Sabres drop 10 on Thrashers

Drew Stafford and Derek Roy had hat tricks and the Buffalo Sabres routed the Atlanta Thrashers 10-1 Friday night in Buffalo, N.Y., to end a 10-game winless skid.

Thomas Vanek, Jochen Hecht and Ales Kotalik each had a goal and two assists for the Sabres, who got off to a fast start with four goals in the first period.

Ducks 4, Wild 2: At St. Paul, Minn., Todd Bertuzzi scored twice, Ryan Getzlaf had three assists, and Anaheim’s streaking top line lifted the Ducks to a victory over Minnesota.

Panthers 2, Devils 1: At Newark, N.J., Radek Dvorak and David Booth scored early in the third period to lift Florida to a win over New Jersey.

Backup goalie Craig Anderson made 31 saves for the Panthers.

Hurricanes 7, Oilers 2: At Raleigh, N.C., Eric Staal scored three goals, one on a penalty shot, and Carolina routed Edmonton to snap its season-worst four-game losing streak.

Rod Brind’Amour added a goal and two assists for Carolina.

Lightning 3, Penguins 0: At Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby badly sprained an ankle that may keep him out a month or more and Andre Roy led Tampa Bay to take advantage of his absence with a victory over the Penguins.

Roy had a goal and two assists.

Blackhawks 2, Avalanche 1 (SO): At Denver, Robert Lang and Patrick Kane scored in a shootout to lift Chicago to a win over Colorado.

•Blackhawks forward Jason Williams will be out at least six weeks after surgery to repair a sports hernia.

Flames 6, Kings 1: At Calgary, Alberta, Daymond Langkow scored three goals to help the Flames move into first place in their division with a win over Los Angeles.

Langkow scored once in each period, finishing the third hat trick of his career by deflecting Adrian Aucoin’s slapshot 2:03 into the third period.