NHL Roundup: Brodeur, Devils Stop Sens

NEWARK, N.J. - Martin Brodeur set a National Hockey League record for games played by a goaltender and helped make the milestone a win with 27 saves and an assist, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Friday night.

Brodeur passed Patrick Roy with his 1,030th appearance. Roy, who played for Montreal and Colorado, played 18 seasons. Brodeur is in his 16th season, all with New Jersey.

Jay Pandolfo snapped a second-period tie with a late goal and defenseman Bryce Salvador scored his first of the season for the Devils (24-8-1) with a little more than 10 minutes left.

Jamie Langenbrunner and Brian Rolston scored early goals for the Devils.

Alexandre Picard and Jarkko Ruutu scored for Ottawa (17-13-4), which lost for the ninth straight time to New Jersey, dating to Oct. 27, 2007. Brian Elliot made 18 saves.

Sabres 5, Maple Leafs 2

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Ryan Miller made 40 saves for his 20th win of the season, and the Sabres scored four times in the second period for their eighth straight win over Toronto.

Derek Roy, Toni Lydman, Mike Grier and Matt Ellis all scored in the middle period for Buffalo (21-10-2). Thomas Vanek also scored, and Grier and Lydman added an assist each for the Sabres, winners of five of six.

Rookie Viktor Stalberg and Lee Stempniak scored for the Maple Leafs (12-16-7).

Vesa Toskala, making his seventh straight start, was pulled after allowing the four second-period goals on six shots. He finished with six saves before giving way to Jonas Gustavsson, who gave up a goal on 17 shots in his first appearance since undergoing a heart procedure in early December.

Panthers 6, Hurricanes 3

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Rostislav Olesz and Radek Dvorak scored goals in a 37-second span early in the third period for Florida.

Jordan Leopold, Bryan McCabe and Keith Ballard scored in the second period for the Panthers, who earned its fourth win in five games. Dominic Moore added a short-handed goal in the third for the Panthers. Florida's Tomas Vokoun made 32 saves.

Patrick Dwyer, Scott Walker and Eric Staal scored for the Hurricanes. Cam Ward stopped 21 shots for the Hurricanes before he was replaced by Manny Legace in the third period. Legace faced two shots, allowing one goal.

Lightning 6, Blues 3

ST. LOUIS -- Vincent Lecavalier had a pair of assists, giving him 700 points for his career, and Tampa Bay snapped a six-game winless skid.

Jeff Halpern and Steven Stamkos each scored twice, Martin St. Louis had a goal and two assists, Ryan Malone recorded two assists and Kurtis Foster also scored for Tampa Bay, which came in 0-5-1 in the last six games -- 1-8-2 in the last 11. Antero Niittymaki stopped 23 shots.

Brad Winchester, T.J. Oshie and Keith Tkachuk all scored for the Blues, who fell to 6-11-2 on home ice. They also have the fewest home points in the NHL (14).

Blackhawks 5, Bruins 4, SO

CHICAGO -- Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews scored shootout goals, spoiling an otherwise outstanding game for Boston goalie Tim Thomas and leading the surging Blackhawks over the Bruins.

Despite blowing three one-goal leads and having its shutout streak snapped at 150 minutes, 43 seconds, Chicago improved its NHL-best home record to 15-3-1.

Toews, Kris Versteeg, Patrick Sharp and Andrew Ladd scored during regulation for the Blackhawks, who defeated Boston for the first time in almost six years.

Thomas made 40 saves, many of them acrobatic stops, but couldn't prevent the Bruins from losing their third straight game. David Krejci scored twice for Boston, including the goal that forced overtime with 2:43 left in regulation.

Canucks 3, Capitals 2

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Mason Raymond tied it late in the second period and put Vancouver ahead with 6:04 left in the third.

Ryan Kesler had a goal and an assist and Roberto Luongo made 25 saves, including a stop on Alexander Semin's penalty shot with 5:45 left, as the Canucks won for the fourth time in five games on their season-long, eight-game homestand.

Semin and Chris Clark scored in the first period, and Jose Theodore made 17 saves for the Capitals, who have dropped two of three on a four-game road trip that wraps.