Angeles general manager Sam McMaster was in Toronto Thursday night discussing trade options with the Maple Leafs. Rumors about an impending trade of Wayne Gretzky have been running rampant, but McMaster said they were “absolutely” unfounded… . Paul Kariya of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks will replace injured Vancouver winger Pavel Bure as a starter in the NHL all-star game… . Craig MacTavish of Philadelphia and Denis Savard of Chicago, were added to the two all-star rosters under the senior player category.