Modano sets franchise record in Stars’ win

Mike Modano set a career franchise record for power-play goals, and Niko Kapanen added a short-handed goal to send the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Calgary Flames on Sunday.

Jason Arnott snapped a 2-all tie with his 28th goal of the season early in the second period and the Stars held on to win for the 10th time in 12 games.

Marty Turco stopped 17 shots for Dallas, which stretched its Pacific Division advantage over Anaheim to 13 points. Modano scored his 135th power-play goal at 6:18 of the second period, pushing him in front of Brian Bellows on the team’s career list and giving the Stars a 2-1 lead.

Turco set a single-season franchise record with his NHL-high 38th victory, coming up with key third-period saves on rebound attempts by Byron Ritchie and Jarome Iginla.

Turco (2003-04) and Ed Belfour (1997-98) shared the previous mark of 37 wins.

Jamie Lundmark and Jordan Leopold had power-play goals for Calgary, which has lost five of seven and failed to extend its slim lead in the Northwest Division.

Lundmark converted Leopold’s centering pass at 10:56 of the first period for the game’s first goal.

Dallas tied it at 1 while on the penalty kill when Kapanen knocked in a rebound at 1:52 of the second period.

Modano gave the Stars their first lead with his 27th goal of the season.

Leopold connected on the power play 28 seconds later to tie it at 2 with his second goal of the season.

Arnott’s 28th on an individual rush up the left side gave Dallas a 3-2 advantage at 7:51 of the second period.

Sharks 5, Blackhawks 4 (OT): At Chicago, Tom Preissing scored on a power play 1:24 into overtime on a shot from the high slot and surging San Jose beat the Blackhawks.

Kyle Calder’s power-play goal with 1:12 left in regulation tied it for Chicago at 4. The Blackhawks had a 6-on-4 skating advantage after pulling goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, and Calder tipped in a shot past Vesa Toskala.

Canadiens 6, Penguins 5: At Pittsburgh, Chris Higgins and Alex Kovalev each had two goals, and Montreal avoided a season sweep by the Penguins.

Colby Armstrong had two goals, and Sidney Crosby added two assists for the Penguins, who also got a goal from Noah Welch – his first in the NHL.

Maple Leafs 4, Devils 3: At East Rutherford, New Jersey, Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 36 saves in his season debut, and Toronto kept pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race.

Chad Kilger, Kyle Wellwood, Mats Sundin and Matt Stajan had goals for the Leafs, who bounced back from consecutive losses to the Canadiens.

Oilers 4, Avalanche 3 (SO): At Denver, Sergei Samsonov scored the lone shootout goal on the first attempt in the tiebreaker for Edmonton.

Ryan Smyth, Jarret Stoll and Steve Staios scored in regulation for the Oilers. Milan Hejduk, Andrew Brunette and Jim Dowd scored for Colorado.