Stars silence streaking Canucks in OT

Jere Lehtinen’s power-play goal 4:18 into overtime lifted the Dallas Stars to a 2-1 victory over Vancouver on Sunday in Dallas and snapped the Canucks’ six-game winning streak.

Lehtinen notched his 21st goal from the left circle with 5 seconds remaining on a tripping penalty against Lukas Krajicek. That completed the Stars’ rally and improved their mark to 12-3-2 in the last 17 games.

Roberto Luongo was less than 30 seconds away from his 31st NHL shutout when the Stars tied it at 1 on Philippe Boucher’s power-play goal. The Stars went on a two-man advantage with 1:50 left, and had a 6-on-3 skating edge with 1:05 remaining when goalie Marty Turco was pulled for an extra attacker.

Dallas still had a one-man power play when Boucher scored with 28.3 seconds left, registering his 17th goal of the season.

Wild 4, Oilers 1: At St. Paul, Minn., Pierre-Marc Bouchard had a goal and an assist, and Niklas Backstrom made 19 saves to lead Minnesota past Edmonton.

Last season, Minnesota chased Edmonton for a Western Conference playoff berth. The roles are reversed this year.

Lightning 5, Penguins 1: At Tampa, Fla., Brad Richards had a goal and three assists, Martin St. Louis matched a career-high with his 38th goal and Vincent Lecavalier added his 41st, leading Southeast Division-leading Tampa Bay past Pittsburgh.

Paul Ranger and Filip Kuba also scored for the Lightning, who have a 12-game winning streak against Pittsburgh. Tampa Bay coach John Tortorella earned his 200th victory with the Lightning.

Blackhawks 5, Blues 1: At Chicago, Martin Havlat had a goal and two assists, and the Blackhawks snapped a five-game losing streak with a win over St. Louis.

Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 22 shots as the Blackhawks, 0-3-2 in their previous five contests, ended St. Louis’ four-game winning streak.

Before the game, the Blues traded forward Keith Tkachuk to the Atlanta Thrashers for forward Glen Metropolit, a first-round draft pick in 2007 and two other picks.

Devils 3, Capitals 2: At Washington, Jamie Langenbrunner’s power-play goal broke a third-period tie, Scott Clemmensen won in first appearance since Dec. 14 and New Jersey beat the Capitals.

Zach Parise and Travis Zajac both had a goal and an assist for the Devils, who have won four straight road games and four of five overall.

Predators 4, Blue Jackets 3 (SO): At Columbus, Ohio, Alexander Radulov scored the only shootout goal and Chris Mason stopped Rick Nash on the final shot of the tiebreaker, lifting Nashville to a victory over the Blue Jackets.

Paul Kariya, J.P. Dumont and Vernon Fiddler scored in regulation for Central Division-leading Nashville, which won despite blowing a two-goal lead.

Ducks 5, Avalanche 3: At Anaheim, Calif., Scott Niedermayer scored the go-ahead goal with 3:23 left and set up a power-play tally by Chris Pronger 48 seconds later, leading the Ducks to a victory over Colorado.

Andy McDonald had two goals and an assist, and Teemu Selanne added a goal and assist to help the Pacific Division-leading Ducks avoid a four-game season sweep at the hands of the last-place team in the Northwest Division.