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Sergei Fedorov scored his 35th goal as the Detroit Red Wings added one more bit of distinction to their outstanding season Wednesday with a 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres at Detroit.

Red Wings 4, Sabres 2

Buffalo 2 0 0 - 2

Detroit 1 2 1 - 4

First period-1, Buffalo, Plante 20 (Barnaby, Galley), 1:11. 2, Buffalo, Holzinger 7 (Galley, Astley), 2:15. 3, Detroit, McCarty 12 (Yzerman, Coffey), 18:49. Second period-4, Detroit, Ciccarelli 20 (Coffey, Fedorov), 8:08 (pp). 5, Detroit, Fedorov 35 (Lidstrom, Ramsey), 13:38. Third period-6, Detroit, Konstantinov 13 (Fedorov, Osgood), 9:14 (pp).

Shots on goal-Buffalo 11-6-4-21. Detroit 9-19-9-37.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 0 of 2; Detroit 2 of 4.Goalies-Buffalo, Hasek 21-29-6 (37 shots-33 saves). Detroit, Osgood 36-5-4 (21-19).A-19,983 (19,875).

Rangers 3, Panthers 0

New York

New York got a sharp performance from goaltender Mike Richter to snap a nine-game home winless streak.

Florida 0 0 0 - 0

N.Y. Rangers 1 1 1 - 3

First period-1, New York, Robitaille 21 (Nemchinov), 5:22. Second period-2, New York, Kurri 18 (Leetch), 3:29. Third period-3, New York, Robitaille 22 (Samuelsson, Kovalev), 17:05 (pp).

Shots on goal-Florida 9-9-7-25. New York 11-5-12-28.Power-play opp.-Florida 0 of 5; New York 1 of 5.Goalies-Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 23-16-7 (28 shots-25 saves). New York, Richter 21-9-3 (25-25).A-18,200 (18,200).

Capitals 1, Canadiens 0 (OT)

Montreal

Michal Pivonka’s power-play goal with 46 seconds left in overtime gave Washington a win over Montreal.

Washington 0 0 0 1 - 1 Montreal 0 0 0 0 - 0 First Period-None. Second Period-None. Third Period-None. Overtime-1, Washington, Pivonka 14 (Bondra, Juneau), 4:14 (pp). Shots on goal-Washington 19-10-10-5-44. Montreal 2-7-6-3-18.Power-play opp.-Washington 1 of 5; Montreal 0 of 3.Goalies-Washington, Carey 31-21-8 (18 shots-18 saves). Montreal, Thibault 23-15-4 (44-43).A-21,216 (21,221).

Bruins 6, Whalers 5 (OT)

Hartford, Conn.

Tim Sweeney’s second-chance goal with 1:59 left in overtime gave Boston a win over skidding Hartford.

Boston 1 3 1 1 - 6

Hartford 1 3 1 0 - 5

First Period-1, Hartford, Shanahan 38 (Brown, Emerson), 13:27 (pp). 2, Boston, Moger 12 (Oates, Bourque), 15:30 (pp). Second Period-3, Hartford, Shanahan 39 (Nikolishin, Kron), 4:11. 4, Hartford, Kron 21 (Nikolishin, Brown), 6:47. 5, Boston, Elik 12 (Bourque), 10:25. 6, Boston, Reid 19 (Sutter), 14:20 (sh). 7, Hartford, Wesley 8 (Shanahan, Nikolishin), 14:51 (pp). 8, Boston, Stumpel 16 (Elik, Bourque), 19:59 (pp). Third Period-9, Hartford, Sanderson 33 (Shanahan, Wesley), 2:12 (pp). 10, Boston, Stumpel 17 (Elik, Bourque), 18:32.

Overtime-11, Boston, T.Sweeney 7 (Reid, Sutter), 3:01.

Shots on goal-Boston 11-12-7-2-32. Hartford 7-10-11-1-29.Power-play opp.-Boston 2 of 9; Hartford 3 of 6.Goalies-Boston, Ranford 29-28-6 (29 shots-24 saves). Hartford, Burke 25-26-6 (32-26).A-13,884 (15,635).

Flames 1, Blackhawks 0

Calgary, Alberta

A goal by Gary Roberts just 1:05 into the game was all Calgary needed to beat Chicago.

Chicago 0 0 0 - 0

Calgary 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, Calgary, Roberts 22 (Titov, Fleury), 1:05. Second period-None. Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Chicago 12-6-11-29. Calgary 12-12-4-28.Power-play opp.-Chicago 0 of 6; Calgary 0 of 6.Goalies-Chicago, Belfour 19-15-9 (28 shots-27 saves). Calgary, Tabaracci 17-13-3 (29-29).A-16,668 (20,230).

Oilers 3, Kings 3

Edmonton, Alberta

Phillippe Boucher’s goal with 6:17 in the third lifted L.A. to a tie.

Los Angeles 1 1 1 0 - 3

Edmonton 1 2 0 0 - 3

First Period-1, Los Angeles, Ferraro 27 (Stevens), 1:31. 2, Edmonton, Marchant 15 (Smyth, Satan), 11:45. Second Period-3, Edmonton, Czerkawski 16 (McAmmond, Arnott), 4:21. 4, Edmonton, Ciger 30 (Weight, Arnott), 10:11 (pp). 5, Los Angeles, Tsyplakov 3 (Khristich, Yachmenev), 10:57. Third Period-6, Los Angeles, Boucher 7 (Yachmenev, Tsyplakov), 13:43. Overtime-None. Shots on goal-Los Angeles 9-4-8-1-22. Edmonton 11-7-7-7-32.Power-play opp.-Los Angeles 0 of 4; Edmonton 1 of 6.Goalies-Los Angeles, Dafoe 13-22-8 (32 shots-29 saves). Edmonton, Joseph 14-14-2 (22-19).A-11,888 (16,230).

Flyers 4, Senators 2

Kanata, Ontario

Eric Desjardins’ power-play goal broke a 2-2 tie in the third period and Philadelphia dumped Ottawa.

Philadelphia 1 1 2 - 4

Ottawa 2 0 0 - 2

First period-1, Ottawa, Archibald 5 (Yashin, Dahlquist), 6:04. 2, Philadelphia, Hawerchuk 16 (LeClair, Lindros), 8:25. 3, Ottawa, Yashin 13 (Demitra), 15:11. Second period-4, Philadelphia, Brind’Amour 21 (Falloon), 13:59. Third period-5, Philadelphia, Desjardins 7 (Lindros, LeClair), 3:28 (pp), 6, Philadelphia, LeClair 43 (Hawerchuk, Desjardins), 14:18.

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 11-12-13-36. Ottawa 9-3-6-18.Power-play opp.-Philadelphia 1 of 2; Ottawa 0 of 4.Goalies-Philadelphia, Hextall 27-11-7 (18 shots-16 saves). Ottawa, Rhodes 11-23-4 (36-32).A-15,183 (18,500).

Jets 3, Avalanche 1

Denver

Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 33 of 34 shots as Winnipeg beat Colorado.

Winnipeg 1 1 1 - 3

Colorado 0 0 1 - 1

First period-1, Winnipeg, Drake 15 (Tkachuk), 12:34. Second period-2, Winnipeg, Koralev 20 (Tkachuk, Janney), 6:57 (pp). Third period-3, Colorado, Sakic 46 (Simon, Lemieux), 3:02. 4, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 48 (Janney, Drake), 19:56 (en-pp).

Shots on goal-Winnipeg 8-10-4-22. Colorado 9-12-13-34.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 2 of 6; Colorado 0 of 4.Goalies-Winnipeg, Khabibulin 22-17-2 (34 shots-33 saves). Colorado, Fiset 21-6-7 (22-19).A-16,061 (16,061).

Maple Leafs 6, Canucks 2

Vancouver, British Columbia

Larry Murphy became the fourth defenseman in history to reach 1,000 points as Toronto beat Vancouver.

Toronto 4 2 0 - 6

Vancouver 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Toronto, Gilmour 27 (Clark, Macoun), 5:44. 2, Toronto, Murphy 11 (Sundin, Gilmour), 9:40 (pp). 3, Vancouver, Lumme 16 (Linden, Courtnall), 12:20. 4, Toronto, Gilmour 28, 15:03. 5, Toronto, Warriner 7 (Convery), 18:02. Second period-6, Toronto, Clark 29 (Murphy, Sundin), 5:07 (pp). 7, Vancouver, Ronning 22 (Mogilny, Hedican), 6:22. 8, Toronto, Clark 30 (Convery), 12:49. Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Toronto 20-12-7-39. Vancouver 8-10-11-29.Power-play opp.-Toronto 2 of 2; Vancouver 0 of 3.Goalies-Toronto, Potvin 26-24-11 (29 shots-27 saves). Vancouver, McLean 14-20-9 (32-26), Hirsch (0:00 third, 7-7).A-18,422 (18,422).